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Or he is really fond of you and enjoys your company?
Pro
Yes & no, I find making friends as an “adult” pretty difficult (I’m pretty awkward & work colleagues don’t count) but do they have friends from home/college? If they don’t have friends from there, yes
Pro
So he is able to make friends which is good, but do agree the co-dependence is a bit concerning. Maybe suggest he signs up for adult softball,pickle ball, group activities so that way he branches out a bit more! If he goes to the gym consistently, I know people start recognizing each other and create friends that way!
Conversation Starter
Not a red flag if he's a software engineer
Yeah but if he’s a SWE everything else is a red flag
I mean after Covid a lot of people have found themselves feeling low on friends
What's his Myers-Briggs
Chief
Such a libra 🙄
Conversation Starter
IMO: yes. Or like at least a yellow flag. That’s asking for co-dependency and the unfair pressure on you to be their source of happiness & entertainment.
Conversation Starter
I would frame about wanting to make sure that you’re giving attention to all of your relationships (including friends and w/ yourself) but that it doesn’t mean you don’t enjoy spending time with them and want to find a balance. Maybe bring up how there’s certain traditions or things you do with certain people that make you happy and are important (for example I go to dinner and drinks or a show with my dad at least 1x per month and so he gets at least 1 Saturday or Sunday)
Conversation Starter
Don't have advice, but this is my fear that some women may tag this as a red flag. I don't really have any friends besides some acquaintances. My weekends usually consist of watch TV, cleaning, and hanging out with my parents. I want to make friends, but it's hard as an adult and I live in the suburbs with my parents.
It is definitely hard as an adult to make friends, and harder if you're a man. (I've been told Bumble BFF doesn't work quite the same way for men as it does for women...) My husband has this same issue, especially since we moved to a new state. The few "friends" he has now are people he met walking the dog, in the gym, and I think one guy he met in a work context who was also new to the area, and even those relationships are tenuous and slow-moving. But having friends with whom you can do things *is* important, both for your own health and for the health of any relationship.
Making friends as an adult does require more flexibility than it did when you were younger - you can't cancel someone the first time they flake out on you, and you will have to be willing to travel outside of your own bubble more frequently, to get the relationship established.
Even I miss the good old days when I could form a close bond by just spending the weekend binge-watching TV or getting drunk and partying and chattering on about the meaning of life, but most "adults" aren't up for that after a certain age 😬, so you have to be willing to change your approach to the experience of making friends.
Enthusiast
Speaking for myself: yes. I would not want to be in a relationship with someone who has no friends. SO should have independent interests & (platonic) relationships from you.
Enthusiast
Okay
Sounds like you need to take him to a man park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XOt2Vh0T8w
Omg this made my week
Enthusiast
I would say…. Yes.
Enthusiast
Agree that it’s an issue if they have NO friends at all. Y’all need a life outside of e/o bc this sounds like codependence. Are they an interesting person outside of their job and hobbies they only do with you?
Very nice guy with a sense of humor, more of a home body (the typical games, investments and TV shows) but enjoys activities outside when I suggests them
Pro
Is he or she new (or relatively new) to your city?
Red flag if you don’t have friends
Chief
Do you like him? If yes, maybe just accept that he has a smaller circle than you. Maybe he is really introverted, or has mostly friends through work that he doesn’t want to see outside of work. Maybe he is super close with his family. If you like him, i wouldn’t consider this a red flag.
Chief
I’m an extrovert but I don’t have a ton of super close friends anymore. I did in my teens and early 20s, but I now prioritize time with my family. I’m very close to my extended family, and I don’t think that’s a red flag 🤷🏼♀️
My ex didn’t have a lot of close friends but he didn’t need/want to hang out all the time. He liked doing things on his own and one on one with his friends and family. If someone doesn’t have friends and is trying to make you their social calendar and entertainment, it’s an issue.
Pro
Yes!
Looks like he found his person
Enthusiast
Maybe he just really likes you? Do you like him?
Could be something else, too. I dated a guy who had a bunch of really awesome friends and wanted to hangout all the time with me. Wasn't that into him.
Rising Star
mos def yass
Rising Star
So interesting what all of our biases are. There is nothing in OP that suggest gender of the OP or gender of the SO. But for me, I thought the writing was a guy talking about a woman, but a lot of other people read it the other way as woman talking about a guy.
Op responds in comments. SO is man.