I posted here a few months back, and was fairly blown away by the response it got given I'm a guy and typical logic is men don't get many responses. I'm not expecting a repeat, but if the same happens again, please be aware it may take me a while to reply to you, but that I will reply to you.

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I spoke to some really interesting people last time, and I'm excited to hopefully do the same here! Some of those are people I now speak to on a daily basis, or even meet up with on an occasional basis. Other conversations unfortunately fizzled out over time, but that's to be expected sometimes (though if it did and you want to talk again, please do reach out (especially Elden Ring guy!)). Anyway, for reference, old post can be seen here: https://www.reddit.com/r/MeetPeople/comments/x01u87/27m_a_little_effort_goes_a_long_way_so_lets_try/

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Anyway, for those that don't want to read that, the basics about me: I'm a 27 year old (28 in a few weeks) guy from London in the UK. I enjoy all the typical stuff (movies, video games, tv, music, gym etc) as well as some less common stuff (hiking, archery, theatre, rock climbing/bouldering). I've reasonably recently also started trying out meditation, and am considering picking up yoga or something similar in the new year (though whether I actually do or not is anyone's guess!)

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I went through a breakup 6 months ago now, and one of the things that got me through it was developing my social life and forming new friendships wherever I could. It was some of these new found friendships that helped me process so much, and while I am in a good place now, I still have a craving to meet new people. But as a lifelong introvert, doing so online on a subreddit such as this is definitely easiest for me!

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But why now? Well, as I said before, some of those previous conversations have fizzled out a bit. But more importantly, it's Christmas. Christmas can be a very difficult time for a lot of people - especially those without families to celebrate with - and I think making new friends is one of those things we can all do to feel a little less lonely. My Christmas plans were completely non-existent until yesterday for reasons I won't go into (unless you really want to know), but I'm aware there are many who aren't as lucky as I am to have found something to do. So if that's you, and this holiday period has you down, I'm here for you. I'm happy to talk to you, whoever you are, and about whatever you want. And while sometimes replies may take me a while if I get a lot of messages again, I will respond - especially on Christmas Day itself. If you want to talk about my interests, that's fine. If you have a hobby or video game or something you're really into and no one you know wants to talk about it with you, I'm here. If you need to vent about a breakup, or a friend/colleague doing something horrible, or even trauma dump a little, I'm here for that too.

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And as you can probably tell from the above and my linked post, I ramble. A lot. So don't expect short, one sentence responses. I look forward to speaking to you, and hope you're all doing well :)