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17 Secrets to Making — and Keeping — Adult Friends
In a recent survey of 1,883 ADDitude readers, only 3.5% said they have no challenges in their relationships and friendships. The remaining respondents reported difficulties with meeting new people, staying in touch, social anxiety, and rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) — all of which thwart potential and long-term connections.Here, we take a closer look at the challenges that hinder friendships and relationships and offer reader-provided solutions for building lasting connections because, as one respondent wrote, “If you don’t try, you’ll never know what could have been.”More than half (55%) of respondents said proactively making plans was their biggest friendship challenge.“I have found the best way to get together with other busy parent friends is to call and ask, ‘What are you doing right now?’ Half the time, we meet at a park or home for a few hours on a random day.