Moving to a new town is hard, especially when you don't know anyone. This is the fourth time that I've relocated to a new city without knowing anyone, and each time I do this it seems harder. By the time we left Salt Lake City, we had a really good group of friends, but I remember how difficult it was at first and I want to avoid a year of feeling lonely. I've been aggressively trying to meet people in Vancouver. I've been socializing through volunteering, Brian's work friends, city tours, social dancing and Meetup.com. I've heard it's hard to be new in Vancouver, and luckily I've met some really cool people so far. Hopefully these will turn into solid friendships, but I still feel like I'm going from person to person asking "Are you my Friend?". I've also just found out that Vancouver is no longer the world's most livable city; bummer.
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Don't worry, you two caused me to add some bits to my awesome-o-mat awesomeness detector's value field. You'll be fine.
I feel the same in San Francisco. We've been living here for six months now and I have a few 'almost' friends. When I had just moved here, I took a month off so I was out doing stuff and meeting many new people. With the new job + keeping up with old friends and exploring the city I feel like I haven't been trying hard enough. It is so liberating in a way to find new friends though! :-) Who do I want to be now?
I hear you, Miki! It's never easy to build a new social circle. I'm sending out wishes for loyal, caring, fun friends for you both.
Thanks for the warm wishes!
Oh Miki.. I will be your friend! You missed out on an awesome dance party Saturday.. may there be many more to come!
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