Is it getting harder and harder to make friends as age grows?

Yeah it is really difficult to make friends with age. The reason for this is that when we are young we don't have preconceptions, notions of other people. We are too pure to judge people and we take them as they are, along with them we adjust ourselves also. As we grow older we think we start to understand what kind of people do we want, and we have lots of preconditions for making a friend. Also the fact that we become paranoid with age because of our past bad experiences so we don't trust people that easily and don't open to them. We are also not ready to adjust for other person, the flexibility in human relations reduces with age. You are not alone, this happens with everyone, the only solution is holding on to your old friends whom you know and trust. At the same time go out and try making new friends, start trusting people, take step forward towards other people and slowly slowly you will realize you are making new friends. Your new friends won't make you feel as good as your old friends because you havent' spend much time with them, still give your new friends a chance.

At workplace you cannot talk openly or hang out with them, you have to look outside. Try joining a dance class, theatre, literature class, cooking class or anything that interest you. This would give you an opportunity to interact with new people with whom you can slowly be friends.

Many people deal with this issue daily. Try & keep your heart open. It's hard because there is such fear in our world now. Plus when people grow older, they remember too many hurts & lose faith & trust. BE a good friend & you'll hook a couple folks who "grog" you. Keep smilin'.

I know what you mean