Meeting people

[blueyedgirl922]

Everytime my friend and I get together, we always debate the question of where do you meet potential dates, boyfriends, girlfriends, friends...well you get the point. Wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on this?

[One on One]

I have a big problem with myself. I think networking through friends works well, but I don't like the idea of how that limits who you can meet.

[john smith]

I can't help you out on where to meet people. I do know church is not it, unless you are divorced or want to start a family with someone else's kids. I can't wait to hear some ideas though.

[Starfish81]

Originally posted by One on One
I think networking through friends works well, but I don't like the idea of how that limits who you can meet.

Make new friends. That expands your network of friends and potential dates at the same time :cool: .

[hopeless]

Do some volunteering at a local program in your town. That's a great way to meet people. Or use your hobbies & find people that have the same interest as you is another great way to meet, even a book club. There are lots of ways to see people if you put it into action.

[Ederratic]

I'm a big coffee shop whore. Homework, reading, or hanging out I'm there with or without a friend. It also helps that I work at a coffee shop and strike up convos with customer just out of sheer boredom.

Networking also, through friends and whatnot.

[lostindc]

try www.meetin.org

[mishl982]

Well for me it used to be school, but now I meet people through work, my sorority's alumnae chapter, and the best way I've met people is through friends. I don't usually meet new people in bars or clubs - some of them are way to creepy for me.

[cazort]

Swing dancing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There's really no other way I've reliably met people my own age. In terms of people in general, the second best place to meet them is on the bus.

What gets me is that while young people ride the bus too, they don't tend to talk on it. People I meet on the bus are all way older. But I've met tons of people there too.

I also have met a lot of people, young and old, at business networking groups, like the chambber of commerce, or this group I go to called "Entrepreneurs for Sustainability". The thing is, I'd advise people to stay away from "young professionals" groups. They tend to be filled of really superficial jerks. Other, less sexy-sounding business groups tend to have more down to earth, legit people.

:-) Yay.

And then there's also the whole technique of becoming a regular in a restaurant or coffee shop where your sorts of people hang out. I've met a lot of people that way too.

And I guess the internet is another way too.

[artbabe]

everytime i see potential in a guy, he stands up and i see that he's got like really dirty high top sneakers and acid washed black jeans...

this really happened. i was in the computer lab one day at school and this guy i was next to seemed really nice. then i realised his shoes...and then i realised that he reminded me of this guy i went out with when i was seventeen (i totally took him shopping but it didn't change the fact that he played Magic)...

i know that i'm way too picky and therefore deserve my single status...i just get turned off way too easily so i just can't meet men anymore, just can't.

[KnowingBurns]

Originally posted by john smith
I can't help you out on where to meet people. I do know church is not it,

It is for some people. You would think it was for everyone if you talked to my parents. I hear that suggestion far too often. I'm not against spirituality, but since leaving home, I've grown increasingly disgusted with organized religion. Yeah, I'm one of those Christians who can't stand church. I wouldn't be against it if I could find one that would not try to make me feel guilty about my life. I have enough issues with self-esteem on my own, I don't need to add to them with the guilt about not feeling guilty for being "bad."

[littledancerus]

Um, all the churches I've been too don't have single 20 something people in them... they are all old retired people and couples with kids. I think it'd be really hard to try to find someone that way...

[inuts]

I've said it a million times, but I think the sure-fire bet is to spend a summer on Fire Island or Martha's Vineyard or the Outer Banks or Cape Cod or something like that. Summer places always rock. That's my idea.