A place to make friends?
I live in an incredibly small town my and with my anxiety it is too hard to go and put myself out there, But I find myself just incredibly lonely. Does anyone know of some online communities to make honest friends? I tried meet me for a while for instance but it was over loaded with pervs and jerks.
I also saw there is no member to member chat on this site, And I'm not up for being a listener these days.
@CinnaBunnie i understand but unfortunetly i don't know of any i wish i did but if you need to talk you can post here and i'll respond when i can i know its not the same thing but still it might help
@Tiredandalone88 Yeah it's not quite the same. When I was like 12-17 While not at school I played a lot of mmorpgs (like WoW) and I had friends that enjoyed shooting the breeze with I miss having like 20 people on my Skype to just talk random stuff with whenever I had a device with me. If i had time I would probably join another game and guild but these days I don't have 40+ hours to pour into an mmo.
@CinnaBunnie yeah being a responsible adult can suck i try to game when i can but i cant always find time to play much i try to alocate 1 day a week for D&D... i'm a geek.... it helps me unwind but it doesn't help with the loneliness and i think thats because all the guys i play with are married
@Tiredandalone88
I thought there would be more of a member to member community on 7cups but the group chats are overloaded and there is just about no messaging options for member to members. It's actually been a huge let down. For a community making strides to end loneliness you would think they would have more methods in place to tie their lonely community together.
@CinnaBunnie yeah i agree i was surprised they didnt have a loneliness chat room the best they have is depression chat but like you said its overloaded
@Tiredandalone88
Ok so i think I'm going to make a new thread. I know a major part of why 7cups works is that it is anonymous and listeners are everywhere but what if you are like Me? You dont want to talk to spill your guts you just want a friend? I don't know how the mods will feel about it but I think it would be a good idea to start a pocket community of people who just want friends. I would benefit from turning on my phone and seeing a bunch of people online who knew me and were down to just talk so why theoretically wouldn't anyone else?
I mean I'm not a listener, Or a therapist, and on a bad day I'm not going to want to talk, but that's the difference between a friend and a listener.
@CinnaBunnie i think thats a good idea. I dont use skype much i use discord when it comes to talking online
I guess you could potentially strike up a sort-of friendship with a listener-- of course it's not the same since true friendships are mutually supportive. But I've found that talking to my favorite listener-- although I learn close to nothing about him, he is so supportive it does alleviate my loneliness.
Otherwise online friendships are like regular friendships- it's sort of up to chances. You start joining places and talking and wasting a lot of time searching. Oh well. and maybe some day fate would have it for you and you would click with someone.
@gregariousAcai1247
I already have one insanely fulfilling friendship, I met my friend Dillon when I was 12 On IMVU and we have be besties ever since. But with real life being so busy I want to build more of what i already know is out there and possible. I think it's worth trying to forge a new community option on 7cups.
