Why I dislike "meeting by chance" encounters (date, long-term, how to)

[mjohnson4381]

Also, guys that only talk and never listen. Sorry, I know this isn't related to your thread, so I'll shut up now.

[MonaLisaVito]

Try the grocery store, that place is loaded with available men

[Chowhound]

Originally Posted by MonaLisaVito

Try the grocery store, that place is loaded with available men

I could never imagine approaching a woman in the grocery store.


Most of the ladies I see are looking down, avoiding eye contact, generally sending out the don't pick me up vibe.


Maybe it's just me thought??

[Interpol76]

Originally Posted by MonaLisaVito

Try the grocery store, that place is loaded with available men

Exactly! If you see a guy at a grocery store shopping alone, there is a 100 percent chance that he is single.

[Travel'r]

And they're ALL on cell phones! (Both genders. Everywhere.)

People NEED their electronics today = buffers.

[PassTheChocolate]

Originally Posted by MonaLisaVito

Try the grocery store, that place is loaded with available men

The vegetable guy at a specialty grocery store asked me if there was anything he could help me with, very enthusiastically. Or maybe he's just very well trained in customer service. It could happen.

[PassTheChocolate]

I have to say that meeting men online has been the best route for me. I can custom build the right man into an ad and let the mail come in. I have my own little system with screening mail and such, and it's just so much more convenient. I don't have to leave the house to get a date.

[sierraAZ]

Originally Posted by Interpol76

Exactly! If you see a guy at a grocery store shopping alone, there is a 100 percent chance that he is single.

That's about right - particularly if he carries just a basket with TV dinners.

[ChessieMom]

Originally Posted by Interpol76

Exactly! If you see a guy at a grocery store shopping alone, there is a 100 percent chance that he is single.

I'm in the grocery store several times a week...and I'm pretty old.
I have never, ever, met a guy there, and I know not one female that ever has. I don't think I've even SEEN a guy in there I would WANT to meet, now that I think about it.

[easternerDC]

I think it depends on where you live. I lived in a neighborhood with a lot of young professionals and had one guy approach me in the grocery store. A friend of mine met her now husband because she was at the bus stop reading the paper, and only wanted the front section - she asked a guy waiting next to her if he wanted the rest of the paper, and the rest is history.

In suburban areas, or ares with less singles living there, I can imagine random meetings are less common.