this is a generic commiseration with the others finding it difficult to meet new friends, I am 42, I have lived in Canada now a majority of my life, and I still find Canadian friends virtually impossible! Truly strange. I usually spend time with Brits, an American ex girlfriend, etc, in my observations, most Canadians appear to stick with childhood friends and that is it. They have no more room in their lives for others, which I regard as extremely unusual, but there you have it, especially in these rural communities I frequent.