Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012)

Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by Markoff on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @07:43PM (#16425774)

I would like to do activities and meet new people and have social life, but what will you choose - spending time with your kids or social life? I can't go for beer or travel or whatever while holding hand of toddler.

But people without children really have no excuse.

edit: to make things even worse if i go somewhere by myself with child, all i see are groups/cults of mothers discussing parenting stuff, it's very rare to see men, they are too busy working and it's very unlikely to make non romantic female friend

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Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by tspike on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @11:01PM (#16426740)

I don't know where you live, but in my town it's very common to bring children to have a beer. The local brewery even has complimentary diapers in the mens bathroom. I count myself lucky to have that as an option, but even if I didn't I would see if friends wanted to go down to the waterfront to have a beer and let my kiddo run around happy as can be.

Travel is certainly more difficult than it used to be, but I've found that the types of trips I used to turn my nose up at (all-inclusive resort-ish) are appealing in a completely new way. We can put the toddler down to bed, set up a baby monitor, and go down and enjoy ourselves like we're actually adults, often meeting new folks.

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Re:Why is it hard to make friends over 30? (2012) by Markoff on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @02:12AM (#16427520)

i think it's completely unheard in many European countries, you have family restaurants but that's not place to hang out with other and man looking after children it's still very rare

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