Doha's rules on Expat friendship
Alright peeps after spending just under 2 months in Doha, i figure ive worked most stuff out, you know the lifestyle and the rest of it.
What ive come to notice more than anythign is making friends outside of work colleagues is a graft, doable but a graft.
The factors behind this are trust, why would you a trust a stranger right? or a friend of stranger you hardly know or better yet someone you kinda know but not really even though you think you know them. At work you got protection but out on the mean streets of doha :)
If your a lady even worse you ve probably had some random guy scream your obsenities out at you and paperplane his digits in to your gucci napsack.
However amongst all of this ive noticed little committee's form, you know friendship circles, predominantly expats with a few locals.
So whats the deal do i form the Expat Doha version of the skulls and hope that people will actually take a chance and join, in which case ill probably pick up a ton of psychos that wish to kill me for having a valid opinion. Or will i get my desired result and get accepted by some expat circles wishing to accept me and my entourage of 8 sane vetted expat professionals. Or maybe none this actually matters and im just waffling.
What is the key to success when making friends outside of work and why does nobody play football. Answers on a postcard??????????????
this post was dead and burried lol... so how many skulls members then? BTW im gonna start my bowling thread again shortly.
Hey Mate
No jigijigi in Qatar
Boring place for a stag like u
though u earn more than brit and no taxes
but no use not enough place to splurge the dou. Poor night life n corniche is only wher u can go in nights.
I agree to ur post.
Very difficult to find people whom u connect 2.
Keep searching tho
Best of Luck
Davidack89, a new member is in the same boat as you. PM him and see what he has to say. It's a start.
Yea been here 2 months as well, have not made any friends... The aspire gym keeps me occupied though.
ill be the first to join.skulls?
im still looking for football games, ive started with the gyming. Its not a question meeting people, more a question of finding people you connect with.
I am guessing you are a single male. Not meeting people via kids and their social life does make it harder to meet people out of work.
Even if you are not super interested in certain activities, try participating in organized events/courses... You may not keep them up, but at least you would meet people out of the work circle....and eventually fit in to a circle of people via meeting one already in the circle.
Try -:
Scuba Diving classes
Trampolining Classes
Hash runners or whatever they are called.
Gym
Yoga at pepka yoga studio
Ask on QL for any football teams that meet once a week, I am sure there are a few...
Salsa classes at pepka yoga
mate!
m an expat here. been here for 2 months and actually i agree with u looking for friends beyond work is gruelling but it ca be pulled off.
if ur a football fan i reckon u can hit some sports bar on saturday and sunday night and watch LIVERPOOL(if u want me in ur friends circle), manu(if u dont want me in ur friend circle lolz) or anyother team (if u think anyother is worth being a fan of except real , barca and ac milan)
BTW as of football , if u manage to find football game u can count on me as right now a bit out of shape and stamina but tough tackling no non sense good reader or the game defender or defensive midfielder.
Best of luck man.
You will never walk alone.
Life is too short to think about the uneditable past and plan about the unpredictable future!!!!!
So take a chill pill
Relax, enjoy and savour the moment till u can and it lasts.
good luck making friends dude...and if you ever put together a football match but you're missing a kickass goalkeeper get in touch with me!
ok my bad., keep socialising double down., ZZZzzzzz....
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ONE you can always mingle with the same sex on Friday in souq area, you cant get a bigger social circle than that..:~)
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no.. It was for the initiator of the thread..
no.. It was for the initiator of the thread..
mate, was that for me?
brit, i aint one of "them"., bloody pervert., "s*x is on sale, grab it before its gone: special offer".
social circle would be fine., :)
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If you want to make friends , you can. However, if your aim is just to "get together" with the oposite sex, then that may be more difficult..
was serious, LOL., havent even met anyone outside work.., have i? oh i think i have but they're still inside the business., :(
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lol onemaki... I though you would say the famous quote from the smellyindain coliee.. "there is always cheap aftershave"..
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then corniche will do the trick., :)
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Alexa if he is not?
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I didn't understand half of doubledown's post.
Wht your saying is almost true but not quite...but i guess we've all experienced different things in this Qatar. The positive thing about this country is tht almost all expats try to mingle with each other...to feel more at home...
if u`re European ppl will accept u easily. The key to success is keep in touch