Meeting New People
A small rant here. I just got off the phone with my mom. I was observing that all of my friends are no longer single, which sucks because I still am. I mean, I still hang out with them, but I no longer have the sorts of friendships that I'm used to and I'm starting to think that at my age getting into a relationship may be the only way I'm going to get that sort of friendship again. But now what? I am a very active person, yet I don't seem to be meeting anyone new. My mom suggested volunteering or taking classes, which sounds good, but I think I do enough already that should be working to my advantage. Shouldn't I be making new friends (if not dating new people)? I rock climb; I meet people at the rock gym all the time, but don't really think of any of them as friends. That or they are in relationships already, which is the problem I have with the friends I have now. I swing dance, but that's ceased to be a productive method of meeting people-- I already know everyone there. Since I've been in Austin I've worked at the YMCA, and student taught at Reagan High School. I took Yoga, I played soccer, I hang out at coffee shops. None of these things have generated any new, lasting friendships. The only thing that has done this is hanging out at the co-op I used to live at. But I'm trying to moved beyond that. I may go back to boarding there in the spring, but I don't think it will be a good way to meet new people. I'd be like Matthew McConaughy's character on Dazed and Confused: "That's what I like about high school girls: I keep getting older, they stay the same age". Really, what am I supposed to do? I feel like I should be doing something, but I'm at a loss. I'm about at a point where I might just go to church with Kristen to get some new blood flowing into my social world. Which is a horrible reason to go to church. I feel very alone.

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