8 Ways To Make Couple Friends
When you’re in a relationship with someone, you both have your separate friends with whom you sometimes hang out together. However, it can be a lot of fun to have friends that are a couple, just like you. It's easier to hang out together without making someone the third wheel, and you don't have to worry about you or your partner missing out because you do everything together. Still, it can be hard to find couples to befriend. Here's how you do it.
Invite a colleague and their spouse over
When you're working with others, there will most definitely be a colleague that's in a relationship as well. If you have a good connection, you could ask them to go out with you, your spouse and their spouse. You can host them over at your place, or the four of you could go out for dinner. Make sure though that your partner is kept up to date about your plans to make couple friends, or they may not be as enthusiastic as you are. There's even a chance that other colleagues hear you and want to join in on the fun too. The more, the merrier, right?
Meetup with couples
If you would instead befriend a couple that you didn't know before, you can register at a meetup. This website has many groups made explicitly for couples to attend events together and to hang out. While the meetup is with quite a lot of couples, you have all the freedom to find a couple that interests you and starts talking. You can exchange numbers, set a date for a next hang-out, and find out similarities and differences between your relationships.
Online chatting
The act of going out in public and approaching someone new can be quite scary for some people. In this case, you may be better off by chatting with other couples online. With approximately 4.48 billion people with access to the internet, there will definitely be a couple in your country online at the same time.
If you use a chat site that uses profiles, you can create a profile for the two of you in which you state that you're looking for couple friends. This will weed out the rest and attract other couples to your profile.
Chatting is easy as you don't need to give any personal information if you don't want to. You can take your time getting to know the other couple, exchange photos, and eventually meet up if you feel good about it.
Go on a holiday
Not all holidays include closer contact with other people, but holidays like camping, cruises, and all-inclusive packages often connect people due to shared experiences. This is especially a great way to meet couples from other countries, helping you to a holiday destination to visit in the future.
The best way to approach other couples on holiday is during scheduled activities. If you and another couple choose to go scuba diving, you can talk about your experiences afterward with a sweet drink from the bar. Ask what made them opt for that activity and how they've gotten to know each other.
Attend a wine tasting
Most people don't attend a wine tasting event on their own, but rather with a partner. Plan a lovely evening out with your spouse and go and visit a wine tasting. You can both try and enjoy multiple wines, buy a few bottles, and connect with other attendees in the meantime. When you feel like there's a good spark between you and another couple, you can take it a step further and ask them if they would like to hang out another time as well.
Apps and websites
While dating apps are mostly used for, of course, dating, there are plenty of different ways to use dating apps. Make an account together with your partner and make it clear in the description to prevent any unwanted messages. Then, talk about your shared hobbies, interests, and why you're looking for another couple to befriend. Some apps will allow you to swipe, which you can use to like couples. If there's a match, you can start chatting. Ask them about their hobbies, how they met each other, and why they're looking for couples to befriend.
Volunteer
This option seems strange, but volunteering connects people. It doesn't matter where you're working, and there will always be people who would love to hang out and connect with you and your spouse. Volunteering also shows a very selfless version of yourself, which already indicates other couples that you're compassionate and kind. This lowers the bar for them to approach you, or for you to contact them. You also already have a hobby in common, making it easier to find materials to talk about with them.
Online communities
A bit similar to the apps and websites, but in a different category. Let’s say you and your partner are passionate about World of Warcraft. You play it for hours every weekend. Many games like that have online forums or chat platforms which connect you to players from all over the world. This means that there are probably other couples online, as well. Just post a message on a board or in a forum explaining that you're looking for couples to hang out with/game with, and you'll most definitely receive a reply.
Using this platform as a base to get to know each other is easy and without any strings attached. Eventually, you could move on to other ways of communicating like texting, Skyping, or calling.
There are plenty of ways to meet other couples, both online and offline. You mainly need to remember to keep communicating with your partner and just to have fun. Not everyone has a match instantly, but there are always couples you have an instant connection with. Seek out those couples and enjoy your double dates!