How do people deal with having no friends? My husband I are great and we support each other 100% but I'd like to have friend outside of my house. I realised recently that I was always the one making the effort and decided to take a step back and not contact them to see if I was imagining it all. My whole family for covid last week and not one friend contacted us to see how we are doing. I'm mid thirties and just don't know how to cope with not having any friends. We live rural also so it's very hard to make connections in the community. I've been trying for 5 years and nothing.
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I am naturally an introvert and am completely hopeless with keeping up. My closest friends and I can go months without speaking to each other and then just pick up where we left off. I think its because we all understand that everyone we know is going through a tough time right now. My partner and I are also pretty close and we tend to isolate together lol. I would suggest that it isn't that these people do not care. Rather that you are better organised at keeping in touch. I did organise a fun girls night years ago when I felt the need for connection.
You make enough friends to fill those random three-monthly catchups. Keep trying and you’ll find your people eventually, but having a range helps you not feel totally lost when that one or two seem to always be busy.