What's a great way of making friends. After you have graduated from school.

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Skylinegodzilla

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#130679 24-Sep-2013 02:23

Title is self explaintrey realey

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#901603 24-Sep-2013 06:44

Get a job or do some volunteer work

Wade

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#901611 24-Sep-2013 06:59

Have kids

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#901618 24-Sep-2013 07:23

Meetup.com, Playing a sport, volunteering.

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#901627 24-Sep-2013 07:53

Night classes? Spelling perhaps?

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#901632 24-Sep-2013 08:07

Natural interaction over hobbies, interests and activities - sports, work, gaming, whatever it is you're in to.

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#901633 24-Sep-2013 08:09

facebook? LOL

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#901635 24-Sep-2013 08:17

Definitely some sort of sport. If you're not into 'mainstream' sports then you'll need to think outside the box - e.g. tramping, orienteering, etc.

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#901638 24-Sep-2013 08:27

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#901675 24-Sep-2013 09:32

I agree with the above. A sport or club where the social interaction is secondary to the activity but one where people don't become too obsessed with the activity.

Scuba diving club, cooking classes, political party, bowls can be a good one. I think mainstream sports have been covered well.

There are 'social clubs' such as the Cosmopolitan Club or Working Men's Club.

Shared interests are the key.

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#901687 24-Sep-2013 09:38

Never a problem I've considered, got the opposite where I know too many people and can't remember them all :S

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#901688 24-Sep-2013 09:38

Wade: Have kids

He wants to make friends, not ruin his life for the next 20 years!! ;-)

As some US comedienne whose name I cannot recall said once "My husband and I are trying to decide whether we should get a dog or have kids. However, we can''t agree whether we should ruin our lives or the sofa!"

He needs a partner and a stable life before he has kids (and I infer from the OP that those things may not yet be in place).

I'm not a 'joiner' and generally prefer my own company (and that of my dog) to that of others but that is a bit of an Asperger/INTP thing. I'll happily go days - or even weeks - without seeing anyone but my wife.

However I gather from observation that the normal people make friends by joining things like clubs.

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#901694 24-Sep-2013 09:41

bmoff: Night classes? Spelling perhaps?

Not much call for that in W(h)anganui

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#901696 24-Sep-2013 09:43

BlueShift:
bmoff: Night classes? Spelling perhaps?

Not much call for that in W(h)anganui

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#901697 24-Sep-2013 09:43

Buy a 4wd and join a 4wd club if you are into getting covered in mud and enjoy driving.

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#901705 24-Sep-2013 09:54

Skylinegodzilla: Title is self explaintrey realey

A friend who wil help you bury a body? They are hard to come by.

But seriously, various clubs/sports etc. And, keep in contact with old friends, they will make new friends who maybe you can steal.

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