I figure in every day life there's bound to be a lot of people around me at work and such who feel the same way. I think it's often just a matter of going first.

One of my coworkers recently was talking about something, and I asked her if she had siblings because it was going to lead into a follow-up question from me if she said yes.

But she wound up just going on about her siblings for a while, like she had been wanting to talk about those issues but had never had anyone to listen. So I just stood there and listened to her vent about her problems and past with her siblings for a while.

Now she tends to be friendlier towards me.

Bonding seems to happen pretty randomly, you never know when it might happen, just have to keep putting yourself out there in little ways.