You and your friends might all be in your 20s but it sounds like you’re at different life stages – try looking for gentler ways to reconnect with them
Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a reader
I’m in my early 20s and graduated from university in July 2023. I’ve been lucky enough to find a good job, which I have enjoyed, but after breaking up with my long-term partner in January I have been lonely. This hasn’t been helped by the fact that my friendship group seemingly never wants to do anything at the weekend.
We’re a group of young professionals who have known each other for more than 10 years, living in a busy city where there’s always something going on. Despite this, for the last three weekend nights I have been stuck in my room doing nothing, due to a range of excuses, like “I’m buying a wardrobe”, “I’m tired” or simply no reply at all. This is making me quite depressed.
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