Why is it the older you get the harder it is to maintain friendships. (I understand we are all trying to establish our lives, but friendships are an important fundamental in growth) Do you ever feel like your real “friends” aren’t your friends at times? (Or you feel left out, or just put up with) I feel like I truly don’t have a best friend, I would love an actual true friend, but I feel at this age (23) it’s harder to make new friends because people already have there set friend groups and are focused on there life which is a wonderful thing! I love seeing everyone succeed and I love seeing everyone going after what they want, but I feel my other friends support each other, but when it comes to me I’m always last on there list. The three of them are so close and then there’s me who they seem to only contact when they need someone to chip in. My birthday is coming up and my other friends birthday is two days before mine and it seems to be all about her and her birthday.. they seem to forget that my birthday is literally two days after hers.. I just feel forgotten. I would truly love an actual girl friend, but I just don’t know how to make one at this age. Am I the only one who struggles with maintaining friendships or making new friends at this age?