Oh how very true. I’m going through at this very moment. As a dad(of a 4 year old), having moved to a new city during COVID, it has been a struggle to find friends. Although I do attend a few meet-ups every now and then, play tennis in a group, take Dutch classes, I just could not meet anyone often enough to become friends with.

Whenever I try to organise something to hangout, it’s a nightmare to find a time that works for most. Often a couple of months away.

The anxiety of “do they think I come off too weird trying to force them to be a friend” is very real.

I wish there was a commonly used app like Tinder with explicit intentions of making friends, hanging out with a wider user base than one-off local apps which is dominated by a handful of people.