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Old 02-24-2019, 09:09 PM
 
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Let's get back on track: HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER IN DENVER
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Old 02-25-2019, 09:35 AM
 
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There's a lot of talk about how hard it is to meet people in Denver (my hometown). Tell us how you met your significant other there. Do you recommend it to others?

I'll tell you how two friends of mine met and married:

"Larry" had been a dance partner of mine for some years (we were just casual friends). (BTW, guys, dancing is a great place to meet girls--you'll be outnumbered by them.) Anyway, "Angela" and I met online and went to the People's Fair together to see a band. I saw Larry there and introduced him to Angela. Three years later, they were married. So, it was a combination of internet, dancing, and the People's Fair, and a mutual friend.

Most people I talk to in their 20s and 30s (here in Indy) meet people online.

Tell us your story!
Coming from a tiny town of 600 people I thought dating here amazing. I met mine at my favorite local bar in Lakewood. I have no idea what the hell she was there for as it’s a rough bar.

Before I met my fiancée I thought the dating was good. I met women at bars, breakfast spots and even up chairlift rides. I tried the online thing for a couple weeks but after running into a couple crazy ones, including one who stalked me for almost a year and harassed other women I dated I never used online dating again.

It’s not LA or Miami but I wouldn’t say it’s bad. Try growing up in a small town where you’ve at one point or another have slept with most of your friends’ girlfriend’s and the other way around. (when they were single..)
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Old 02-26-2019, 04:10 PM
 
Location: Way up high
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The ex of 4 years at ex work. The current boy toy-at current ex work
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Old 02-26-2019, 04:26 PM
 
Location: California
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Part of my experience there was men looking for someone much younger--young enough to be their daughter. I've heard the bro science on women wanting a provider, but look around at actual couples, and you'll find most of them look like they're around the same age.
This is refreshing to know.
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Old 02-26-2019, 04:55 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Daughter #1 met her now husband through friends, though technically they weren't in Denver, they were at a ski weekend together. #2 met her now husband at a party in Boulder. He was in grad school and she was an undergrad.
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Old 02-26-2019, 07:41 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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No. In Denver County, there are about 3,000 more men than women ages 20-39 (roughly 127,000 v. 124,000). As a proportion, that works out to 2.3% more men than women. To put it into human scale, it's about like being at a party with 32 men and 31 women.
met near Denver but never IN Denver ..

so many SO's, no competition:
Adult / Community ed...
Swimming (and dance) class
Community theater
Tennis mixed doubles
Photography, hiking, gardening clubs
Cooking / potlucks
Community and parks volunteer
church / NGO volunteer service groups
International trips (planned / organized locally)
Eldercare volunteer

Options nearly limitless.
SO's were a pleasure to know / host / grow.
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Old 02-27-2019, 07:38 AM
 
Location: Eastern Colorado
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Met my wife at work a long time ago when I was a bartender and she came in to visit her friend that was our waitress. It was in the casinos but we both lived in the Denver metro area.
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Old 02-27-2019, 07:13 PM
 
Location: Indianapolis, East Side
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met near Denver but never IN Denver ..

so many SO's, no competition:
Adult / Community ed...
Swimming (and dance) class
Community theater
Tennis mixed doubles
Photography, hiking, gardening clubs
Cooking / potlucks
Community and parks volunteer
church / NGO volunteer service groups
International trips (planned / organized locally)
Eldercare volunteer

Options nearly limitless.
SO's were a pleasure to know / host / grow.
I did a lot of those things. They were pretty much all women.
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Old 02-27-2019, 07:22 PM
 
Location: We_tside PNW (Columbia Gorge) / CO / SA TX / Thailand
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I did a lot of those things. They were pretty much all women.
precisely... this was a response for the ever so familiar sad story...
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Does this mean there are 10000+ dudes that have zero chance of finding someone?
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Old 02-28-2019, 07:15 AM
 
Location: Colorado Springs
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Have to agree with the above. Meeting dating partners through other people will provide much greater access to dating than hanging out in bars and clubs. You meet those people who become friends by getting yourself out there and making them friends through activities.

She didn't become my significant other, but I did date a women in Denver for long enough for it to be considered a fairly serious relationship. Met her through a friend of a friend.
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