39% Of Americans Haven’t Made A New Friend This Year, Here’s Why
With all of the social media sites, you would think that meeting new friends would be super easy to do, but apparently it’s not. Are all of these apps like…
With all of the social media sites, you would think that meeting new friends would be super easy to do, but apparently it's not. Are all of these apps like Facebook, Twitter or X and Instagram lousy at helping us make new friends? It appears as though they don't help much which makes sense because we use these apps to stay in touch with people we already consider friends.
Why can't we make new friends?
It probably doesn't help that a good percentage of people are either working remotely (from home) or are going to work less than the usual five days a week. It's typical for some employees to go days without seeing a co-worker in person and the workplace has always been a great place to make new friends.
Without the exposure at work people would make new friends in social situations such as church, social clubs or just going out to bars and restaurants. There's a lot less people doing all three of these things now than before.
What to do about it is the question. If you're looking to meet new people that you would like to consider friends, then you are going to make an effort and find times and situations to do it. Sitting around waiting for an invite will not help. You have to literally put yourself out there and be the one that is making the effort to meet new friends.
Here's the "New Friends" survey results
In a new survey, 39% of Americans say they haven't made a new friend in over a year . . . and a similar percentage haven't gone to a party in at least six months.
And the numbers are probably even more extreme than that, because this was only a survey of people who say they enjoy traveling with friends.
37% of people say they feel like they've "been in a rut" socially . . . and 26% say that their social lives feel repetitive.
Not everyone in the survey could even name a "best friend," but among the people who DO have at least one, the most common number of best friends is just TWO. A far cry from the eight-plus everyone had in the MySpace days.
(SWNS)
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