I have a really hard time making friends with people my age. I just can’t seem to find anybody that really clicks that way. Maybe it’s the Aspergers, but I cannot make friendships from shallow similarities. My friends are extremely diverse in age range and wonderful people I love, trust, count on, and would die for. They all inspire me and we seek the highest good for each other. I’m a very young adult and my friends generally range from 30-70 (unless you count siblings as friends, then there’s a few younger ones
). I have a ton of acquaintances my age though.
Some things I’ve discovered that work for me are you cannot go looking for friends, but they do show up in unexpected times and places. Second, look more at similarities in interests and less on similarity of lives (meaning, if you are a single young woman in college like me, there are plenty of people out there that are not all or any of those things and still would be wonderful friends). Third, it’s okay to be friendly with a lot of people but only have a very small handful of “true friends”. I am that way and am very happy.
Finally, pray to God- and ask Our Immaculate Mother and the saints and your guardian angel to assist in this endeavor. Having true friends can be such an enormous blessing, particularly when they are devout Catholics.
Sorry if this makes little sense and is poorly written- I’m battling flu-like symptoms currently.
I’ll say a prayer for you!