Questions tagged [making-friends]
Situations where the end goal is to gain someone's friendship or to strengthen it.
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How to become a closer friend with someone of the opposite sex
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A couple of months ago, I (24 M) moved into a new country and a new job. I didn't know anyone over here but I met quite a lot of good people at work. One of those people is a girl (23) who's ...
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How to make aquantainces into friends - same gender [closed]
I (w24) do have friends but all of them are men. I have aquaintances who are women and I would really like to be friends with some of them. If I ask them to hang out, they never reply or have time - I ...
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Does Dale Carnegie's "How to Win Friends and Influence People" actually help us find people more interesting?
I'd bought Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People at a used book store years ago and later read it. The message I took away from it was that if we lead people to believe that we find ...
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Helping daughter deal with overwhelming 'friend'
My step-daughter is very tolerant of other people, and kind-hearted. She is also quite mature for her age (11) and is not emotionally volatile like some of the other children in her class. I don't for ...
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Moving away from Christian faith: how to retain relationships?
I grew up in a pretty religious (evangelical) family. Naturally, I believed what I was taught: the actual religious stuff like love your neighbors and enemies, be humble and kind, and so on. But also ...
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How to keep offering support to someone in grief
A bit of history to explain our current relationship:
I met a person recently over a dating app, talked a bit and then met for a date which ended just as a friendly chat, and due to distancing there ...
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Best way to respond to continue possible friendship
I am taking an online course. Two days ago, the instructor organized a meeting of all the students. I liked one of them – he is senior to me, and seems like a nice sort of person, friendly-like – and ...
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Being a people pleaser vs trying to be more likeable same thing? [closed]
Being a people pleaser obviously has negative connotation. Is trying to be more likeable the same thing as people pleasing or is it something that one should strive for? Just trying to figure out if ...
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How to apologize for an unintentional personal attack?
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I'm quite attached to people whom I know for a long period of time. However I met this girl A about a year ago. We share quite a common family conditions, we both accept the family ...
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How do you use Instagram to get to know people outside your usual social circle? [closed]
Instagram is probably the most popular social media that allows you to meet people you haven’t seen before in real life; you normally can contact people within your social circle using other means ...
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How to convey interest after I've declined multiple invitations?
My neighbor who lives across the hall from me in my apartment building is clearly trying to extend an olive branch of friendship. We met at a community gathering for residents a little over a month ...
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How to casually invite a particular colleague for an afterwork?
I work with three colleagues in a small open space. We're developers. We've been colleagues for almost a year and got to know each decently.
I'm a shy, socially anxious person that doesn't have many ...
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How can I ask my opposite-sex acquaintance to go to a museum with me?
I recently moved to a new city and there is a girl who I am interested in having a friendship with. I see her everyday besides weekends in orchestra where I usually make some mild chatter with her, ...
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How do I convince women that my intentions are pure? [closed]
I have decided to do my once per year attempt to not die alone this week that has passed. I decided to ask this nice looking lady that I know for coffee. The problem I have is that for some reason I ...
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How to socialize at pubs/bars when you are alone?
Near my town there's a nice pub which is the only place in a big radius which offers live rock, metal and acoustic music (other venues offers DJs which puts reggaeton, hip hop, trap and EDM) and a ...
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