I [22F] moved last year to a new city for a job. I live by myself. My boyfriend lives an hour away, so we'll take turns visiting each other on the weekends. It's been difficult to make friends, as most my co-workers are older/married, and the only person I know is an acquaintance who lives all the way across town.

Usually this situation works out, since during the week I don't have time for friends and on the weekends I'm with my boyfriend, but some weekends or Friday nights I'm alone since my boyfriend actually does have friends where he lives. I'm usually just content going to the gym and spending the night with Netflix, but recently I've been toying with the idea of going to bars or treating myself to a nice dinner alone on those days. I'm not sure if that's just sad to do at 22 years old, and if I should just make more of an effort to find friends.

I'll mention that I'm very much an introvert, so I don't mind spending time by myself. Most of my worry comes from whether this is an okay thing to do, whether it's normal not to have friends, and whether I'll regret it at some point when I'm in need of friends. I also do have friends otherwise, but they live hours away and I don't get to see them very often.

So what do you guys do to spend time alone, outside of your home?