{"id":335,"date":"2014-10-02T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T09:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixingout.com\/blog\/?p=335"},"modified":"2014-10-02T09:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T09:00:46","slug":"making-friends-when-youre-grown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/making-friends-when-youre-grown-up\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Things Nobody Tells You About Making Friends When You\u2019re a Grown-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1. Every night is \u201cyou\u2019re not going out tonight\u201d night <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remember when you were little? You\u2019d make plans to meet up with your friends after school and then as soon as you got home you\u2019d hear \u201cyou\u2019re not going out tonight\u201d from your mum and dad. Maybe they had other plans, maybe you did something wrong, or maybe they just wanted to keep a close eye on you.<\/p>\n<p>Well, now every night is like that. Family, work, kids, rent, bills\u2026 going out can be tricky for us responsible grown-ups. We can\u2019t be as spontaneous as we used to be. Luckily, MixingOut is here to makes things a little bit easier.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Your awesome toy collection isn\u2019t going to impress anyone<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Okay, that\u2019s not entirely true. There might be a few guys and (possibly) girls out there who are really interested in your Mint Condition Death Star &#8211; but generally speaking these are subjects to avoid bringing up in a grown-up conversation. Instead prepare to discuss mortgage rates and the best place to buy a decent coffee table.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Crashing at someone\u2019s house isn\u2019t cool anymore<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you were a student living in a grubby flat, crashing on random people\u2019s sofas was as much a part of the norm as waking up in the middle of the afternoon. Try that now with somebody you\u2019ve only just met, and they\u2019re likely to give some spare change for a cup of tea and walk the other way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. You\u2019ve got to make the most of the free time you have<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you really want a fulfilling social life now that you\u2019re an adult, there can be no room for forgoing opportunities to go out and meet friends. When you were younger, you had all the free time in the world. Now life is a whole lot busier, you need to find those moments to enjoy yourself and make them count.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. Every night is \u201cyou\u2019re not going out tonight\u201d night Remember when you were little? You\u2019d make plans to meet up with your friends after school and then as soon as you got home you\u2019d hear \u201cyou\u2019re not going out tonight\u201d from your mum and dad. Maybe they had other plans, maybe you did something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[40,44,54],"class_list":["post-335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-for-thought","tag-making-friends","tag-meet-friends","tag-meet-up-with-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}