Hello, everyone.

I'll cut down on a long, boring story and just say this: I had solid friends in high school because we were always in close proximity. Now I go to a large university in a new town where I knew no one going in. Freshman year was mildly successful socially, but I want to do better coming back next year. I'm not sure how to go about it.

So my question to VGChartz is: How does one make friends in a setting without close proximity to others?

Have you tried any clubs, teams, etc?

Freshman years the best for that. Because everyone hasn't established their circles so people tend to be more trying to talk to everyone I guess... Hang out with freshman, talk. Clubs/Frats are good if that's your thing. I'm not a frat person though.

I joined a Christian organization and made some friends there, but no one that's been really close to me.

Beer

I'm going to go ahead and state the obvious. You're not 12. You're a 40-something year-old grown man. After years of uncontrollable alcoholism and gaining over 300 pounds, you've just recently had your third divorce. Now you've hit rock bottom and you just don't care to suppress your urges anymore. You're just a predator using this site to prey on young children. Probably has a deep smoker's cough too.

Reported.

There is one way to confirm your true age. Send me a pick of your genitalia (preferably during erection).

At my university we have tutorials with almost every class and they have around 30 people in it and are 1 hour long.  I usually use those to try to make a friend in a class if I don't already have one.  I usually go up to someone that I think is cool and ask them something random about the class and then we get to talking.

We have a winner.

I only made 3 lasting friendships in college. Not spectacular compared to HS. All of them were lab partners. Here's the trick I used. Find yourself in a long conversation who's opinion is fun for you, then ask them if they wanna grab some lunch with you. Go to an actual booth in a country diner or anyplace comfortable and just talk about life. Grab their phone number and continue the semester this way occasionaly getting a bite to eat together when its conveinient. When the semester ends call him up and say your going to the mall to buy shoes and see if he comes. After that you are friends!

I'm confused.. Are you dating him? He's asking how to make friends not to date guys..