I grew up in a fairly medium sized city near Houston, TX. I had a small trio of friends I met in grade school and were friends with all through high school and through college (even though we went to separate colleges).
In college I knew no one and it was a great opportunity to break away from old high school friends and meet new people. I met many new people, many of them I consider my life-long friends, however, after graduating, we all moved to separate cities/places due to our careers.
I'm married now, almost one year in a few weeks and my wife and I don't hang out with anyone much at all. The friends I do have here in town are also married and it seems it tougher and tougher to see them. I don't know if it's being busy with work or what, but I know it's not distance because we all live about five to 10 minutes from one another, yet last year, we all saw one another less than a handful of times.
I read this article on lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/why-its-so-hard-to-make-friends-after-college-and-wha-488975744
I found it interesting that it talked about exactly what's currently going on in my life, well, my wife's life too.
My marriage is awesome though, it's incredible to have a bestfriend as my partner forever, but sometimes I feel like she needs a female buddy to do female things together with and I want time with my dudes to do dude stuff with, but real-life crap seems to take precedence.
Anyone here share similar realities?
In college I knew no one and it was a great opportunity to break away from old high school friends and meet new people. I met many new people, many of them I consider my life-long friends, however, after graduating, we all moved to separate cities/places due to our careers.
I'm married now, almost one year in a few weeks and my wife and I don't hang out with anyone much at all. The friends I do have here in town are also married and it seems it tougher and tougher to see them. I don't know if it's being busy with work or what, but I know it's not distance because we all live about five to 10 minutes from one another, yet last year, we all saw one another less than a handful of times.
I read this article on lifehacker: http://lifehacker.com/why-its-so-hard-to-make-friends-after-college-and-wha-488975744
I found it interesting that it talked about exactly what's currently going on in my life, well, my wife's life too.
My marriage is awesome though, it's incredible to have a bestfriend as my partner forever, but sometimes I feel like she needs a female buddy to do female things together with and I want time with my dudes to do dude stuff with, but real-life crap seems to take precedence.
Anyone here share similar realities?
