I have no irl friends :(
I'm in my late 30s, single and child free, on the spectrum, and due to circumstances over the years, I now have basically no friends irl... My three dearest friends live across continents and oceans. I socialize under duress with my parents. No siblings. My grandmother passed away in February so I lost her connection. The rest of my family are either busy themselves or too far. The one woman I'm sort of friends with in my very tiny town, that I haven't seen in over a month, just tried to make plans with me IN FOUR WEEKS - and I've already got solo birthday plans down in the city that weekend. That's the next best time she has, between her kids and husband and job etc. We don't really communicate between visits either. I am just so tired of being friendless. I understand everybody has busy, complicated lives with busy schedules but it feels like no one values me enough to make time for me. It doesn't feel like much of a friendship when we can't even make a once a month game night with their whole family who loves board games happen... I've tried using Bumble to meet friends but it just felt like awkward first dates. I like being alone, so it's not always horrible, and I enjoy my own company, but it would be nice to have someone to invite over for dinner, or just go run errands together or SOMEthing. A girl needs a friend to send outfit photos to and actually get a semi prompt reply because they're actually in the same time zone. I enjoy video games, crochet, hiking, camping, road trips, museums, books, cooking. I feel like I'm interesting and a fun friend! Any tips on making friends irl? Do I just hang out in the Michael's yarn aisles and wait for someone who looks my age and pounce? LOL. Just super discouraged rn.