Making friends after college

FB just wrote a post about how it’s hard to make friends, especially outside of college. And I totally agree. I’ve blogged about this before – about how hard I find it in Vancouver to try to find people with similar interests. It’s near impossible. And you know what’s even harder to find? Couples with similar interests.

BF and I have been going rock climbing for about a year (and skiing), and have we met any other people there? Nope. We’ve barely even talked to anyone. Everyone is off in their own little world. And you can’t exactly just ski up to a bunch of strangers and join in on their conversation.

Work friends? Forget about it. There are very few people at work that I would consider as “friend possibilities,” but I’d rather keep work and my personal life separate. It’s just so much easier that way. And BF’s prospects at work aren’t any better.

We were talking the other day about how we should try to make more friends together as a couple. I don’t want to join a hiking club, because it looks kind of lame (we saw a group out a few weekends ago). And I don’t want to have to pay for courses or activities just for the possibility of meeting others, because we’re already paying enough for the membership fees that we have.

So we usually just spend our time together. Which is great. I love camping and hiking and exploring places with him. We have a lot of fun together, and obviously we have really similar interests. It’d just be nice to find other active couples who share some of our passions. :)