I believe there may be quite some of us on here who face this dilemma. We chose our friends carefully, dont add someone just for the sake of increasing the friend count, as on other social networking platforms. Talk to a select, time-trusted friends with whom we share our joys and sorrows. But after a while, we like to befriend new people who share similar tastes and/ or at least appreciate our interests, in general. (Sometimes we are to be blamed for it, some of us are not good at introductions, even shy.) After a while we become aware that it has become kinda difficult to befriend new, decent people. Hence this thread. Let your profile aid people in deciding whether to befriend you. Wish you luck!
The forums threads - funny ones, silly ones, thoughtful ones - are great for meeting people. I think all my friendships started in the forums. They are far less intimidating than chat rooms, and it is a low-stress way of getting to know people.
I tend to stick to people in Forums, because I know we have a common theme... Saying that, I would love new conversations and experience more Lush....
I do not do the chat rooms. I do very much enjoy The Forum though, and have made many friends there. Another great way to make friends on Lush is to read stories. A lot of writers and readers get acquainted through like interests in stories.
I read stories and play in the forums. That's where I meet my friends
Just be polite,,,have manners,,,meeting and having friends will happen.
I agree with Buz, American Beauty, and Fletch64. You can find people with a similar world view by reading their opinions in the forum, particularly the Think Tank. Those who have written stories will reveal themselves to you in a different way. You can always leave a comment on a story and follow up with a PM, or send a PM about a forum post as a way of opening the door. As Fletch says, be polite and respond if someone writes to you. Have a look at their page to have an idea of what they are like, or at least the persona they display here. It is the internet after all.
I have interacted with people here that I would not have met any other way and developed some interesting friendships. Give it time.
Some of us are very open and welcoming. That is our personality. Others are shy, perhaps coy. Not wishing to be too outgoing. I would recommend reading the profiles of people that strike your fancy. You can learn a lot about them that way. And often, if you consistently read and comment on the works of authors, they will be quite open to engaging you as a friend. But, in the final analysis, you must be rather courageous and just go for it. See an interesting avatar, or a compelling story, or an engaging forum post that speaks to you and send out that friend request.
I believe this is basically a erotic story site. A really great community of people with various interests. I find the best way to expand your friend list is to read or write stories. There is almost a genre for everyone. I agree with Buz. The forum is a great way to get to know people.
Good read...Good day to learn..Thanks yall
You've been here quite a while for someone with so few friends. Did you drop friends from your list, or are those twelve friends showing the only ones you have made. Have you refused a lot of friend requests? Do you check your friend's requests in your mail? Did you just start an account, post a couple of poems and wander off until now? You'd make more friends by befriending people. Most people in the chat rooms aren't there to make friends. I've spent a lot of time in the chat rooms over the years I've been here, and made only a handful of friends there. Now that there are mostly pictures in the chat room, the actual chat has become hard to find. I'll be trying to read a conversation, and suddenly a huge cock or enormous ass will appear and move the conversation away. Send out a dozen or so requests and see how many friends you get. If you like someone, don't wait for them to request your friendship, request theirs.
[url]http://[/url] I am a little shy, quite introverted, and socially inept. I will be watching this thread closely.
This site is good for making friends....
Chat rooms can be a great place to meet people, but first impressions tend not to be reality over time. Maybe the forums are the place to find some honesty....
Conversations about writing styles.
Most of my friends on Lush have found me either here in the forums or through my stories, but I'm often surprised by how many have told me that they were afraid to ask me to be friends because they thought I might turn them down. So this could be a good thread for me to welcome anyone who's ever wanted to friend me, but were hesitant to ask. I usually don't have a lot of time to search through profiles, hunting for new friends, so I rely on friends to find me, but I accept friend requests from anyone who reads, writes, comments, or plays in the forums. The only requests I ever ignore are from overly-horny guys who come on too strong and are obviously only looking for online sex with random girls. All other requests are most welcome. Don't be shy!
Also, remarkably few mods ever ask me for friend requests, which has often puzzled me, but consequently, I have very few mod friends. Why is that?? C'mon, folks! I'm not that scary! ;-)