34M looking for lots of different kinds of friends
I posted on here a few months back and while I got a lot of suggestions for things to do, I still haven't actually made many friends, so I thought I'd post again. I'm also moving to Lakewood in June, so I'll be on the other side of town and am hoping to get into the mountains more.
I'm a teacher full time so I'm mostly free on weekends, but could go out some weekdays night too. I don't drink anymore (8 months sober as of today), and I am also a chronic pain girly (EDS & a lymph system disorder we're narrowing down) so people who understand that are dope, but I try not to let it limit me too much. I can hike / walk a few miles and do love doing active things, I just need to prep for them & have recovery time. I am interested in getting back into light lifting and currently do a lot of yoga.
I'm not looking for any big discord groups, I joined a few last time and they were just overwhelming and full of drama. I also have disliked most Meetup groups, they tend to be very disorganized and multiple times I have left before being able to find the group.
Maybe this is just my 'tism, but I thought it might be helped to list out a couple different 'types' of friends I'm looking for to give people an idea of my hobbies & interests!
First & foremost: Queer friends!! I am mostly comfortable around queer folks and would love friends to go to Pride and drag events with this summer!
Nerd friends - I have played d&d for about a decade now and have dressed up for Ren Faire every year I've been here, but I don't have anyone to go with this year, and d&d groups have been very hit and miss. I love running games too, I actually prefer it to playing! Not as into board games but not against them.
ASL / signing buddies - I am not deaf, but I've been signing for years, partly as a hobby and partly for work, but I'd love to meet more adults to practice signing with, or would even be open to class suggestions.
Mechanics / handyman friends - I love working with my hands and genuinely miss when my buddies needed an extra hand in the garage or in the garden.
'Woo- / witchy friends - probably the weirdest and hardest to explain lol but basically I've been having some weird things going on recently so I'm trying to learn more about all that stuff, ghosts & spirits and all that. I am also a bit spiritual/ religious and like talking about theories on past lives & multiverses.
In general, I also love animals (I have a cat and two snakes), writing/reading, cooking and lots of different tv shows and movies - I recently got into horror and have no one to talk about it with haha all in all I have a pretty wide range of interests so don't worry if we don't have something specific in common, feel free to send me a message if you think we'd get along!