unavailable friends

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Registered: 06-19-2006
unavailable friends
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Mon, 06-19-2006 - 11:38pm
I am literally the only single one in my group of girlfriends. This sucks for me because i would love to have a fellow single girlfriend to go out with sometimes, instead of staying in watching t.v. night after night. I really need to get out sometimes. anyone hear me? i wish it was easier to make friends at an adult age.
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Registered: 04-11-2003
Tue, 06-20-2006 - 1:07am

I hear you. A few years ago all my single friends got married sort of within the same one year period

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Tue, 06-20-2006 - 11:47am

My friends are the same way.

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Registered: 06-19-2006
Tue, 06-20-2006 - 11:58am
wow i definately agree. every monday since i an remember has me ladies night for us. We don't do anything exciting just watch a movie or eat dinner. They have all had to skip at some point of time because of school or work related reasons, so one monday i told them i couldnt do it because i guy i was seeing wanted me to meet his friends and have dinner with them. The one time i miss girls night i got so much heck for it. It seems like some of our friends get so used to US being single they are accustomed to us not having plans with a guy so they think we are WIDE open when its convenient for them.
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Registered: 09-08-2005
Tue, 06-20-2006 - 10:52pm

i hear ya too! i'm in my mid-20s and i get pretty much harassed by family/friends/coworkers about me not actively dating...but i feel if you are meant to meet "the one", you will. i don't just like dating for fun...i'm in it for the long haul. the harassment pretty much is horrible, some coworkers will say to me "did you have another blockbuster weekend?" or "you're too independent - you'll never get married." since when was independence ever bad?

of course, i want to be with someone, but "the one" hasn't arrived at my doorstep yet. practically all my good friends have a signicant other...and they hangout with other couples. i see her maybe once a month and maybe e-mail each other a couple of times a month. also, the company i work for doesn't have a lot of people my age so there's limited access to people like me (but who knows - maybe THEY too have a SO)...i am also done with college...so what's left is the work environment and/or through friends. i've thought about volunteering for a cause (because i like to do it too), taking fun classes at the universities (but that should slow down because i'm getting older and students are getting younger), etc. so it's pretty much difficult for me to find a social outlet i would enjoy and find someone. :(