How To Make Friends (And Keep ‘Em) Post-College
Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
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9:00AM, Thursday October 8th 2009
Annika’s post this week about the difficulty in making friends as a grown-up got such a huge response, I thought it warranted a reply here. Who knew so many of us had a friend shortage? Well, as someone who grew up on the move — I lived in 10 different homes in four different countries on three different continents before the age of 18 — my friend-making skills were constantly put to test. As a result, I learned some tips that have served me well as an adult well beyond college, when making friends was as easy as swinging a 6-pack within a 5-mile radius of campus. After reading through all 60+ comments (and counting) on yesterday’s post, I’ve compiled some of the best reader advice as well as some of my own favorite tips for making new friends, after the jump.
Where To Meet Them:
The first step in making new friends is meeting them, of course. Here are seven ways how:
1. Host a clothing swap
Maybe you don’t have a TON of friends, but you probably have at least one chum or acquaintance ... and if you’re lucky you have family in your area, too, and surely you have co-workers. That’s all you need to host a clothing swap (see my how-to tips for hosting here). Invite any or all the women you know and like to your clothing swap and ask them to invite their friends. Hopefully, you’ll get a little group together for an afternoon or evening of fashion, cocktails and snacks. Bonus: even if you don’t make a new friend, betcha you’ll score a great new outfit (and clean out your closets in the process!).
2. Befriend your hair stylist
The best way to make friends is to befriend someone who knows a lot people. And who knows more women than your hair stylist? If she’s a chick, invite her to your clothing swap and ask her to invite any of her friends or clients who might enjoy it. Schedule your next appointment so you’re her last client before closing and then ask if you can buy her a happy hour drink afterward. If she’s not interested in mixing business and pleasure, she’ll politely decline — no harm, no foul. Even if you feel too awkward about “asking her out,” you can still put the bug in her ear that you’re looking for new friends. Chances are she’s got another client who’s new to town, maybe going through a divorce or for whatever reason is also looking to expand her social circle. Maybe she’ll play match-maker for you.
3. Meetups, classes, or join/start a club
It’s been said a million times, but Meetup.com, classes of any sort, and clubs (think book club, not night club) are great ways to meet like-minded people. I recommend activities that allow for talking and interacting during their duration, but even a ballet lesson gives you an opportunity to invite classmates to join you for a quick snack afterward.
4. Volunteer
Not only will you expand your personal and perhaps professional network, you’ll be a do-gooder in the process. Win-win!
5. Use your kids and dogs
Kids and dogs like to go outside and play with other kids and dogs, right? And those other kids and dogs have parents/owners, don’t they? So the next time you’re out and about and your little one sniffs out someone else’s little one, make conversation with the adult in charge! Ask where they got little Jimmy’s cool coat or where they take Buffy to get groomed. If you’re new to the area, ask for shopping and dining recommendations. Even if you don’t score a new friend, you might get the name of a great babysitter or dog-walker.
6. Blogs/Twitter
When I first moved to New York a couple years ago, I knew my boyfriend and a handful of old college acquaintances who’d moved here years before and that was it. Luckily, I had one secret weapon for making new friends: my personal blog. I wrote about how I needed new friends in my new city and within a month several readers had emailed me very nice notes inviting me to join them at book readings, happy hour, and dinners out with other bloggers. Most of these readers were also new to the city and looking to expand their circle and I guess they felt they knew me well enough through my blog that spending an hour or so in my company wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. To my credit, I pushed myself out of my comfort zone enough to go out and meet total strangers (in public places!), and it paid off. I have several friends I met through my blog that I continue to hang out with regularly, two of whom I think I’ll be friends with for a very long time. If you don’t have your own blog you can pimp yourself out on, consider sending a friendly email to your favorite local blogger. Once you’ve established an online friendship, make a date to meet in person some time. This could work on Twitter, too. I know someone who hosts “Tweetups” with people she tweets with regularly. It is a social networking site, after all.
7. Work
I’m definitely not opposed to making friends with people I work with (hey, you wouldn’t be either if you worked with Simcha!). If we have a lot in common and enjoy each other’s company, why not? But, I also work from home 75% of the time, so I don’t tire of my co-workers the way people in more traditional settings might. Hitting happy hour together after work is a great way to not only relieve work-related stress, but get to know each other a little better outside the office environment, too. I also recommend lunch dates and carpooling.
