Das it mane

I still have my friends from childhood, high school, college, work and business, and friends I met along the way.

Nice.

Yeah here and there. I've found it to be less reliable that other methods - you get weirder people, groups, and mixes of people, plus weirder and activities, and it's less likely people actually show - but it still seems reasonably popular (especially for meeting people), so if I did want to meet people, I'd definitely try it.

Fb/reddit/discord probably all more guarantee you'll meet a normal cross-section of the populace, though the last two will certainly have some biases.

Didnt one of your best friends snake you tho?

Gym, volunteering, martial arts training, music, drama, education courses, through parties and get togethers, through work (although I am careful to separate colleagues from legit friends), on holiday also, but that is a weird one as you might live on the other side of the world to those people and never see them again.

I don't either. Lucky to have a handful of friends from childhood still, and that's enough for me. Had a very large group around me in younger years, and it's fun when into the party lifestyle or whatever.

Always enjoyed being around ppl for those occasions, but realized it really takes too much energy from me in the end. I feel more at home being a sort of lone wolf with a few loyal buddies.

I do run into ppl sometimes just when out, photographing, on solo trips etc that wanna keep in touch, but ultimately I kindly turn it down as I know it will take up extra time time and energy.

People talk about social circle to get girls but it worked the other way around for me. I sleep with sloots from dating apps and then they try to date me and introduce me to their friends.

Strong peer groups from High School and College

Still keep up with people I befriended at jobs I held, from waiters, to studio engineers, to now insurance

Made really good and diverse group of friends in jiu jitsu - my closest peer group and male bonding at this stage of my life

Wife and I have made friends through activities and parents of other children, but those come and go.

I don't consider anyone on a message board my "friend" and I generally stay off the internet on the weekends and holidays.

I have close friends from highschool/college but my most recent friends I met through church.

My life is pretty full with kids, work, hobbies, etc. so I'm not looking, but I remember seeing a great post archived from misc.

The guy's basic advice was join a few different groups: one basic recreational sport (baseball, soccer etc.), one group pertaining to your interest (whatever that might be) and one wild card that pushes you outside your bounds (could be dancing or whatever) and invite people to the bar to hang out after meeting occasionally (esp if on the weekend or in the evening). Then he recommended setting up get togethers where you cross people from different social groups to really build a social circle.

I only have acquaintances from work

I met some of my gf friends but they're all her friends not mine