Making new friends

Turning the people already in your orbit — coworkers, acquaintances, friends-of-friends — into real friendships.

How to Ask Someone to Hang Out Without It Being Awkward
You typed it out once. "Hey, we should hang out sometime!" Then you looked at it, felt your whole body cringe, and deleted it. Maybe you sent a watered-down version. Maybe you j…
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How to Make Friends as an Adult — Starting With the People You Already Know
Somewhere along the way, friendship stopped being automatic. In school it mostly happened to you — same building, same schedule, the same faces five days a week until strangers …
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How to Turn Someone You Already Know Into a Real Friend
Most advice about making friends as an adult tells you to go find strangers. Join a club. Take a pottery class. Download an app and start over from zero.
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