r/BudditoDaily

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Curious what this community actually needs.

Upvote the option below that fits you best — or add your own in a comment. 👇

Typing long stories on my phone is annoying, so once I’m comfortable I tend to use voice notes. Not constantly, and definitely not ten-minute monologues every morning.

I’m on the East Coast, work a normal weekday schedule and live alone with a very loud cat. I like pop culture gossip, thrift stores and hearing people explain hobbies I know nothing about.

I read mostly thrillers, horror, historical fiction, and the occasional romance novel. I’d love to find another woman who wants to choose a book every month and discuss it casually.

This wouldn’t be a serious book club with deadlines. We can complain about characters, guess the ending, and admit when neither of us finished the book.

What’s the last book you genuinely enjoyed?

I’ve been thinking about why some friendships naturally move past small talk while most stay somewhere between “person I occasionally text” and “person I keep meaning to make plans with.”

For anyone who became genuinely close with a friend they met as an adult, what helped the friendship grow?

Was it seeing each other regularly? One person opening up first? Going through something difficult together? Having the same communication style? Or was it mostly finding someone who consistently followed through on plans?

I’m also curious whether there was a specific moment when they stopped feeling like an acquaintance and started feeling like a real friend. What happened, and roughly how long had you known each other?

For me, meeting people isn’t necessarily the hardest part. It’s getting from the first few conversations to the point where the friendship feels mutual and neither person is doing all the work. I’d love to hear what that process looked like for other people.