I don't want to be mean, but I am starting to get really depressed at the state of my current friends. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of great and really loyal friends, it's just they never want to do anything new. Their idea of fun is sitting at a house drinking some beer or going to the same local dives, every night, and having a beer. Frankly, I want more!

Not to sound like a really cheesy episode of MtV's Made, but I'm lost. Yes, I could easily go anywhere I want by myself but who wants to be the lonely guy in the corner? Or worse, who wants to go talk to the lonely guy in the corner?

I'm just stuck! I want to go do something fun tonight but all my friends don't want to leave a six foot radius. Help me Yelpers!

Don't look at me... I want to stay inside my 6 foot radius. Bad things happen "out there..."

*orders popcorn*

sounds like you need life crutches more than you need friends.

Wear some cut off booty shorts and a tank top, go down to the Castro and walk around.  I think you might make a few new friends.

all of your friends have a fully stocked beer fridge within 6 feet of themselves?

Nice.

See here: yelp.com/topic/san-franc…

1 minute ago Christopher "Puppy" M. says:

Wear some cut off booty shorts and a tank top, go down to the Castro and walk around.  I think you might make a few new friends.

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or the same getup but in West Oakland

Rav "I do whatever my Rice Krispies tell me to" V. says:

1 minute ago Christopher "Puppy" M. says:

Wear some cut off booty shorts and a tank top, go down to the Castro and walk around.  I think you might make a few new friends.

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or the same getup but in West Oakland
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Now that's just mean.

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c''mon now..don't you watch Lock Up on MSNBC..its all good in da hood "/

Wow, such great and insightful responses!

Anyone ever gone to trivia at Tia Margaritas on Thursdays?

I heard it's so good in the hood he might never leave.

i Helop that

Go to some of the Yelp events! People are friendly and will welcome the lonely guy in the corner into their group :)

Isn't there a whole section of Craigslist devoted to finding activity partners or something.  There's a whole section of Craigslist devoted to just about anything.

so...

there is a 6' foot man who doesn't want to leave a 6' foot radius around him...

what's he gonna do - stand in place forever? instantrimshot.com

I had to snip a very negative friend out of my life.....It was hard to do but I feel so much better.  As far as making new friends, I have not figured that one out.

I know that what I have to do. It just sucks to leave your friends behind. Who knows maybe it'll motivate my other friends to get up off their asses and do something new. Thanks for all the useful and funny tips.

P.S. any of you beer lovers out there. Pete's Bras Rail in Danville CA has a very limited and very delicious beer on tap today called Racer X (the double IPA to Racer 5) from Bear Republic in Healdsburg, CA.

well you can meet friends of friends?

Tony, I went through a similar friend crisis awhile ago. Three of my closest and up for anything friends moved away around the same time and the ones I had left never wanted to do anything out of the ordinary. I used to be terrified of doing things by myself, so I missed out on a lot of things I wanted to do when no one would come with me. One day, I just got over it and decided that I would do whatever I wanted to do, alone or not. Sometimes you'll meet people and it will be a great time and sometimes it will be super awkward, but it's worth it, and you'll end up feeling better about yourself.

A lot of my "boring" friends started really missing me and I was able to get them to do more of the things I wanted to do, so it may inspire your stuck in a rut friends to shape up!

You don't have to entirely leave them behind. Do some searches for the types of activities that sound fun to YOU. For example, check out the Events tab on Yelp, or consider meetup.com. You've got 44 Yelp "Friends" - go onto their profile pages and click their Event tab to see what they're doing and go to that. Whatever event you find from whatever source, start messaging people who have RSVP'd to establish some rapport. Thus, you'll have someone to look for when you arrive and you won't be the lonely guy in the corner.

Once you've decided to attend an event, contact those stay-at-home buddies and invite them to join you! For some people, new activities are fine as long as the person doesn't have to plan them - your buddies might say "OK" to an specific event that you found and they just have to show up. You can thus help coax them out of their boring (to you) lives. Even if they decline, you've still tried to include them. They can't say you just ditched them entirely.

lonely guy in the corner.....buahahahah XD....so true...if I were a guy I would not want to be him either!!!

Tony in your 6 foot radius you got a sewing machine in there too? .........  Go Robin........  dude i need some alterations hook me up... lol

Robert, that's a great way to get arrested.

Tony, don't we all need new friends?

Lubs "spanish sauce" Y. says:

Go to some of the Yelp events! People are friendly and will welcome the lonely guy in the corner into their group :)
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Lubs is talking about me here.  I was the guy in the corner for all of 4 minutes at a UYE.  Now I have friends that like to -gasp- get out of their house.  This is a huge improvement from online gaming.

ps. what is mtv's made?

Go out on your own. You'll meet people.

I'm going on a trip to Pasadena in May by myself.