I'm originally from CA, for context, and never had a problem making friends there. At the end of 2020 I moved to CO for my husbands work. I realize the timeliness of this move was pretty shit, since it was still prime c-vid drama...

In the 2 years I have been here, I have found it IMPOSSIBLE to make friends of my own. My husband has a few older guy friends, but their wives don't climb. Not that I don't mind hanging out with the guys, I just want friends of my own, my age, and preferably female.

I've gone to a few meet up groups at the gym, and thought I was connecting with some women, but then was ghosted and/or never invited back to hang out. I've even been told that their "friend cards" are full and they are not interested. I've been frank with my intentions and expressing that I am new ish to the area and want to make friends. Nothing has worked. I gave up for a long while. And then seasonal depression has kicked in, and I'm feeling like shit over thinking all the reasons as to why it's all gone so wrong.

Being a Latina woman in this area, I don't want to think it's because I'm brown, but I'm running out of reasons.