> work friends was how I met people (and then happy hour with coworkers would lead to meeting more people outside of work)
Genuine question - did you actually make lasting connections with those people you met at happy hours or do you just mean they were interesting strangers to chat with one day?
For dating, social norms and expectations make things relatively easy. Meet a girl, ask for her number, go on a date a week later. For platonic friends it seems far murkier. Do you ask the guy you've been chatting about football with at happy hour for his phone number and text him about the game next week? Do you add him on facebook? Hope he shows up at another happy hour with the mutual acquaintance another several times to build up enough rapport that it doesn't seem weird to connect?
Genuine question - did you actually make lasting connections with those people you met at happy hours or do you just mean they were interesting strangers to chat with one day?
For dating, social norms and expectations make things relatively easy. Meet a girl, ask for her number, go on a date a week later. For platonic friends it seems far murkier. Do you ask the guy you've been chatting about football with at happy hour for his phone number and text him about the game next week? Do you add him on facebook? Hope he shows up at another happy hour with the mutual acquaintance another several times to build up enough rapport that it doesn't seem weird to connect?