Empty weekends

The second half of the year has begun. The specialty is there would be many long weekends because of the festivities. It’s the time of the year when I wallow of not having the “family friends” which our parents were blessed with in their generation. Maybe they were just the neighbours or colleagues who became family, but there were picnics held, day trips done to temples etc. Now, in the big metro cities, we have the time, and the comforts of apartment societies which bring about so many neighbours to choose from. Yet, we feel isolated, not “vibing” with them and either planning a weekend by ourselves at home or just with our parents - nuclear trip. The only family we travel with is because of that extrovert friend who keeps on bugging us to come along for that and this travel. Though I am grateful to him, I still crave for varied experiences. Every time I have tried reaching out to others, they replies saying they were busy or “another time”. It’s like the job interviews - rejection pe rejection - where you hold onto yourself and apply again. When will this end? I have started to doubt the saying now, that universe conspires to fulfill your dreams.

Maybe I should try new tricks to trick them into my plan. What hacks have you tried successfully to invite people for weekend day/overnight trips?