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[quote=Anonymous]I do. Neighborhood people mostly who I’ve met over the years through kids school, sports, and volunteering at both. There’s a larger group of folks who know each other but perhaps not well and then a tighter group basically defined by a group text thread that was started years ago but which became the default way of saying “hey, anyone want to meet up for coffee this weekend?”

It’s definitely nice to have but I don’t value those relationships as much as individual close friends I’ve made over the years. There are people in the friend group that I’d never talk to again if I moved away with no regrets.

I think the key to finding a group like that is (1) being.active in your community and (2) hosting things/initiating. My local friend group expanded substantially when I started inviting people to events who I kind of knew and seemed fun and who others in my community knew better. It felt awkward to do but I made a lot of friends that way and those people started inviting me to other stuff where I met more people and the group snowballed. Another good way is to leverage a group text you are already on to make a suggestion for a get together, especially if you are tight with one person in the group who can join you (“Susie and I are going to grab drinks Saturday - stp by if you’d like)”)[/quote]

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