Quote Originally Posted by badger View Post
I had a pretty transient childhood where I went to 8 different schools by the time I graduated, so I am astounded when people still hang out with their friends from elementary school.

I've either moved away, or they have or circumstances changed in their lives (married, busy with kids), that I've had a huge hemorrhage of female friends over the past decade that I'm pretty much down to no good female friends that I hang out with on any regular basis. I do have a few very dear female friends but they're scattered around the world.

I also find it extremely difficult to make new friends with females my age (late 30's). They all seem to be content with their circle of friends that they don't seem to want to expand. Or just plain simply everyone's too busy living their lives that we don't "hang out" anymore.
I only have 1 friend from teenagehood amongst the closest other friends who have known me since my 20's.

Perhaps the older one gets, the more complex personal life experiences become that it's harder to articulate certain parts of core life experience/major life changes to a stranger who may not share the same experience at all. So establishing connection with other person at mid-life can take time or remains warm, but somewhat limited.

Yes, sure it's easier with women cyclists regardless of their cycling skill.