Other Tips To Remember:
Now that you’ve met your new friends, you’ve got to put some work into keeping them. Here are a few things to consider:
— Mix things up. One-on-one outings are great for bonding, but group “dates” and even double dates with significant others offer opportunities to expand your circle and bond on a different level. Invite your new friend to bring her roommate the next time you meet for brunch, or invite your work buddy and her husband for dinner with you and your boyfriend. It takes a little pressure off you to fill those occasional lulls in conversation and gives you a chance to maybe see your friend in a different light.
— Bring other activities to the table besides dinner and drinks. It’s easy to suggest meeting up for a drink or a bite to eat, but it shows a little more initiative — and a bit more of your personality — if you stay up on cool events to check out. If you’re the person who always knows when hot bands are coming to town, when a cool art exhibit is opening, or when there’s a free night at your local museum, you have a little more value as a friend than someone who’s just up for boozing.
— Keep in touch between get-togethers. Most of us are so busy these days we’re lucky if we can spare one evening a week or a weekend afternoon for budding friendships. So keep lines of communication open with quick text messages and short emails. Just like with dating, little notes that let the other person know she’s on your radar, even if she’s not penciled into your schedule, this week go a long way.
— Be a good listener and remember what you hear. Being a good listener is one of the best ways to seal a friendship, but being a good listener who actually remembers what she hears and then follows up later is key. If your friend confides that she’s worried about her job, upset with her boyfriend about something, or concerned about her mother’s health, for example, be sure to ask her about those things the next time you see or speak to her. Likewise, asking the same questions over and over (“Do you have any sisters or brothers?”) shows you aren’t really listening to her when she answers. If you know you have a terrible memory, write notes! It sounds silly, but it helps. Keep a little “friendship file” with bits of info you gather about your new friend, from where she grew up to what her dog’s name is and skim through it before you meet up with her.
— Remember birthdays. Whether you send an email, make a call, or give a gift, remembering a friend’s birthday goes such a long way in showing you’re invested and that you care. Just think about how good you feel when people remember your birthday (or, conversely, how crappy you feel when they don’t).
— Don’t take it personally if someone resists your attempts at friendship. In all likelihood it has nothing to do with you — her schedule may be too busy and her emotional reserve too limited to invest in a new friendship at the moment. Be graceful about it and move on to the next person.
— Friendship is a two-way street. If you find yourself doing all the reaching out, evaluate whether this is a person you really want to continue investing in.
— Don’t force it. Making friends is like dating — sometimes you meet someone who’s perfectly nice, but for whatever reason there just isn’t chemistry. Cut your losses and move on. The only thing worse than not having any friends at all is having a friend you’re bored by.
One more thing: If any of you want to take the initiative and organize a Frisky meet-up with other Frisky readers in your area, we’d be happy to publicize the details. Just send us a date and location and we’ll get the word out. If there’s enough interest, we may even organize one here in NYC to get the ball rolling. Let us know if you’d be up for it.
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silvergurl
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 08:16 am: [report]
great ideas, wendy
i, like you, grew up overseas and jumped from continent to continent.
any wash DC frisky readers here?
kw1223
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 08:33 am: [report]
I’m in NOVA…
silvergurl
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 08:35 am: [report]
me too, actually! but i work in the city.
kw1223
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 08:56 am: [report]
I try not to venture into DC. Traffic there is crazy.
nikkiwikki
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 09:29 am: [report]
Any readers in Wisconsin?
lkb2544
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 09:35 am: [report]
Live and work in DC!
HotFudgeSundae
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 09:39 am: [report]
I’ve actually been messaging with two other girls from the DC area after reading the last article. We were gonna meet up sometime next week for happy hour if anyone is interested!
kw1223
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 09:45 am: [report]
Dang. I’m a single mom so I can’t meet up for stuff like that…part of my problem is my kid free schedule. I really only have every other weekend to hang with other adults. This is my “off” weekend.
zedora
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 09:58 am: [report]
I’m in NYC and would love to meet some other Frisky readers in the city!
joyy
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 10:03 am: [report]
I know there’s 2, maybe 3 Arizonans on here (that comment, anyway).
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 10:09 am: [report]
Jersey City in ‘da house!
mayorbubbles
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 10:15 am: [report]
being a good listener is super important to me. My friends are so surprised when i remember every small detail, or something that happened a few years ago.
