Where does one find the right friends/social circles?

I don't consider myself a complete social outcast, but most of the friends and I don't have much in common. They spend most of there free time doing the following partying/bars/xbox, etc. I on the other had spend my free time reading, learning, and testing new website business ideas in hopes of leaving the 9-5 zombie work force.





Where do I find people like me other then on the net, is its not


fun interacting the computer alone.





I'm really bummed at the financial ambitions of my freinds and co-workers....





Don't get me wrong I have fun to, I took 45 days off to travel through the Philippines and Thailand last years. IIts just not my style to blow off steam at bars and take 3 day mini vacations like my friends....





Anyways...blah...blah...blah





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Where does one find the right friends/social circles?
Go to a forums. do you like cars? go to a car forum and find a car meet. I don't know, what about job? have you tried talking with your coworkers and see if you like them?
Reply:u can as well as cannot find such friends on net...............u'll jst have to find them bt believe me...............frnds like we wish for r found by accident nt by trying to find them
Reply:I would suggest you try doing night school where you learn about website design or computer programming or the internet. I'm not sure, but I would say at least half the class would be like yourself.
Reply:well go buy some friends
Reply:well may you need to change up where you spend your time. Lets say you like to read if you have cafe shops where you live then you probably find some book worms in there. Go to the library you are bond to find someone who love books, and like to learn as you do. If you have some business seminars in your area go to them. You can pick up some new skills and maybe a friend to. Its all about going to places that you like to find someone on common ground.
Reply:Since you spent so much time in the Philippines and Thailand did you not pick up any ideas from these people?


Both countries are very entrepreneural and start up business on a shoe string because their governments are more open to new business opportunities. The United States has so many beauracratic rules that make it hard to start your own business that most people do not want to take the gamble.





And yes. Having your own business is a gamble. I live in a small city of Monroe, Michigan and there is only one store that repairs computers and they get 35 dollars bench fee and 55 dollars an hour to work on computers.. The point is you sound like you know your are looking for an opportunity and this is just an idea. Maybe not repairing computers but you have skills and knowledge you could sell and if you don't then get trained in some field that you could market.





I have been to Japan and the Philippines and I know these people live a lot different then the we do. We are spoiled in the United States and depend on employers and our government for doing stuff we should be doing for our selves.





Well, good luck. I just retired after 30 years @ Ford Motor Co. and I took a nurses training job and work part time as a health provider for people over sixty years old in their homes and in nursing homes and hospitals. It does not pay what I made at the Ford Motor Company but at least I get the satisfaction of helping people.
Reply:well sound as though you need to be in a course in your free time you want to learn and that is great!... so i sugest you look into what is available on offer ...








you will meet new friends there that will have the same intrests and you will remain friends after you finish the course.





psychic scorpio6124
Reply:Start going to cultural events that intrigue you and strike up conversations with the people there. Spend a few minutes reading the newspaper at the local coffee shop and smile or say hi to anyone who looks friendly. Check craigslist.org for happenings around your town that the kind of people you want to hang out with might be. (It has a "strictly platonic" section too, for people reaching out for new friends.) Go to a bookstore and find reasons to strike up small talk with those who are just browsing around. (As in, "I see you're looking at a book about Italy. That's the one place I've always wanted to go but I haven't been there yet. Are you lucky enough to be traveling there soon?") Go to concerts of the bands you like, or even try out new bands at festivals, concerts in the park, etc. (There are loads of free concerts near where I live in the summer, maybe it's the same where you are?)





Just being in the places where the people you'd like to meet will be is a step in the right direction. If you're usually in nightclubs, then you'll only meet people with a night club mindset. If you go to church, you'll meet religious people. So even if you're not keen on talking to strangers, start getting comfortable in the kinds of places I mentioned above. You'll start feeling comfortable enough to meet the people who also frequent those places.





Good luck!!