I don't think the issue is having a social life, though. It's more that a lot of those interactions are very superficial and often center around one thing. In g

I don't think the issue is having a social life, though. It's more that a lot of those interactions are very superficial and often center around one thing. In general, people aren't making very meaningful, long-lasting connections with those people. At least, that's been the experience at the few meetups I went to. Now, I've gotten lucky with a boardgame group which has some great people that I now hang out with outside of the group (after a few months of going), but in general most of the interactions from there just feel so light. Which is fine, if that's what you're looking for (and it often is; I just wanna play games, not necessarily make great friends, though I'm glad I did with this group), but I feel that being lonely often makes people want more. I do wonder if you being married has anything to do with how you perceieve that? I'd expect that it does, since you two have each other for companionship.