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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think you need to find a regular activity that you do consistently. [b] There’s a study that shows adults need about 130 hours (something around there) together to become close friends.[/b]
If you go to a meetup just once or twice it’s unlikely anything will pan out.
But if you go to the same group every week and see some of the same people, over time they can become friends.
I hear your pain as I struggle with the same since kids are older and personal life changes among friends  have led to previous friend groups scattering.[/quote]

This makes sense to me. I'm on the introverted side and have become very close friends with a woman in my neighborhood. But it took several [i]years [/i]of spending time together (we share a hobby) until we opened up to each other on deeper level. We can now tell each other anything.

I also made some close friends through work, again due to the necessary repeated interaction.

What's hard for me is when I meet someone in another setting with whom I'd like to become friends. I don't really know how to go about it. It has only worked for me in an organic sense when I'm around someone for a long time. I feel that once someone really gets to know me, they like me. But I don't know how to make it happen otherwise. So I get you, OP. [/quote]

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