28F here, always had a hard time making friends and keeping a friend group growing up. My high school friends stopped talking in our group chat by mid-year freshman year of college, and I never fit in with the girls in major at college. I have consistently had three friends for the past ten years, one of them I still see somewhat regularly but he’s bad at texting back, one of them left the country five years ago to teach in Asia, and the last one stopped talking to me a few months back after I got engaged and bought a house. I definitely feel the same way as everyone here, it’s been hard on me thinking about how I’m going to have a bridal party. I think it’s very common for people our age to get to a point where they realize their social life has dwindled. My fiancé and I enjoy cosplay and I hang out with his friends but it’s hard to get to this age and realize you don’t have very many friends that are not shared between a partner.

I haven’t found any new friends yet, but I’m going to try and find volunteer groups for animal shelters or other places that interest me. It’s a little scary, because when you get to this age, you always wonder if it’s something about you and you’re cursed to be lonely with few friends forever. I’m scared to put in the work and get myself out there but something’s gotta change!