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How do people form long term friendships in college?

• So, I'm wondering how people generally form long term friendships, especially in a university environment. (normal friendships, not romantic or sexual) It seems to me that there are two main explicit socializing opportunities in college: getting to know people in your class, and getting involved with student organizations. Classes are frequently too structured and lecture/learning oriented, though. Some student organizations are this way as well, if they are extremely purpose-oriented. Others, like fraternities and sororities, are designed just with this in mind. It appears that almost everyone in college eats meals with their friends, occasionally goes out at night with friends, and also spends a significant portion of the weekend with friends. How/where do people form these types of friendships? Do they frequently meet for the first time, for instance, in classes, student organizations, a dining hall, or what? Then, in order to get together later, like at lunch, supper, or at night, they trade phone numbers or something; is this right? After how many minutes/hours of conversation do you think is normal for people to ask for the other's number? My problem is that at college, it's much harder than in school because people aren't forced together as much (in-class times are much shorter and more learning-oriented) and due to the size of the college, there are few (if any) people that share more than one class with you; there are fewer intrinsic socializing possibilities. I would like to know: (1) Where people typically meet to develop long lasting friendships in college (2) How people progress from being acquaintances to friends (3) How social get-togethers are set up Descriptions of personal experiences are appreciated as well. Thanks!

• Answer:

  Well I know for me I have a few of these friendships. Four that I can think of actually happened with people that were my roomates. Another we had a class together and had to pair off to write a paper and he happened to be going through a rough time and we just naturally started talking and kinda looking out for each other. One I met through an on-campus part-time job I had, our shifts overlapped and it was this little tiny room so we would talk to make the time pass and found we had some things in common and we'd make jokes and laugh and just have fun to pass time by, we've been friends ever since. I think the progress from acquaintances to friends happens on it's own if it's meant to happen. But the difference is care. It depends on the get-togethers. I never really did big parties. I like to bake and it helps me destress so midterms and finals I used to bake and then host a study break in my apartment; which was basically come grab snacks and if you want to stay and chat you can but you don't have to.