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I'm a single guy in my early thirties thinking about looking for a special someone. It seems like bars are where a lot of people go for this sort of thing, but I don't like going to them. Are there any good alternatives?
Meetups.
Volunteer events.
Online dating is filled with people wanting to hook up and people wanting to marry a stranger the next day. Very rarely are people in the middle.
I'm a single guy in my early thirties thinking about looking for a special someone. It seems like bars are where a lot of people go for this sort of thing, but I don't like going to them. Are there any good alternatives?
I'm a single guy in my early thirties thinking about looking for a special someone. It seems like bars are where a lot of people go for this sort of thing, but I don't like going to them. Are there any good alternatives?
Where do you get that impression? The vast majority of people I know met their SO online or from the same social circle. I'm in my late 30s.
I'm a single guy in my early thirties thinking about looking for a special someone. It seems like bars are where a lot of people go for this sort of thing, but I don't like going to them. Are there any good alternatives?
Did you do a site search for this topic? We had a thread with almost the same title sometime in the last year or so.
Get involved in community activities, whether it's co-ed sports leagues or other sports groups (boating clubs of various sorts, hiking, biking), volunteering (enviro orgs, political action groups like Ralph Nader's PIRGS, etc., or your local film festival or street fair), classes and activities through your local Parks Dept., sister city committees, whatever, cooking classes (usually exclusively attended by women; choose a special cuisine class, like Chinese, Thai, Italian, vegetarian), Meetups, etc., continuing education classes (writing workshops, art, photography, whatever), etc.
If you have a dog, go to your local dog park after work, regularly. People are friendly and open to conversations when walking their pets. Join a theater group, take a specialized gardening class (banzai, etc.). See what your city has to offer, and go join something.Hiking clubs, and your local recreational equipment co-op tend to have singles events, and social gatherings in the winter. Attend travel seminars at your local travel bookstore or recreational equipment store. There are so many possibilities for meeting women. Attend events at your local Indi bookstore.
I'm a single guy in my early thirties thinking about looking for a special someone. It seems like bars are where a lot of people go for this sort of thing, but I don't like going to them. Are there any good alternatives?
Is it because you don't drink? I don't drink, but I've went to bars to hang out with friends who drink sometimes. non-alcoholic drinks are usually free there at most of the bars I go to. They compensate by whacking all the people who are drinking alcohol by overpricing the drinks haha. Oddly enough, I think I've been approached by more women in bars than anywhere else.
Where do you get that impression? The vast majority of people I know met their SO online or from the same social circle. I'm in my late 30s.
I always read this bit about social circle on here, I guess it all depends on what qualifies as social circle? I met who I'm with now because of someone we both knew, but it wasn't set up that way. We weren't set up with one another, we just met through her and ended up together. It's a long story.
As far as the people I know? My parents met in high school (and split a few years later). My grandparents met in high school at a party, but they didn't attend the same school. My cousin met his girlfriend at a bar. They had mutual acquaintances, but didn't realize it until after they met. My best friend met one of his long term girlfriends back in high school and they went to the same school. They met because he used to go into her restaurant. His other long term girlfriend he met because their mom's were actually best friends their whole lives. Although he and the girl were almost 7 years apart, so they didn't hang out growing up, but got together when they were both adults. I guess that's a social circle or close enough. I have a friend who met his girlfriend just at a local restaurant/hangout where they live, that they both frequented.
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