Making Friends in Western Washington

[orangeblossom]

I have to agree with another poster who said that many people just hole up in their homes during the winter,fall, spring... I've been guilty,but I sometimes find myself being the female version of Max Fisher with the clubs that I start and then cancel b/c no one shows up.
I guess my advantage is that Ive lived here all of my life and have had the same friends. I do love meeting other people though,but even as a native the new people I meet seem cool and say that they want to hang out,yet we never do! I'm tired of putting in so much effort when Ive already got my "circle". Ive lived in the same neighborhood for 10 years and pretty much have met my neighbors so I consider that pretty successful.

I started a meetup that boasts a membership of 95 people and only about 5 folks ever come to the event so......

[vnodak]

I have not read all the comments but if it has not been said read the Seattle freeze thread. Outsiders moving in have a tough time and it is the majority unless you know people. Keep the faith. Time will help. I know the feeling as I have been here only three years.

[GeneAndrea]

We are a married couple who live in Vancouver BC and are looking to make some good friends in or near Seattle. We find ourselves down in Seattle a fiar bit and thought why not try to make some friends while we are there. It could be mutually benefitting as we can host in our Beautiful city of Vancouver as well.

We enjoy the PNW very much,,,,its green and theres tons of thing to do!

We love exploring new things and areas...we just spent the 4th of July there last week,,,it was awesome!

We are Smooth Jazz lovers and went to Jazz Alley on Friday night,,,he is also a musician.

We are both professionally employed,,,all the kids out of the nest so we have lots of time to ourselves now,,

So if your looking to make some really nice friends,,,for sure drop us a message!

G&A

[GSherman]

I have met many lady friends on craigslist, meetup.com, at the gym, & classes I took. My hubby/I been in the Olympia area 10 years and it does take time to make good friends. Where in WA are you? I'm always open to making new girl friends.

[Friendly68]

I am a 4th generation Washingtonian. I have lived in my area for 35+ years. The people really are quite unfriendly. After living 22 years on 2 very private acres we decided to still live in our area, but move to a real neighborhood and have real friends to kibbitz with.
I looked for over 2 years for the perfect house and neighborhood.
Our neighborhood is only 10 homes on one lane, cul de sac.
So we are told oh your going to love it here, we have neighborhood BBQ's, the women sit in the cul de sac drinking a glass of wine relaxing on summer evenings.....we have lots of parties.
I was sold.
Well I have invited them all over at least 5 times for parties. The wives come, but NEVER the husbands. The children, mine is over 20, come and hang out and watch tv. But after over a year I am still waiting for some sort of BBQ or invite into their homes. They all have parties amongst themselves but never ask us. After two cul de sac parties and no invites I am fed up and ready to move on.
They do wave, but I see it so false now, I just ignore them.