Okay,
I am walking up to this event for Real Roots to meet a group of women who are looking to make friends and I'm feeling a little nervous.
On a recent Thursday night in downtown Washington DC, I went to a bar to make new friends.
I haven't been on a first date in like 10 years,
but I kind of have that like about to go on a first date feeling.
I actually don't think 10 years is even really long enough
because I don't think I've tried to show up at a new place just to make friends,
probably since the beginning of college.
So yeah, I was pretty nervous.
So I'm gonna go inside.
We'll see how it goes.
Real Roots is an app that matches you with a group of new potential friends.
In other words, basically strangers.
And it's trying to solve this problem that a lot of people have.
It's not just me.
It's really hard to make new friends as an adult.
There were a couple dozen women at this bar for the same reason I was.
Yeah,
so I'm someone who likes to try and push myself and try new things and I also really enjoy meeting new people.
I grew up with social anxiety and now that I'm an adult it's actually really hard to make new friends