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How Bumble BFF got me Through Feeling Lonely During this Lockdown
Turns out, a little conversation is what I needed
A couple of months back I was wondering how people meet friends. I’ve been friends with mine since birth, or since kindergarten. I’ve met a few others along the way, usually through school or mutual friends, often through work. Since we haven’t been able to get out there and meet new people, and I try not to talk that often at work since we still have to physically go to the office and see clients, I was coming up empty-handed on how to meet new people. I was starting to miss the banter from work-mates, the conversations that popped up while waiting for a table at a restaurant, or a simple hello and how are you? when you meet someone out for a walk.
I figured there had to be some way to connect with people, and I remembered that Bumble was made for networking and friends, not just dating. Feeling weird as a married person signing up for Bumble, I fumbled through making up my profile. What, exactly, was I supposed to put? I wasn’t trying to entice anyone, well, at least not in a sexual way. I decided that it didn’t matter if I didn’t look absolutely perfect in my profile photos as I was looking for friendship, not a romantic relationship, and any friend would know that, sometimes, you just don’t look as great as you should.
