36 M UK
Hi! I’ve reached that very adult stage of life where making new friends seems to require either joining a running club or repeatedly kidnapping the same extrovert until they adopt you.
I’m happily partnered and purely looking for platonic friendships — ideally people who enjoy proper conversations, random messages and sharing the entirely unnecessary details of their day.
A bit about me:
- I work in the charity world, mainly around projects, systems, governance and solving problems that nobody realised existed until they became my problem.
- I speak Welsh and English, although sarcasm is probably my most fluent language.
- I’m into DIY, despite every job inevitably uncovering three more jobs beneath it.
- I enjoy gaming — mostly Call of Duty, played enthusiastically but without any troubling level of competence.
- I have a 1 year old dog, so a significant portion of my life is controlled by an intelligent, furry middle manager.
- I like cooking, gardening, fixing things, overly ambitious plans, good documentaries and dissecting the occasional organisational or political shitshow.
- I’m much better one-to-one or in small groups than in a room full of people competing to be heard.
I’m equally happy discussing something meaningful, helping untangle a problem, exchanging pictures of badly behaved pets, or receiving a message that simply says, “You will not believe what has happened now.”
I don’t expect constant replies or instant responses. Life happens, social batteries run out and sometimes a message gets mentally answered but never actually typed. I’m looking for the sort of friendship where that’s understood, but where both people still make an effort and gradually get to know one another.
If any of that sounds vaguely compatible, tell me something about yourself — or just tell me the most ridiculous minor inconvenience you’ve had this week. That’s usually a better conversation starter than “hey”.