Here are some tips that you can follow to help make new friends.

Tip one:
You are going to need to be social. This means that you are going to have to get out of the house and go to places where other people are gathering. One of the biggest tricks to being social is to not judge other people. When you go out in public to a bar or a club or somewhere else you do not want to judge people based on what they look like or how they are talking. If you simply don't talk to people based on what they look like or how they talk, you never know what you will be missing. When being social you need to break down those barriers and be nice to everyone that you meet, you want to make sure that you treat them, as you would want to be treated.

Tip two:
You will also need to expand your social circle. If you have a small group of friends that like to go out to the bars, but that is all they do you are not going to be able to meet any new people with different interests. What you are going to need to do is take some risks and start going out to other places, you can go to the local library, join online discussion groups, or find other hobbies that you are interested in. How you find new friends is going to depend on your interests, but going to the same places all of the time limits the type of people that you will be able to get to know.

Tip three:
When you are getting to know people, you will need to be yourself. Do not try and act like somebody that you are not just to impress a person. If you act like somebody else, you are not going to be making friends with the right type of people or you will ruin the chance of any friendship getting started. What you will want to do is simply act like yourself. If you are a comedian then tell the jokes, but don't stay up the night before looking for funny jokes online to try to tell somebody. People are going to like you for who you are, especially if you are making friends with people who have the same interests as you.

Tip four:
When it comes to looking for new friends, you never know where you will find them. One of the things that you can do to help find new friends is to look in some unexpected places. For example, your neighbors next door might be great and have tons of things in common with you, but you will not know unless you try. Age is another factor that people let prevent them from being friends, age should not be a factor in determining if you are going to be friends with someone, nor should their social status. In order to make new friends that are good friends you cannot be close-minded, you have to be open to new possibilities and new places to find those new friends.