Can you make friends at the pub?
I’m 23M and over the last year or so found myself with only a couple of friends left. I’m pretty introverted and find it difficult to make and maintain friendships but am feeling that crushing loneliness come the weekends. In the trades but don’t quite fit into the normal tradie stereotype so haven’t found many proper friends there.
I had a decent friend group through high school but it slowly fell apart with a lot of partying/drugs. Not to say I didn’t enjoy a lot of it but I also had my own goals and ambitions and couldn’t commit to that lifestyle and now feel alienated even from that.
That being said some of my best memories were having a few beers on a Friday evening at the pub and being in bed by midnight. Wondering if it’s possible to meet new mates this way? I’m happy to watch sports but I’m not engrossed in them enough to have much meaningful to converse about.
I’m kind of scared to go to a pub/bar alone and feel like people my age will already be with their mates and aren’t there to meet others.