Celibacy and Friendship

(45F) I am a lay celibate, a decision and formal commitment I made after a long and serious discernment period. Even though I find family life and marriage a real gift from God, I always felt that He had a different path for me. I must say that I am very very very happy to belong only to Him.

As a celibate (which is different from being single!), I feel the need to cultivate deep and sincere friendships with people who, not only share the same faith and values, but also "aim for the higher things". Most Catholic of my friends and women at my age (hey, the 40s are the new 30s!) are married with kids (usually loads of them :) or are not really committed to their faith, and I don't mean the person needs to be a saint, but at least someone who seeks to be a better disciple of Christ every day.

I am an extrovert who got tired (does that makes me an ambivert?), I have a quite busy life, but I love staying at home and don't go out that much. A total night owl, hence this late night post. I have been to many countries, enjoy learning about new cultures and traditions (learning Korean now, hoping to go to the next WYD in South Korea #SoHelpMeGod), and currently live in the UK. I love to laugh and it doesn't take much to make me chuckle. But I can get quite philosophical too and enjoy deep and meaningful chats.

If making friends gets harder as you get older, for someone who is a celibate is even more difficult, as most of your friends are getting married or looking forward to it... Let me hear your thoughts on this!