How Do You Make Friends After Breakup

Group Therapy: How Do You Make New Friends at 36?


Updated 08/07/10 8:08 AM · Posted by · 35 comments

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My six year relationship just ended. I allowed it to absorb most of my life and as a result i am not as close to my friends as I was. I cant help but feel like the odd one out as I've missed out on quite a few of their shared experiences.  when i go out with acquaintances I feel like the cousin your mum forces you to take to your best friends party!  lol Everybody knows everybody else — and none of them know me. 

I'm actually trying to create a new life for myself with people i have common interests with but when I go out I feel like I'm just tagging along to someone else's life. Is that normal?  Any ideas for making and keeping new friends?  PS I just started my own business and for the most part work from home.  Most of the people I meet are clients or potential clients and I'm a little weird about socializing with people who pay me!  Is that weird?

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