How do adults make friends with other adults? I’ve had trouble making friends all my life. Now I’m in college and want to make friends, but I’m not sure how. I have acquaintances and people seem to like me, but people usually approach me. At this point in life I’m not really in any environment where I am approachable (work in a private office, don’t spend time on campus other than class). So how do I approach a person to make friends?