JenniferRly
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 10:23 am: [report]
I’m in VA (not quite NOVA, but I’d make the hike from Fredericksburg).
luke15chick
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 11:03 am: [report]
Any Floridians?
QTKT
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 11:40 am: [report]
probably way to early, but… moving to LA this winter. anyone there??
Jessalyn
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 11:56 am: [report]
Live in NoVA and work in DC!
belongsomewhere
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 11:56 am: [report]
An NYC Frisky meetup would be awesome! Also, thanks for the tips! I just joined a couple of NYC feminist meetup.com groups thanks to your recommendation!
resullins
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 12:41 pm: [report]
Wow… I feel so out of place in the south here…. Any Tennesseeans here?
lkb2544
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 12:47 pm: [report]
Holla DC ladies! I’ll be out of town BUT there’s a happy hour at CoCo Sala in DC next Thursday from 6pm-8pm to raise money for the S.L.E. Lupus Foundation if anyone is interested….
flashofwit
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 01:12 pm: [report]
Born & raised in WI !
zefron8
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 02:01 pm: [report]
I’m also in NOVA and work in DC. I’d be down for a HH. Don’t judge me by my screenname.
ydragurl
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 02:22 pm: [report]
Another Virginian, checking in!
Sofjna
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 02:38 pm: [report]
Aww, there’s never any people from South Jersey. Alone once again.
EscapeHatch
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 03:28 pm: [report]
Go Arizona… =) joyy are you in the Phoenix-Metro?
nikkiwikki
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 03:35 pm: [report]
@flashofwit: Where are you living now?
joyy
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 03:36 pm: [report]
nope! flag4lyfe =P GreenAura is in N. Az as well, and secretivestevie (I think) alluded to being in AZ as well (in the stilletto stoner thread I think).
ydragurl
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 03:37 pm: [report]
@ nikkiwikki:
OMG, your SN is my mother’s pet name for me! Completely random, I know, but I just had to comment on it.
BKsweetheart
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 05:30 pm: [report]
An NYC Frisky meetup would be AWESOME!!!
janieee
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 06:23 pm: [report]
This is such a good idea I had to register. I just moved to DC a couple months ago and know no one. Happy hour would be awesome! When and where?
impoddity
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 06:43 pm: [report]
Sunny Central Floridian right here!!
nikkiwikki
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 06:57 pm: [report]
@ydragurl: My parents call me that, too! Funny!
kayti
wrote on October 8 2009 @ 11:07 pm: [report]
I’m in Wisconsin, too. Sussex, specifically.
jess is a news junkie
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 03:45 am: [report]
Charlotte!
majicksand
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 08:46 am: [report]
Southeastern, VA. Norfolk/Va. Beach/Hampton area.
nikkiwikki
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 09:10 am: [report]
@kayti: Poop, I’m from Madison but go to school in Eau Claire! Sadness.
HotFudgeSundae
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 11:33 am: [report]
I think we’re gonna meet up Wednesday for happy hour in Dupont at Lucky Bar. If anyone is interested, just send me a message
Amelia McDonell-Parry
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 11:38 am: [report]
Hey guys! So psyched to see that so many of you are into the idea of having Frisky reader meet-ups in your cities! If you officially agree on a date, time, and place for your meet-up and you want us to do a little post alerting anyone who might not have heard about it, email me—.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Jessica Wakeman
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 11:40 am: [report]
@amelia and other NYC Frisky readers
OMG, we have to do a NYC meet up! And CheeeEEEse, if I can schlep in from New Jersey, so can you.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 11:41 am: [report]
@Jessica Wakeman: Uhh, I schlep in every single day. I work at 44th and 6th.
LilMissSunshine
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 12:00 pm: [report]
Any San Franciscans who feel like doing a meetup?
zedora
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 12:51 pm: [report]
I propose a NYC happy hour meet up next Tuesday, the 13th. Any takers?
AmberDel4
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 12:56 pm: [report]
Today was my first time checking out the site and was very happy to see this article! I just moved to Northern Virginia from Michigan a few months ago and haven’t been able to find a solid group of friends yet. What’s the plan for NOVA/DC happy hour?
