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So, I'm having difficulties making friends and finding things NWR to do. I used to do bellydance and bollywood dance. I had a lot of fun doing it, but I never really made any friends. It actually got kind of catty and "political" for lack of a better term and I backed out of it so I didn't have to deal with the drama.

I'm not a fan of soccer or baseball or anything like that and I think that's my big problem. I can't seem to find an alternative. There's a sports league here in Cincinnati, but the only "non" sport on the league is euchre...and that sounds about as fun as watching paint dry (no offense to euchre players! it's just not for me...I tried!).

So, how do you bees make friends?

What are your hobbies that get you socializing?

Any help, suggestions, reality checks or otherwise would be appreciated!

I'm looking into meetup.com right now. They have a book club that could be fun and a couple of other things to check out.  I'll definitely try that out. I've done some meetups before, but it turned out to be more of an avenue for singles than what I had hoped.

I tried volunteering a couple of times, but people just looked at me like I was crazy since I wasn't part of the "normal" group of volunteers. I was mostly just overworked and ignored... Kind of depressing really.

I actually have been to a couple of zumba classes. I might go back a couple more times or try out a boot camp class, but so far I haven't had much more than a hello from the people I've met there. Ironically, a lot of the instructors (which include some old dance "friends") also know the bellydance crowd, so I have to be careful where I go to avoid the drama.

I looked into taking cooking classes and art classes, but people keep trying to talk me out of it. They either tell me I'll be hanging with a 40+ crowd or kids under 22. I'll probably end up signing up soon anyway.

Coworkers are a bust. I'm the only one under 35 in my office (I'm 28). AND the youngest female has one kid close to graduating high school... that's a little too different of a lifestyle for me to expect us to be great friends.

I don't go to church. It's just not for me.

I don't know. I've been battling this for several years now and I'm just coming up empty handed. The only luck I had was with a Young Professionals group, but that's dissolved and I only have contact with one person from it and she's a little flakey to say the least.

I just need to get out of this funk! Wedding planning has made me realize how few friends I really have and it's really getting to me - not to mention that I'll only have 4 family members there... I have an invite list of 17 including guests and family. My FI has 115+... It just makes me feel pathetic. The few friends I'm inviting are even flaking on me and are going to "decide later" if they think they'll make it. Oh, and don't get me started on my bridesmaids.... if I end up having 1 out of 4 there, I'm going to be impressed. I have only talked to one of them regularly throughout planning (like once every two weeks-ish) the other's I hear from once every 2-6 months anymore. It's a joke.

Anyway, sorry to sound like such a debbie downer. I'm just disappointed in the people around me right now and really wanted to have someone at the wedding that I felt was truly a friend. I'll get over it. I'm just in a serious funk about my whole situation. Thanks for suggestions!