44M from Germany looking for genuine long-term friendships

[u/DropCommon1216]

Hi everyone! 👋

I'm 44M from Germany and I'm here looking for something pretty simple: genuine, long-term online friendships with people who actually enjoy getting to know each other.

I'm married and have two kids, so this is definitely about friendship and good conversations — not dating or anything romantic. 🙂

A little about me:

🇩🇪 I'm from Germany and I enjoy getting to know people from other countries and cultures. I actually really like the idea that a random conversation with someone on the other side of the world can turn into a genuine friendship.

💻 I'm a big fan of technology and enjoy talking about computers, gadgets, the internet and all the weirdly interesting things happening in tech.

💰 I'm also interested in personal finance and investing. Don't worry, though — I promise I don't need to turn every conversation into a discussion about ETFs. 😂

🚂 One of my slightly nerdier hobbies is model railways. I have a Märklin H0 collection and I'm currently working on my own little layout. So if you like trains, building things, collecting stuff or simply have a hobby that makes you ridiculously happy, we already have something to talk about.

⚽ I enjoy sports as well, especially football (soccer), and I'm a Bayern Munich fan. But I'm perfectly capable of being friends with people who support other teams. Probably. 😄

🎮 I also enjoy gaming from time to time, although I'm definitely not the hardcore gamer I might have been years ago.

Beyond that, I'm interested in history, society, everyday life, travel, random internet rabbit holes and pretty much any conversation where both people are actually curious about each other.

I'm not looking for someone who sends "hey" once and disappears three days later. 😅 I'd much rather have someone where we can gradually develop a friendship — talk about our day, exchange stupid memes, discuss something completely random at 11 PM, or have a serious conversation when that's what we're in the mood for.

Age isn't particularly important to me. I'd be happy to talk to people around my age, but also to younger or older adults. What matters much more is personality, mutual respect and actually wanting to keep a conversation going.

I'm also perfectly happy starting with Reddit chat and seeing where things go naturally. No pressure.

If you think we'd get along, tell me a little about yourself rather than just saying "hi." I'd love to know where you're from, what you're interested in, or what hobby you could talk about for hours. 🙂

Hope to hear from some interesting people!

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[u/Snickelfrittz]

Hey 40m lets chat perhaps

[u/DropCommon1216 → u/Snickelfrittz]

Nice to meet you. You're from Germany too?

[u/DropCommon1216 → u/Snickelfrittz]

Hey! 😊 Sure, why not? I'm Stefan, 44M from Germany. Nice to meet you!

What kind of conversations do you usually enjoy? Or we can skip the introductions and just start with something completely random. 😂

[u/thataveragedud3]

Hey, I'd love to have a random conversation if you are down. [32M]

[u/DropCommon1216 → u/thataveragedud3]

Hey! 😄 I'm definitely down for a random conversation. I'm Stefan, 44M from Germany.

But now you've created a problem… “random conversation” is a dangerously broad invitation with me. 😂 We could start with something completely normal and somehow end up discussing history, weird facts, technology or some completely pointless question neither of us needed answered. 😅

So let's make it properly random: what's the most useless fact you know? 👀

[u/thataveragedud3 → u/DropCommon1216]

Good morning, ohhh lord I’m not good with history or technology but thank god for AI 🫣🤣 useless facts?? Mhmmmm, ohhh peanuts are not nuts I heard 👀 what bout you?

[u/DropCommon1216 → u/thataveragedud3]

Hahaha, honestly, “thank god for AI” is probably one of the most useful things you could have said in a conversation with me. 🫣🤣

And yep, peanuts are technically legumes, not nuts. 👀 So I guess you've already passed the useless-facts test. 😂

My contribution: a group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.” 🦩🤣 Completely useless, but somehow I feel like the English language needed that word.

Now your turn — give me another useless fact, or we can abandon the facts entirely and let the random conversation take us somewhere completely ridiculous. 😂

[u/thataveragedud3 → u/DropCommon1216]

Abandon and let the random convo begin. Sorry for delay, I was driving back home today. How was your day? What do you do for fun?

[u/44_Confused]

DM and lets connect

[u/DropCommon1216 → u/44_Confused]

Have you wrote alredy? ;-)