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 01:02 pm: [report]
@zedora: Can’t. I have tickets to see Steven Colbert’s show.
zedora
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 01:07 pm: [report]
@CheeeeEEEEse: I love Colbert! Have fun!
camille905
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 01:13 pm: [report]
I live in Arkansas. Boo :(
theattack
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 01:33 pm: [report]
@resullins: I live in Tennessee! And I agree, I feel so out of place among all the other Frisky readers. What part of Tennessee are you in?
resullins
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 01:38 pm: [report]
@theattack: Nash-vegas baby! Please don’t tell me you’re in Memphis…
theattack
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 02:18 pm: [report]
@resullins: I was hoping you wouldn’t be from Memphis too. haha I’m going to school in Knoxville right now, but my parents live in Southern Middle Tennessee. I used to go to school in Nashville, but I transferred.
Kathls
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 02:26 pm: [report]
Guess I’m the lonely Kentucky girl here, specifically Louisville
resullins
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 02:30 pm: [report]
@Kathls: Don’t feel bad, I’m going to have to move to LaCenter one of these days… go ahead, look it up, I’ll wait…
My bf, whom I’m planning on marrying as soon as he buys the damn ring he’s so insistent on, is going to inherit the family farm. Then the only girlfriends I’ll be able to have are going to be the kind that have udders!
Kathls
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 02:36 pm: [report]
@resullins: I looked it up, lol. no worries, my best friend is actually a dairy farmer in central kentucky. Moo…
. People think I’m nuts when I tell them that.
resullins
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 02:54 pm: [report]
Yeah, the first time I went up there, he taught me how to drive the tractor… and I don’t mean the little girlie tractor, I mean the GINORMOUS one that has AC and can pick up a 2 ton hay bail!
I’m a country girl, but I like the mountains… KY is very flat!
BenJamn
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 04:08 pm: [report]
Columbus, Ohio here.
Tiggs
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 04:19 pm: [report]
@sofjna: I thought I was the only one! I’m 10 miles outside AC.
evinJane
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 10:03 pm: [report]
anybody in Colorado? (talk about feeling left out, most of you are on the east coast!)
csgjam
wrote on October 9 2009 @ 10:13 pm: [report]
I’m in NOLA anyone else in the N.O.?
belongsomewhere
wrote on October 10 2009 @ 10:23 am: [report]
Keep me updated about an NYC meet-up please! That would be so exciting!
LeeKendall
wrote on October 10 2009 @ 07:57 pm: [report]
I’m in elizzz, NJ….easy for me to get to the city too. Love the idea of a meet up! I only know my med school classmates…
Except this month I’m home in Houston, TX so Oct 13th doesn’t work for me!
Sofjna
wrote on October 10 2009 @ 11:05 pm: [report]
@Tiggs: where are you located? I live in Brigantine so I’m right near you!
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 11 2009 @ 12:06 am: [report]
@LeeKendall: UMDNJ? I live with 3 of those weird-os.
LeeKendall
wrote on October 11 2009 @ 12:12 am: [report]
@Cheeeeese: No, my school is in Manhattan, I lived there for the first 2 years….but my main hospital for 3rd year is in Elizabeth so I moved there for convenience. Hope I can move back to the city next year. If NJ is the armpit of the US, then Elizabeth is the armpit of NJ
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 11 2009 @ 12:17 am: [report]
@LeeKendall: It’s not a nice place I agree, but I’m actually from central Jersey (Monmouth county), which is literally the most center of said arm pit despite being nice with horses and cows.
vaiaster
wrote on October 11 2009 @ 12:18 am: [report]
@Kathls, don’t feel bad! I seem to be the only Vegas one here!
magz
wrote on October 11 2009 @ 01:54 am: [report]
Hollywood, Calforn-i-a in the house…:)
@ktqt when you get out here, we’ll have an LA “Frisk-up”...hmmm…sounds dirty…maybe a “Meet the Frisky”
jerseychris1
wrote on October 11 2009 @ 12:24 pm: [report]
@sofjna i’m from south jersey too! (atlantic city area south jersey, not cherry hill
)
rollman
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 10:49 am: [report]
Any Milwaukee ladies in the house? Nikkiwikki - I wish we lived closer!
CJ1432
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 02:35 pm: [report]
I live in northeastern Illinois about an hour south of Chicago and an hour north of Champiagn. I’m always down with meeting new people. If anyone is new to the area let me know!
Buffkitty222
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 06:06 pm: [report]
Michigan???
