Thing are just so far away or things that I’m interested in doesn’t exist. People don’t exist here, just cars.
I don’t have enough time to volunteer after work either.
It’s just too difficult to meet people these days.
Thing are just so far away or things that I’m interested in doesn’t exist. People don’t exist here, just cars.
I don’t have enough time to volunteer after work either.
It’s just too difficult to meet people these days.
I think there’s a nostalgia for something that never really existed, at least not in the U.S.
I’m 60. Forty years ago, I met new people at work, school, and friend’s parties. Bars and nightclubs still exist, too (I just didn’t go there much). I don’t know what “third places” people are saying used to exist that don’t now, though. What is the origin of this longing for “third spaces”?
Earlier in my career, many companies had softball teams, there was always a bowling league, there were hobbies that involved people.
Sure I’m a big part of the problem, but bowling practically doesn’t exist, and it’s been well over a decade since I’ve seen a company with a softball team. Going out drinking after work was a thing and there are a few regulars at my company still doing that but as an introvert who doesn’t want to drink that much, it’s just painful and expensive
Now that everyone spends way too much time online, that takes away from social interaction time.
Most importantly I regret something I said pity loud in work on Friday. If I had somewhere to vent and relax, that would have been a better place for that kind of talk but it wasn’t professional