About Friendship in Group

Yesterday I read an artical about how to make friends like an adult. The author said that adult friendships are not like in childhood, where they grow organically. We need to prepare for them, we need to take care of them to avoid loneliness. He mentioned that it is recommended to join a community, where you maybe have a better chance to see the friendship blossoming, because there are planned interactions. I think this day, a good way to maintain casual friendships is to create a group. When I was in my Bacheler's, I met a lot of friends by running(or jogging). Some of them are inveterate runners, we used to jog and chat simultaneously. We had a large group of ca. 400 people. Because of some reasons, some of us creat then a smaller group of about 20. In the past some, people came und went. but now the number is stable. In the past, we shared thing like running, clothes, food and information. Now that some of us have already left the University, we talk about jobs, salaries and so on. If we didn't have this small group, I would directly lose contact with them. But in the group, there are always people there with topics we could discuss. I'm not a talkactive person, but I am also afraid of loneliness. Sometimes I feel that WeChat groups make the concept of “community” tangible. 原文链接