So my freshmen business class ends at 12:00, which is right around time for lunch, and instead of going to the dining hall and hope that i meet someone I know, I think it would be easier to just ask some guys in my class if they’d just like to get lunch with me. Would I be judged for seeming too desperate to make friends or anything though? I really don’t like that our society always has to overanalyze social interactions, like honestly when I’m asking you if you want to get lunch with me, that’s all I’m asking. So if any freshmen guys are out there, how would you feel if someone you don’t know too well but share a class with asked if you want to get lunch with them after class?
I would just advise you not to force the issue of making friends. Don’t go into that class with the mindset that, “I am going to find the best candidate to be my friend and ask them to go to lunch with me.”
If you hit it off with someone who you think could make for a friend, or if your gut tells you a guy or two are chill, go for it, but if not, just go to the dining hall solo and find someone else who is solo. Don’t sweat it either way. You’ll make friends.
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I didn’t really answer your question. If someone came up to me and asked to get lunch after class, I would probably do the same judgement I just mentioned above. If they seem cool, go with them, or if it seems forced make up some excuse to not.
I would err on the side of giving lunch a shot though if they were making that jump and trying to make me a friend. I would certainly not read too much into a lunch invitation.
It’s not uncommon to go to lunch after class. I’d be a bit more casual with it at the end of class with someone you’ve at least talked a bit with e.g. “Hey, I’m gonna grab lunch wanna come?”
It’d be a bit unusual to ask someone without having had a conversation or two with them first IMO. But I think people you’ve talked to some but don’t know super well are fair game.
Perfect way to make some friends.