Let’s just set the Pandemic aside for a moment – and acknowledge that for many people, young and older, making friends is a tricky thing to do when you’re no longer in education.
With the gig economy only growing, making friends at work is not something everyone can do.
Freelancers struggle on the social side of things and if you do go into the office or other place of work, it can still be really difficult to make a new friend.
There’s no guarantee you’re going to be working with someone who’s…well, like you! And let’s face it, what makes friends is shared experience. Who wants to base a friendship off their job?
Unless you’re fortunate enough to work in a place which fulfills your every need, chances are, once you leave work, you want to forget all about it!
So this is where Bumble BFF comes in.
It’s a great way to meet other adults who are looking for friends in your area and there’s not a hint of weirdness about that either.
Bumble BFF allows users to utilize the same swiping and matching algorithms for friendship rather than dating…you can read the profiles of potential friends and decide whether to swipe right on them.
Once both people swipe right, they’re given 24 hours to initiate a conversation.
In today’s tech-driven world, it’s not easy for people to meet new friends. Our communities are less connected and as a result, we’re not attending as many local functions as we did in the past.
This is especially true for young people living in bigger cities. It can be a lonely place so why suffer? Try meeting new friends online and keep an open mind. If you share interests, there’s no reason you shouldn’t make friends with someone who’s a little older or younger than you. Don’t stick to your age group alone.
Try to make more than one connection and you’ll increase your chances of making lasting friendships too. Make sure to arrange fun activities for you and your new friends to take part in. But to begin with, a simple coffee date will suffice.
It’s a shame Sean Rad wasn’t more focused on friendship when his colleague at Tinder Whitney Wolfe Herd was having a hard time with Justin Mateen, her ex-partner who was also a Tinder team member.
The then CEO of Tinder, Rad, failed to support Wolfe Herd despite seeing evidence of the way in which Mateen was treating Wolfe Herd and that failure resulted in a lawsuit (settled out of court) and a big drop in Rad’s popularity in general.
After he was ‘let go’ from his Tinder CEO position, Rad went out of the frying pan and into the fire thanks to interviews like this one in which he showed his ignorance at the same time as appearing to have little understanding of the world in general.
