It would be nice to get into a group of friends my age (late 20s

Well young lady, age is not a really good metric for finding a friends group. It may be better to find groups or clubs focused on activities/hobbies you like. You may find people your age, or you may find people older or even younger you enjoy.When I moved back to Kingwood in 1992 after finishing graduate school I was 29 and I still had several friends in the area, but we could all afford homes. But I made a lot of new friends through my biggest hobby. I'm a car guy and have been working on them and restoring them since I bought my first one at 16.Because I have a 1966 Shelby I attracted all the high school kids at the auto parts store. It wasn't long before they were all coming over to my house so I could teach them how to work on cars. Did I care that they were all 13 years younger than me? No, not really because cars are my passion and hanging out with people that shared that passion was more important.Thirty four years later they are all still my good friends even though we don't see each other as much with family stuff getting in the way and some living out of state.Age is kind of irrelevant these days. In February I will turn 64 sixteen days after my wife turns 37 and I met here at church. Church is one of the best places to meet people if church is your thing. I met a lot of people at church when I started going to mine 12 years ago and most of them were young because the first people I became close with were the Youth Group Leader and his wife and I now have many good friends there ranging from older than me to 40 years younger than me. Enjoying people's company really doesn't revolve around age. You never know, try something new, it may change your life for the better.

Ronstang :
Hey, I actually appreciate this. You know? I thought a couple minutes later that the message might have come off as ageist. That's not what I meant. Believe it or not, one of my best friends is 42. And it has always been like that. For some reason, since I was a child, making friends my age has always been something that feels like novelty and kinda out of reach for me. For example, my best friends at school used to be middle schoolers and even some seniors... when I was in 5th and 6th grade. Same thing in college. I usually get along better with older people. It's like my "natural territory".
However, I always get lowkey jealous when I see people of any age hanging out with people that look their age and they all dress similar and stuff. That feeling of belonging to a big group where everybody looks like they all came from the same mold or something has always felt out of reach for me. I often wonder, how and where I'm gonna get at least two bridesmaids for when I get married. Always see these big group of girls at weddings and I just feel like I am not lucky enough or something.
Actually not too long ago, I had such an emabrrasing experience when staying in a hotel in Florida for a week long conference. I was strolling aroud with a lady I befriended at the event. And one of the younger girls I was talking to, was like "Is she your mom?" And I said No! She's a friend i just made a couple of hours ago. Then the older friend just said something about having to go elsewhere and disappeared from the view. Felt a bit bad for her, and a bit annoyed at the girl. To me, that lady definitely did not look like she would have a 28 year old daughter. Oldest child 20 max. But whatever... I just wanted to try something different to change the status quo on how I usually make friends 😂
Anyway, your advice seems healthier. Will consider that 🙏

gato :
I understand wanting to be in a big group of friends your age but it it makes you feel any better I have never really had that. I had several groups of friends in high school that mostly did not overlap because I was the black sheep that could travel in different circles but never really felt like I truly belonged in any of them.I moved home after my first year at University of Texas in 1982 because I hated it. I worked and went to what is now Lone Star when it's only campus was over off Aldine Westfield. I made some younger friends there but mostly hung around with my two year younger brother and his friends.When I went back to real college at A&M in Spring 1984 I was older than most of the people I met except one who was my age in 1986. He is still my best friend 40 years later. I was at A&M for 6 years because I quit and worked for a couple years because I didn't know where to go with my degree. So by the time I graduated I was 8 years older than most, but that wasn't bad because I have always done better with women older or younger than myself so I had more fun that I probably should have.To this day all my close friends except 3 are either older or much younger than me and to me that has always been NORMAL. I never questioned it because I am about people first, the rest is never been important to me, and it still isn't. I don't look my age so I can run in any circle to this day and when I meet people I gel with I just go with it.There is nothing wrong with you, it sound like you are an old soul from your hobbies so just relax and see what you find out there.

Ronstang :
Excellent advice & very true!
Age is a state of mind!❤️

My 30 yo old daughter finally moved from Kingwood because its so hard to make friends close to her own age here. She does have more older friends, but wanted someone with her same life issues. Good luck!!

Kingwood is a great place for families. Not so much, young single people. Consider moving back to town.

Ronstang :
With you on your thoughts...............and, yes, church is a good place too. They often have outings for young age groups.....20-30 year olds. And they have a lot of volunteer activities like Food Bank to help the community..........

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JCajun :
Thank you for saying in less words what I tried to say!!

justanirishgirl :
Yeah, I'm considering heavily moving to Montrose even tho I'm not that much of a party girl 😂. At least I will be able to walk to work i guess. I love Kingwood... but yeah it gets a little bit monotonous for me sometimes...

gato :
Why not organize and start a group yourself.. ? You seem like you'd be good at it. There use to be a site called Meetup.com where people connected on there by interest, age and activities. Maybe give that a look see.Www. Meetup.com

gato :
Mid town is good, too I lived in town until I was in my 50's. I wouldn't have been happy here, if my 20's.

MissAmericanPie :
I haven't heard about that site! Gotta look up also a determining factor is that I do not have social media like facebook or instagram. Just a tiktok account that I have kinda abandoned and a youtube channel, for the music stuff. I'd love to socialize again like in the early 2000's before facebook even existed... I appreciate the suggestion 🙏

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