Meeting people in your 30s is a struggle

Meeting people is honestly such a struggle in your 30s. I don’t even mean romantically necessarily, even though obviously that’s a big one, but just like new friends. I feel like social groups have all but formed for most people by their mid to late 20s, and as everyone is out there getting married, having kids, we single folk are often - naturally and unconsciously - culled from the group. We just don’t have as much in common as we once did, and it makes less sense for people to include us in most of the things they are doing. We don’t necessarily stop being friends, but the closeness is gone. Or maybe it’s just me. This gets further exacerbated by people moving away and work. Anyone who has ever carried an entire household on a single income, especially in 2025, know as well that many of us spend a ton of time simply working just to keep things afloat. We get home finally each day and we are exhausted and it’s not like the work stops there, time to endure your entire house is clean. Time to do self care and exercise. M-F I have virtually no time whatsoever to even consider meeting people.