[Celyn]

Thank you for choosing to create this thread- it's very thought provoking!

Not sure I can talk much about making friends as an adult (I've made some acquaintances at volunteering and sometimes hang out with them, but I don't feel close enough to call them friends, but that's just me) but I agree that maintaining friendships can be challenging.

Most of my friends are busier than me, though I expect I will feel the same when I get a job. At the moment, I try to be understanding. I keep in touch mostly through messages. I don't want them to feel pressured like they have to respond straight away or anything, and I'm mostly okay with them taking a while to get back to me. Sometimes I just send a quick meme or something I came across that reminded me of them, as at least there isn't any pressure to respond to that really. It's hard but what keeps me going is remembering that they do care about me, and life is busy now, but there will be less busy moments in life too. I also want to reach out to someone I was really close to but it's actually this very problem that I also don't want to reach out to them (in the sense of they are busy and maybe don't have the time to reconnect with someone from years ago, let alone maybe re-establishing a friendship). I really wish there was more room for friendships in adult life!