I’d like to make friends with my new neighbors (In my apartment) but who makes the first move? How do you initiate contact? Do you invite them over? Do you wait for them to invite you over? What’s the protocol?
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Honestly, the worst mistakes I’ve ever made involved being friends with my neighbors. I have the perfect neighborly relationship now. We speak in the driveway, pick up one another’s mail when needed, send Christmas cards, and I know they’ll always help in an emergency, but we don’t socialize at all. If that’s the type of friendship you want then take them some homemade cookies or a cake and introduce yourself and after feeling them out a little, give them your phone number for emergencies, but any other type of friendship with neighbors should really be avoided.
Just head over and knock on the door at an appropriate time, say hi and introduce yourself. It doesn’t have to be a long drawn out thing, you can just stop by and say “welcome to the neighborhood, just wanted to stop by and introduce myself. Feel free to holler if you need anything.”
That way you can start saying hi every time you see them and chatting a bit. Over time, you’ll get to know then pretty well.
Just go to the other person’s house with a basket of goodies, and a card from you with your name and number on it – that breaks the ice. Then you can just start asking them to do things, etc. Most people here in America don’t love to be dropped in on until they get to know you really well, and even then, sometimes they don’t.
Usually I initiate contact with a new neighbor, a few cookies, or if they have kids ask if its okay to give the kids a treat, go and introduce yourself if your comfortable give them a number they can reach you at if they need anything.
Bring them over some cookies or treats or something and welcome them to the neighborhood. You could chat with them, and then plan an outing with them.
You knock on the door and introduce yourself.