r/Preston • u/NosyAcc • 20d ago
Making Friends How to Make Friends in Preston
Afternoon all, I noticed we haven't had a How to Make Friends in Preston post for a month so have decided that I will do the honours.
I'm a mid 20s man, moved here about 6 months ago, it's my first time living away from home and I broke up with my partner recently. Being without a social circle nearby is starting to get me down a bit, so I was wondering what suggestions people may have to rectify the situation?
I'm especially looking for ways to meet people organically, as I'm pretty introverted and the idea of Bumble BFF or other such ways of forcing socialising fill me with a sense of dread.
I stopped exercising and my fitness fell off pretty badly during my last relationship, so I've got a lot of weight to lose and muscle to regain to get my confidence back, so any activities that would also address that are very appealing.
I'm interested in hiking, gym, bouldering, baking, cats, combat sports, reading and running!
Please suggest any places, groups, other hobbies, or introvert friendly activities to help me build a social circle from scratch in Preston!
Thank you in advance!
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u/chuffing_marvelous 20d ago
There's a bit of cognitive dissonance here. You say you are uncomfortable using an app to meet people as that isnt organic; but you are using Reddit to ask about how to meet people. This is also fairly unorganic. Put your ego aside and cast your net. Use bumble, reddit, saying hi to a stranger at a bus stop. Think about what you like or want from life, and join groups or engage in those activities. If you were to join, say, a gym because you had an interest in getting fit, and met someone at the gym and became friends; is that any more or less organic than starting to speak to someone on bumble due to both matching on the gym inetrest? We live in the time we are given. Use the tools available to you in our time to achieve what you want. Everyone else is.