[OliverB]

I am 23 years old, doing an intership at a local hospital.. Introvert, like reading, writing...

I have found it really hard to meet people....

Seems everyone my age find their Boyfriend at parties...

Egh, any tip beyond Tinder?

[WastingAsparagus]

It's certainly not easy, as I'm 26 and still searching, but I've had luck meeting people at meetups. Like specifically the website meetup.com. Common interests are good. That's my advice. Find some mutual interest. Also, maybe take a class (not an academic class, but like a writing or literature class or something through the community).

[Be Still]

I love Meetup. I have the app on my phone. I still haven’t been to any meet up though! There’s a few personal development things I’m working on before I meet new friends. Right now I have very few friends, I removed all my college and university friends from my life because I felt I had outgrown them. Now I get to start on a clean slate.

I don’t drink or party and I am a nerd for trying out new experiences especially to do with art, theatre, poetry, food or craft markets etc. So there is a plan in place. I just can’t be such in a rush to be social without being complete within myself (otherwise I might attract the same shallow friends).

All the best though! Stop feeling like an outcast and shape your social experience the way that makes you most happy.

Blessings.

[bpcyclist]

Writer's groups, readings, bookstores can be great, libraries can, too, yoga, exercise classes, running or cycling groups, painting, drawing, sculpting, glass-blowing groups, etc. Volunteering at an animal shelter.

I agree with the good advice above. Common interests are always helpful. The important thing is for you to feel at home and comfortable being exactly who you are, because if you are not, that will be instantly picked up on and will make it harder to connect with people.

[~Christina]

I use to meet lots of guys in s book store. I can spend all day browsing , I love to sit with art books or photography, I’ll be carrying a book and guys have asked me whose my favorite author .... it’s pretty easy meeting people

[InsomniaViaHaldol]

Common interests are good, but the best relationships are when people are different.

Opposites do attract. It's because one person makes up for another's faults.

I've been married for 11 years, and I can't imagine dating in this day and age.

It is an old saying you will find someone when you are not looking.

Maybe you stop looking and you bump into someone's cart at the supermarket. Or your dog tries to fight someone else's.

You can go to a bar or a party and not drink or take drugs. You might find someone who does the same, but their friends do and they want to hang out with them.