Sami
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 06:41 pm: [report]
I am a native Texan living in Wisconsin so if any Texans or Wisconsites(prefferably ones who aren’t complete A-Holes and make fun of people due to minute differences)would like to meet me I live in in the Dane county area. Oh and Kayti and flashofwit I don’t like cold weather or snow all that much and the only reason I am still up here is cheap tuition to college(and the skiing, coaster, ATV trails, I am adreniline Junkie), I just never quite adapted to the cold but I love cheese curds; did you know until I moved to Wisconsin I thought all cheese was Velveeta or Kraft in a pretty package…
Sami
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 06:47 pm: [report]
Oh and rollman you are way out of your league if you try to go after me, I mean unless you know the basic atomic elements that are most prevelant in the human body you have no chance of hooking this fish…
nikkiwikki
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 07:12 pm: [report]
@rollman: I wish we lived closer, too! Sadness.
irishsocer
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 08:55 pm: [report]
Any in Boston??
Tiggs
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 09:08 pm: [report]
@sofjna & @jerseychris1—I’m in Galloway.
bumbler
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 09:29 pm: [report]
Aww look at all the So Jersey people! I grew up in Galloway. Moved away though.
thiscrowdisfiredup
wrote on October 12 2009 @ 09:30 pm: [report]
@LilMissSunshine - I’m in SF!
maystar
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 06:58 am: [report]
aww. this makes me want to move back to the states<<<< puerto rico
resullins
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 10:13 am: [report]
@Sami: Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen… in that order.
lawyrgrl
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 12:51 pm: [report]
Please let us know how the NYC Frisky meet-up goes. Would love to meet all of you. I am one jealous PA girl!!!!
Sami
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:22 pm: [report]
@ resullins
Nice job and in the correct order based on the presentage present in the human body from highest to lowest too, to be honest I didn’t think anyone would know the answer to my question so bravo; oh and I love the flying monkey’s reference in your icon pic I always hated them…
PS The Flying monkeys always creeped me out as a kid when I watched the Wizard of OZ, they were so unnatural and creepy but at least they weren’t as bad as clowns; horrible evil clowns…
Sami
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:25 pm: [report]
@resullins
And what was your original pic and how did you get it to load, I havn’t gotten it to work yet for some reason; the pic loading thing.
Oh and thanks for proving once again that girls are smarter than boys, you know answering that question anout the base elements of the human body and thier percentages; and best of luck with the wedding….
resullins
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:25 pm: [report]
@Sami: Thanks… glad to have my acheivements recognized. I’m full of useless information… like did you know that the word ‘typewriter’ is the longest word in the English Language that you can type using only the letters on one row of the keyboard? Or that tipping a waiter in Iceland is considered an insult.
Hmmm…. perhaps I could meet some friends while auditioning for Jeopardy!!!
majicksand
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:37 pm: [report]
@sami: resullins may very well have known that information off the top of her head, but don’t get suckered. Give me 5 minutes, and I can answer just about any question you want. I have google.
Sami
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:38 pm: [report]
@resullins
There is no such thing as useless information, but then again since I am a living dictionary of useless, useful, and just odd knowledge so I guess I just see things in a different way; I wouldn’t audition for jeapordy it is too easy I would try for “Wheel of Fortune” since I am good at seeing patterns and figuring out puzzles. I used to figure out the answers when I was a kid for fun, my dad and I would actually bet on who was right and make a game of it; that typwriter tidbit was a piece of info I didn’t kjnow though so thanks. Oh and did you know that Yellowstone Nataniol Park sits right on top of the culdara of a Supervolcano that is overdue to erupt?
majicksand
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:40 pm: [report]
BTW, no offense intended to you, resullins. Kudos on your response. I just wanted to point out that the internet makes pretending to know stuff easy for those who really don’t.
Sami
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:40 pm: [report]
@majicksand
You would be amazed at the stuff I can think of and answer of the top of my head, some people are just like that for everyone else there is Google..
resullins
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:42 pm: [report]
@majick: none taken… I get that alot. You don’t have to trust me until we’re sitting at a bar and I do it with four beers in me. That’s when people give me the ‘wtf’ look.
majicksand
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:44 pm: [report]
@sami: I’m one of those people who knows at least a little about a lot. I definitely know enough to be dangerous!
writergirl
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:47 pm: [report]
So are the NYC people meeting up tonight?
I’m in PA, too, lawyrgrl.
