Heya playa, do you want to make new friends and eventually find a girlfriend but the only
thing holding you back is the fact that you're homeschooled?
Well, that's the question that not3azy_e asked me when he said: "How do you meet people/find
a girlfriend if you're homeschooled?".
Don't worry, this is a question I get a lot.
I think there are a few practical things you can do to help resolve your problem so I'll
share them with you right after this.
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When it comes to being homeschooled, there are pros and cons to it.
Some of the pros are that you can focus on your learning without distraction but then
some of the cons are that you're missing out on the whole social experience.
That's why when it comes to making friends it can be kind of difficult because you don't
really have people you can hang out with during lunch or people you can meet up with after
school so you have to kind of seek out alternative methods.
One of the things I've seen work out fairly well for people who are homeschooled is to
look up different homeschool Facebook groups.
All you have to do is go on Facebook, look up something local in your area and you'll
probably also find people that are your age in that group sharing their experience and
also trying to do the same thing as you, make friends.
Online communities are great for these type of things.
You can meet people in your area going through the same type of experience as you so you
don't have to navigate your homeschooling alone.
Looking outward into the real world, you can always pick up a hobby like volunteering.
I'm sure your local church or any of the local organizations in your area do volunteering
events.
So, just look them up online and see which ones you can be a part of.
Here's the thing about volunteering that people tend to overlook.
It's not necessarily a surefire way to meet people your own age.
Sure there may be other people your age that are volunteering as well but most of the adults
that are already there are parents.
And those parents have kids that might be around your age so if the parents see that
you're an upstanding person.
There's a high chance that they'll bring their kid around or try to introduce you to them.
Along with volunteering, you can also look up different youth centers or youth groups
in your area.
There are a lot of people actively involved in these things.
All you have to do is do the research and find the ones that are local to your area.
And moving even further outward from that, if you're someone that's looking for a girlfriend
but you're homeschooled, so finding a girl that you can like or even interact with is
difficult, I think you should revise your strategy just a little bit.
Instead of having your immediate focus in trying to find a girlfriend, instead, try
to focus on building guy friends around you.
Now you might ask, yeah I'll have guy friends but what I really want is a girlfriend, so
how do those interlock?
Most people don't exist in this kind of isolated lifestyle, so chances are if you can meet
other guys your age it'll be easier to connect with them and develop a friendship and those
guys probably have other female friends or know other people that they can kind of bring
you into their inner circle with.
I think an untapped resource that people can overlook are schools in your area.
You might be asking, how can I be friends with people inside the school when I'm over
here on the outside?
And I think it's simple.
There are different ways you can interact with them like you can meet up with them after
their school gets out and go to the places that they hang out so you can kind of just
interact with them whether it's the mall, somewhere to get food or just hanging out
at the park near the school.
Most kids do go straight home after school but some of them do hang outside of it.
So try to be in those different areas where they are hanging out and if they are there,
try to strike up a conversation with them.
Use my 20 icebreaker conversation starters and just kind of get the ball rolling with
that.
Now if you're looking for a comprehensive list as to where people your age probably
hang out, I'll just name a few of them.
The mall, the park, libraries, parking lots, any kind of sporting events or pretty much
anywhere.
You can meet people your age pretty much anywhere.
You just gotta be a little more active and put yourself out there.
I know how weird it seems just being in these random places when you don't know anyone there
but that presents the ultimate opportunity for you.
You're there so you might as well talk to people.
Interact with them, see if you can connect with them and maybe build friendships and
possibly get a girlfriend out of the mix.
I didn't go too deep into how to ask a girl out or how to maintain a relationship when
you're homeschooled so if those are videos you definitely want to see, let me know in
the comments down below.
But now I want to know, if you're homeschooled do you find it a lot more difficult to meet
and make new friends?Leave your comments down below and we'll talk about it.
And for those of you that had a question but you don't really want to put it in the YouTube
comments, you can always shoot me a DM over on Snapchat or Instagram.
I do my best to answer as many messages as I can.
Otherwise thank you so much for watching.
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over there on the side.
I go more in-depth on how to talk to people and start conversations which I feel is the
root of the issue here.
Not so much the homeschooling aspect of it.
It really is just meeting people, putting yourself out there and being in the places
where people can interact with you.
On that note, I'll catch you guys next time.
As always, love and peace.