32F from Newcastle, UK. I’ve spent most of the past year travelling around Asia, which has been incredible, but since coming home I’ve realised how much I miss meeting new people and having conversations with people who are curious about the world.
I’m not really looking for dozens of people to message. I’d much rather find one or two people I genuinely click with and slowly get to know over time.
I like the kind of friendship where you can talk about the completely ordinary things happening in your life, but also message someone out of nowhere with, “I’ve been thinking about something weird all day and I need to tell somebody.”
I love conversations that wander. Travel, relationships, memories, things we miss, places we want to see, fears, stupid observations, childhood stories, people who changed us, things we’re still figuring out, and all the random little thoughts that don’t normally have anywhere to go.
Having spent so much time travelling recently, I’ve become even more interested in how differently people live and see the world. I really enjoy hearing about someone else’s life, especially when it looks nothing like mine. We definitely don’t need to have identical hobbies or opinions. Curiosity, humour and openness matter much more to me.
I also don’t expect every conversation to turn into some deep philosophical discussion. I’m equally happy hearing about the ridiculous thing that happened to you in Tesco or getting a photo of something you saw on your walk. I think those little everyday details are often how you actually get to know someone.
I’d prefer to start with Reddit messages or email and see whether we naturally get along. Eventually, if we become comfortable with each other, I’d love to exchange actual handwritten letters too. I’m slightly sentimental about things like that, and there’s something lovely about receiving something that has physically travelled from somebody else’s little corner of the world into yours.
Age and location aren’t hugely important to me, although it would be nice to hear from people somewhere around my stage of life. UK or halfway across the world is fine.
Mostly, I’m just missing talking to like-minded people and that feeling of slowly discovering who somebody really is beyond the usual introductions and small talk.
So, if any of this sounds like your kind of friendship, send me a message and tell me something about yourself that you rarely get the opportunity to talk about.