Sami
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 02:51 pm: [report]
@majicksand
Join the club, I know enough dangerous info to scare the US government if they knew(I have a vast knowledge of HTM explosives,poisens,traps,guns, and anything else they showed on the pre 1998 Discovery channel) no joke; but to use as famouse quote from Spiderman “with great power comes great responsibility” and that goes for knoelwdge too. Just because you know how to do something doesn’t mean you have to do it, the same can be said for pretty much all knowledge or activity in existence for example if we hadn’t killed the DoDo bird just because we could it would still be around…
majicksand
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 03:05 pm: [report]
@sami: That wasn’t exactly the kind of dangerous I meant, though I know a fair amount of that kind too. I was actually more referring to knowing just enough about any given subject to appear knowledgeable. There are a few subjects I know lots about, but many, many more in which I would be “dangerous” if I claimed to be proficient.
The random trivia is an entirely different matter altogether. I’m full of that. BTW, my mom and I used to compete during Wheel of Fortune too. I used to make people really mad with it. I’d walk in the room, glance at the tv, and solve the puzzle. No one will watch it with me anymore.
resullins
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 03:10 pm: [report]
@theattack: Check your PM’s.
@majick: I do the same thing with Jeopardy and Millionare. My roommate used to get pissed at me when I’d finish her crosswords lying all over the house. But she was vapid at best!
majicksand
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 03:50 pm: [report]
@resullins: I had to quit watching Jeopardy. I thought I was fairly good until I watched it with my sister-in-law. She only missed one question in the entire show. She was 17 at the time. I just can’t compete with that. Besides, Alex Trebek gets on my nerves.
Sami
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 04:18 pm: [report]
I can’t get anyone to watch “Wheel of Fortune” with me anymore either, my dad started calling it Wheel of Torture when I was 7 because I kept beating him at the puzzles…
elle14
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 05:52 pm: [report]
Are the DC ladies still getting together soon? I just moved to DC as well and would love to meet new people!
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 13 2009 @ 08:58 pm: [report]
Steven Colbert was great! I’ll check to see if I’m in any of the shots and report back.
lawyrgrl
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 10:22 am: [report]
@writergirl I am in Harrisburg. Are you anywhere near there?
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 09:22 pm: [report]
BTW, I’m in the pan shot right after Steven’s ‘monologue’ and the introduction. White shirt (Dress shirt, as I cam from work) and standing right after the partition between sections.
Woo Colbert!
retro chic
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 09:52 pm: [report]
Commercial time: we got no pans of you, Cheese. We’re 21 min in. Are you in the outro, too?
joyy
wrote on October 14 2009 @ 10:19 pm: [report]
yeah, I just watched in on hulu and I didn’t catch any shots of the crowd during the first half of the show ... ended up not paying attention to the second half for unrelated reasons.
PICS OR IT DIDN’T HAPPEN
Mimi_Jones
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:40 am: [report]
Seattle/Tacoma/Puget Sound Metro area?
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 06:03 am: [report]
Only the beginning. I watched it on the Colbert website run by corporate giant Viacom.
dorogaya
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 01:33 pm: [report]
Hey—did the D.C. group get together? I’d be happy to plan another meeting in Old Town Alexandria next week. Many of my friends have moved away, and I’m looking to make new ones.
jerseychris1
wrote on October 17 2009 @ 08:33 pm: [report]
@Sofjna & @tiggs - would you ladies be into creating a south jersey meetup?
Texangirl
wrote on October 18 2009 @ 01:58 pm: [report]
Hey ladies I’m having this problem as well!! I recently moved back home after finishing college and all my girlfriends are hours away!! All my friends here are guys but sometimes I just need to be around other girls!! If any of yall are in Texas that would be wonderful ESP around the Houston area!
RSL123
wrote on October 22 2009 @ 08:23 pm: [report]
I would loooove to do an NYC meetup! Have you guys done any yet, lets start something!
Oddlyprolific
wrote on October 23 2009 @ 02:18 pm: [report]
I can relate to all of this very well! College was a great time for making friends, and even a few very close ones. Now it has gotten a lot harder since everyone has dispersed and I moved to a new town.
Seems like there are very few Southern Californians here, but I’ll give it a shot anyway -Any San Diegans (or those nearby) in here who want to meet up?
hktea128
wrote on October 30 2009 @ 12:05 pm: [report]
@zedora, @RSL123 and all other NYC Frisky readers—let’s def set something up! email me! .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)