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@heysini.clubWinter in Melbourne means we retreat indoors, and that makes meeting people feel twice as hard. It is not that you are bad at making friends, it is just that most weeks have nowhere for friendship to repeat naturally. One good chat over a flat white has no next Tuesday built into it. If you are tired of dating-app energy and want to build a local routine without the pressure, think about the table
@heysini.clubIf the text keeps getting longer, the plan is probably too big. Very Melbourne version: you had one good chat after orientation, ended up under the same tram-stop awning, then went home on the 86 thinking of a better line all night. Winter fix: ask for one small thing, with a rain backup. Smith Street walk. Tea if the weather turns. Done. Screenshot this for your next almost-sent.
@heysini.clubPOV: you moved to Melbourne and your weekend did not move with you. The hardest part of a new city isn’t finding a flat or a coffee spot (everyone has a strong opinion on where to get a Lygon Street espresso). It’s the Friday evening gap. Tapping onto the 96 tram alone when the city is buzzing around you. We are setting up the first Sini tables soon, five neighborhood strangers, one table, once a
@heysini.clubReceipt for one tiny social life: $4, tram tap-on on the 82-ish feeling, or whatever gets you to Footscray $6, market snack to split, dumplings if the day is serious $4, library table sit-down after, no performance required Invite line: “I’m doing a tiny Footscray loop Saturday, snack then library sit. Want to come for the low-effort version?” Save for the Saturday where you want a plan, not a who
@heysini.clubThe hardest part is choosing a plan small enough to actually send. A very Melbourne winter Thursday problem: you want a tiny after-work thing, but your brain accidentally writes a three-act friendship proposal. So make the plan receipt-sized. One object. One place. One exit. A pastry on Swan Street. A hot chocolate near Church Street. Home before the night gets too heroic. Works in Richmond, Fitzr
@heysini.clubIf asking someone to hang out feels too big, make the plan smaller than your nerves. Winter Thursdays in Melbourne are dark by 5, and somehow everyone already has a group chat, footy tipping chat, or a tram-home ritual. So here’s the pocket rule I’m using: invite them to the smallest public plan you would still enjoy alone. A market snack. A 20-minute coffee. A quick after-work lap before the 86 g