I don’t know about you, but I never realized how hard it was to make friends once graduated from college until I moved to a new place and had to meet new people. The only people I knew in DC were family members, and while I love them, I didn’t want to spend every waking moment with them. In a world of meeting people online, I discovered Meetup and thought I’d give it a shot. Admittedly, it took me a while to be brave enough to actually attend an event because I had all these wild thoughts that I won’t vocalize here. Basically, I let my imagination run wild. The one I eventually chose to go to was a 20s and 30s Meetup group in DC because I figured there would be people in my age range, and hopefully they’d be normal.
There are so many different groups on the website-from going-out groups to hiking groups to book club groups to running groups and everything in between! These groups can be a great way to meet people and do something new. It does take time to find a group you actually enjoy hanging out with, but it’s worth it.
I know a lot of people think it’s weird, but honestly, it’s not any weirder than online dating, and that’s the norm these days
I also got the adventurous idea that I wanted to play a sport. If you knew me, you’d understand why I say sports are adventurous. I wanted to a do-over of my youth-when I never played sports-and signed up for softball with DC Fray. A coworker invited me to play on her team, and I thought, “Why not?” I had never even picked up a softball bat before, but I wanted a social league where people weren’t overly competitive and wouldn’t be mad at me when they realized how bad I sucked at hitting a ball.More
