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Originally Posted by Dragnet
I've posted about this before but there is a real shortage of socialising opportunities for older people. For 95% it seems the pub is it, otherwise there's just a few infrequent meeting places such as walking or similar clubs & associations.
I suppose the thing is when you hit 40 you're expected to have a family & friends around you, so meeting strangers is less important.
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Forgive me for posting here I am not even 30, but everything written in this thread applies to me (and probably a lot of other people in their late 20s). Most of my friends are getting married and settling too, so I am seeing less and less of them. Instead I have made new friends.
I think it's a myth that most people only socialise at the pub. I'm going to go through my facebook friends list now and see where I met everyone from:
-old uni mates
-friends of existing friends
-friends of relatives
-people I met whilst volunteering for charities
-ex work colleagues
-people I met at events in London (protests, seminars, film making workshops, life drawing classes, meetup.com events etc)
-people I met at SA UK meets
None of those things are age-dependent.
