making friends

i think it's easier to make friends in grad school. you're a bit more mature. you're in the same hell together. you are all living in debt or underpaid or starving. there is lots of beer. and lots of discussions over research that you really can't talk to anyone else around you. your family doesn't want to listen to it. in fact they are glad you have friends who will listen or whom you can talk to so you don't bore them anymore.