Most of the time, social clubs and interest groups serve as an excuse to hang out. When I hang out with my friends, we play board games, work out, try out new b

Most of the time, social clubs and interest groups serve as an excuse to hang out. When I hang out with my friends, we play board games, work out, try out new breweries. There's always a reason, but the reason we find a reason is because we want to hang out. There are a lot of specific, structured things you can plan to do together that leave your social interactions completely unstructured. Even in the case of something that also serves a practical purpose, such as working out, the fitness purpose exists in symbiosis with the socializing purpose. Sometimes the reason I get a workout is that I want to hang out with my friend, and sometimes the reason I spend time with my friend is because I wanted to work out. Having another reason to hang out also helps friendships endure through times where you don't have much to say to each other.