As a woman, I've befriended males who approached me this manner. Instead of creeping, you must desire to be buddies. If you and they have kids, they'll be friends.”
Yes, genuinely enjoy a hobby. Hobby conventions and gatherings. You’ll make friends.”
The older I become, the less I desire to socialize with coworkers. I don't want to be around my irritable coworkers."
“I became a Girl Scout leader and have become friends with some of the other leaders and parents from my troop.”
“Sounds lovely, but I have learned through tragic experience that being my true self is a good way to end up alone.”
My local jogging club repeated. You got to know folks quickly since they met 6x per week. I made many friends there, and once you formed a little group, it grew.”
“This gets easier as everyone gets increasingly drunk.”
“Good parts of city living: any sport on the planet, anything you can imagine, there’s a league of 30-year-olds who meet to play weekly.”
Where I live, there are very rigid categories of middle-aged guys wearing black and young Japanese sport bike guys wearing bright colors.