MUST be friends

[Anonymous]

Have you ever met someone and felt you just make them your friend? As we get older it seems harder to make friends. People already have established relationships and are busy. What's the best way to seal the deal when you meet someone who you feel you can't let get away, and really would make a good friend?

[Anonymous]

You can't push yourself into a friendship, you have to nurture it over time best built around common interests.

[Anonymous]

I have NEVER had this feeling. What would prompt this?

[Anonymous]

MUST seek a therapist asap

[Anonymous]

Ask them a few times to hang out. If they agree and especially if they reciprocate- you're friends if not...

[Anonymous]

This is so strange and stalker-y.

[Anonymous]

Yes, at work. I walked into the bathroom and this coworker I didn't know was violently twerking in front of the mirror while whipping her hair around. Within a week we were friends. Also, I decided to make an associate a friend, and then he became partner and I flat out said "Don't forget the little people who were friends with you from the beginning!" and we've stayed friends. I just thought he seemed smart and kind which are two of my three requirements for friends, so went for it.

[Anonymous]

I have. We met due to a shared interest. When the class was over, I asked her if she wanted to meet for coffee. The more we talked, the more we found we had in common. We've been friends for six years.

[Anonymous]

I have. There are just some people you want to be friend with. And usually I pursue them. By asking them to lunch or to take a walk or to come over for a drink. If we click, we become friends. If we don't, no loss, really, just another acquaitance.