Before I begin I thought of one more deal breaker that is the BIGGEST of them all. How could I forget?!?!
16. If a guy is stupid or can't spell. "Famley is really important to me." or "Bye the way, your dog is cute." EXCUSE ME, WHAT?!?!?! Do you mean "family"??????? "Bye" with an "e" means like see ya later. OMG STOP TEXTING ME.
Alright, done with that rant. On to more important things. This is my advice for making friends after graduation...it worked me for me so good luck to y'all who wanna give it a go. Let me know how it works for you.
Moving to a new town that already doesn't have a hopping night life aspect makes it really difficult to make friends. Out here we got some horses and some mushrooms, that's it. NO, not those kind of mushrooms - you know who you are! For the first few weeks you'll be drinking wine alone and cuddling your dog. Maybe hoping that one day he'll actually talk back to you. Well, you'll start really considering it after you've finished that bottle of wine. Oops.
Then maybe you'll decide, "Oh, I'm going to join the YMCA and hope I make friends there." Except in reality, you're going to a Pilates class with a bunch of 50 year old women who are wayyyy better at Pilates than you are. Also, the eye candy in the weight room is never really that good. Dammit. But of course if you spot some guy wearing a Virginia Tech shirt in the Wellness Center, you WILL stalk him and he will be very scared. Also, oops. I mean, Go Hokies?
Up to this point in life it's so easy to make friends (if you're not a freaking crazy person). College practically throws them in your face without giving you a choice. Real life, adult life; you have got to get creative. You have to get so creative, you're not even sure that you're still searching for friends.
For example, one of my first friends in PA came from Craigslist. YUP, I know you're all thinking I'm a crazy person! But to clarify, I wasn't desperate enough to post in the Craigslist "Looking for friends" section. I put up a roommate ad saying I was new to the area, 23, with a dog. She answers back "Hey, this might sound a little crazy but I'm new to the area, 22, with a dog." I'm like OMG TWINZZZZ.
On to the awkward meeting encounter...I call my friends and parents "Alright guys, if you don't hear from my by 9 it's because this chick is whack and she actually threw my body in a ditch to hide the evidence." Luckily that wasn't the case. But I did stand at the front of the restaurant and text "Hey, I'm here standing up front wearing a black North Face and looking like the most awkward person in the world." So true though. While waiting, I felt I was the subject to a lot of online dating first meetings as well. "Hey, are you Shelby???" Oh honey, if you were better looking I would totally be Shelby. Oh well. You win some, you loose some.
So we meet! "Lauren??!" Oh hey, girlllll. We walk back to our table and my Craigslist friend (she does have a name but I can't think of a better nickname than "Craigslist friend") is like "This place is pretty cool, right?" And me of course within minutes of meeting her I already pull out the outrageous comments - "Yeah, I like it so far. It's a total sausage fest in here." I can't really believe I said that but, I did. Her response "Omg, we can totally be friends." Winning.
Now we hang out all the time which consists of walking our dogs, drinking, and talking about horses. I think people have a tough time believing we found each other on Craigslist. I do!! We might light of it though. If something cool happens we say "That's just Craigslist awesome." So basically in a nutshell this story is - Craigslist awesome.
And now we're totes adorbs and Craigslist awesome 24/7.
To sum up, making friends is hard post graduation but if you follow in my footsteps you'll find yourself a good one that comes with a pretty funny story too. So now you all know the art of making friends post grad - Craigslist.
Emma, or better known as my Craigslist friend, gets the shout out this week for her quote of the night last night. "Men are scum, they are not evolved, they are still dragging their clubs." I almost crashed my car I was laughing so hard. She speaks the truth though.
Until next time blog followers,
241 <3 Lauren
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