r/graz • u/weird-Ant358 • 42m ago
Frage | Question how to make friends in Graz as a non-German speaker, queer & ND person?
I’m new in Graz, I’m a student, neurodivergent, queer etc. and I noticed it seems really hard to make friends here. I’m not really the type of person who makes friends irl by going to events, most of the friends I’ve made online were people I met online first, the irl friend-making-attempts end badly in most cases. I managed to meet people I like and get along with, but that’s it, I don’t think we’ll ever get close and hang out 1on1. Online, people from here text you first but then end up being terrible at replying or just ghost, so we never get to go out. I’m surprised by this, I never expected it to go this badly..
I wanted to try some stammtisch events but didn’t end up going, because they don’t really seem open to non-German speakers, or at least the descriptions are all in German, and I’d feel awkward not speaking German there.
I’m starting to feel hopeless regarding this and lonely, and I’m scared I won’t like it here as much as I thought I would
edit: I’m trying to learn German ofc, but I’m not taking any courses (no money), so it’s going slow