So, I’ve seen a few threads in the past on this topic. I searched and read a couple very old threads about meetup.com.
I like to backpack, adventure travel, hike, and also enjoy gambling occasionally in Vegas. DW will sometimes join me on these escapades, but usually somewhat reluctantly. I’m just more hardcore on these activities than she is, which is fine. She’s allowed to enjoy different things of course.
Other friends I have are either not retired or retired but also not interested. How can I meet new people who share these interests? I’ve just signed up with meetup.com. But the interests and group lists don’t seem to match up very well with my specifics. Still, I’ll give it a try and see. But I’m skeptical it will pan out to the point where I make 1-3 new friends who I could travel and long distance hike with for example.
The answer is probably there is no easy way. Making friends is difficult. Particularly when you have such specific needs such as:
- retired
- disposable income available for travel
- healthy enough for adventure travel
- personality fit
Has anyone else had success they can share? Thanks.
Muir