at least you have done those. I started pretty late although I do not know how old you are I think I started going out more when it was too late. so the difficulty is many times higher. that difficult thing I understand cause its already like almost at the level of impossible for me :/ for you try to have a common interest also try to add them on some social media whether its twitter, facebook whatever. Say hi to them sometime on facebook or whatever and talk about your common interest or find a topic to talk about. Maybe an event related to that will come one day or it doesnt even need to be an event related to their interests ask them if they want to go bowling sometimes or whatever. i know its hard but trust me when i say it only gets harder the longer you put it off. If you don't take that first step nothing will ever change. You might have heard this before but its really true and im not just saying it. I am speaking from experience the hard way. its pretty painfully dam sad having no friends at all when you are older
Hmm, this one made me think for a bit actually. I have a few different friends, but only had one that I felt really close to, a very clear "best" friend. Sadly as we got older, his focusing wholly on his relationship with his girlfriend/fiance and my wish to experience my early 20's with reckless abandon caused us to abandon our friendship, in the end; at this point it's been over a year since I've so much as verified his existence. I still have his number, and if he needed something I'd still be there for him, though, so I voted "1" as I can't really bring myself to write him off entirely. Realistically though... I like my friends, and we have some really good times, but none of them are irreplaceable to me. So I can't really call them "close".
The basic for finding a friend.. Find a person with similar hobby.. Try to initiate a conversation with them.. it should be awkward at first, but hey no pain no gain right? Anyway it will flow naturally as time goes on.. then when you finally befriend that person, if he find you as a friend then he will eventually introduce you to his friends. then your own circle will naturally grow..
I've got two. But I've separated with em already but I still love em as friends. The first one, I guess we no longer see each ever since we were 12. We'd known each other since 8. That's like 4 years. The second one I only know him for a year when we were 17. He's an extremely rude guy but only kind to me. I love him.
Currently 1 close friend I guess, but not IRL. IRL friends... very few, and not close. I define close as willing to talk about all sorts of things with them, like asking for advice, sharing worries, with a certain amount of trust that they won't backstab me later using what we talked about. (Yeah, I'm a suspicious/paranoid person :v but I have reasons for that.) It's not as strong a friendship as some people would define 'close friends' but its something important to me, so I count it. Anything above and beyond that, I guess, I'd call 'best friends'. I've got 0 of those.
2 to 3 for now I'm want more so summon them In my time of need. With like a a squak or signal of some sort
How close? Sex friends, plenty. Tea friends, some. Yumcha friends, a few. Clubbing friends, a lot. Work friends, zero. Girlfriend, one. Movie friend, close to zero. Shopping friend, two people. Petsis, one.
I have 2. None from RL. For close friends, I think of people that I'm willing to be fully honest to when talking, nothing more, nothing less, if I have to hide things from them, or avoid some topics because I think they're too private, them they aren't close friends to me. Granted, even among the 2 people, the degree of closeness varies a lot, I'm a lot more at ease when talking to one of them, nonetheless, they are the only ones I can talk without fear of exposing myself, so they are my only close friends.
Now I have 3 close friends, but two years ago I had about 5-7 closse friends. That's really upsed me. People move to other places.
for me, I would say in RL I have one person I trust with my life (<3), and I would call my little brother a close friend too. after that, I have a handful of people I get along well with, I like hanging out with, and they know my habits and quirks and things like that. there are plenty of things I don't share with them though. there are a number of people online that I'm close with, and I tell them more things than I tell my IRL friends with some regards... but I'm also a bad friend in other respects too. OTL