Where can I meet people around my age ? 19 year old male.

Sports club (there must be free ones...)

I know it's a sport but skateboarding/rollerblading is a good social sport where ability isn't judged and my closest friends all came from the skatepark. It's free once you have something to roll on and people will help you learn and in turn you'll build a relationship with them


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there are plenty of social groups for people your age, such as church, sports, even just going for a ramble.
it is harder for people in their twenties to find social groups.

I'm open to all manner of things but sport is one of the few things I really suck at and don't see myself having a good time there, is it really that good to meet people ?

I have a part time job but everyone there is much older then me and not the type of person i'd be friends with out of work.

I go on the odd night out with the few friends I have and got with a hot girl or two but the girls there aren't exactly looking for relationships and it seems out of protocol for me to try and get numbers and date them as they probably wont even remember me in the morning. I've met a few nice guys in clubs that I get along with, but they tend to not want to meet out of a night time setting and hence not really friendship material.

I've been looking around at taking writing classes as it's always been an interest of mine and might help me meet like minded people. The prices are astounding, for any serious class its hundreds of pounds and the local cheap classes are frankly ridiculous (teaching people how to write a blog ...).

I also had a look at a meetup site, there are some pretty cool clubs on there but it tends to attract a much older crowd. I couldn't find a single club in my area for people around my age.

I've thought about maybe volunteering as it's often something I hear but I don't see how i'll make friends by volunteering in an old peoples home/ picking litter off the streets etc

Is there any time/cost cheap alternative people might be able to suggest ?

That sounds like part of the problem.

I have been surprised to learn over the years how different people are between in work and out of it. Lazy thickos who are involved in everything. Nasty back-stabbers who do voluntary social work. Low-grade admin staff running local charities.

Few people enjoy their work and it shows in their in-work attitude; many of them compensate in their private life.

Despite the advertising hype, pubs and clubs are not the places to go to make friends.

Of course, because writing a blog is easy and never fails and there's nothing to learn. There's a thread on here from a few days ago from someone with a blog who is struggling; could you tell him everything there is to know about writing, finding material, presentation, marketing, networking, web hosting, spam-management?

I don't think writing a sucessful blog is one of those things which can be taught, it simply takes good writing skill and the ability to express oneself quite clearly. Hopefully not going to get Blogging degrees in university any time soon.



The point of going to classes to meet people, is to meet people. Try evening school language classes; they are always full of totty, they are cheap and you have to talk to one another about all sorts as part of the class!

I understand that but at the same time since i'm investing time and effort into doing something, I should be interested in it at the very least. Thanks for the good suggestion, i've always wanted to learn another language. I've looked up some near me and the prices are ranging £180+ for a few weeks. This is way too much, I only work part time and i'm trying to save for Uni next year so I couldn't spend that much on one. I don't suppose you know any cheap sites as you said they are cheap ?

How many did you go to? How many times? Did you post on meetup.com to say "Hi, I'm Anonymous, aged 19, looking to learn about this stuff and maybe make some new friends in the area!" before you went? If not, try it, and go at least 3 times to each one. Each time post again "Hey, thanks for the meetup! See you next time!" to attract other lonely 19 year olds.

Well seeing as the clubs i've searched for list their members and some list explicit critera that the recipients be professionals above 25 I haven't had the oppurtunity to go to any. To start one up would require 5 people interested and a payment to the site.

Did you actually look at the volunteering opportunities? Litter-picking? Did you make that up? Look again on do-it.org and go and do something. Yes, most volunteers are crumblies but the rest tend to be totty. It is a great way to meet single, intelligent, young women ... and to be introduced to more. The weekend camps for the Waterways Recovery Group are priceless, an experience in themselves. And the totty there are fit too!

Thanks for the recommendation. I looked up volunteering oppurtunities through do-it and it's mostly oppurtunities to work with the elderly or work with kids, neither of which i'm particularly fond of. It did have one or two interesting opportunities regarding PR and social media, which i've bookmarked . Looking through Waterways to see if they have any oppurtunities near me, though I work weekends

Yes. Get off your backside, get up, washed, dressed and go out there and actually do some of these things.

I'm a 19 year old guy not at university at the moment and my life is pretty lonely.

Most of my friends are of at uni, I have a part time job but everyone there is much older then me and not the type of person i'd be friends with out of work.

I'm loooking to make more friends of either sex really, wouldn't mind meeting more girls as I speak to very few out of work currently.

I go on the odd night out with the few friends I have and got with a hot girl or two but the girls there aren't exactly looking for relationships and it seems out of protocol for me to try and get numbers and date them as they probably wont even remember me in the morning. I've met a few nice guys in clubs that I get along with, but they tend to not want to meet out of a night time setting and hence not really friendship material.

I've been looking around at taking writing classes as it's always been an interest of mine and might help me meet like minded people. The prices are astounding, for any serious class its hundreds of pounds and the local cheap classes are frankly ridiculous (teaching people how to write a blog ...).

I also had a look at a meetup site, there are some pretty cool clubs on there but it tends to attract a much older crowd. I couldn't find a single club in my area for people around my age.

I've thought about maybe volunteering as it's often something I hear but I don't see how i'll make friends by volunteering in an old peoples home/ picking litter off the streets etc

Is there any time/cost cheap alternative people might be able to suggest ?