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I was gonna join one but you hear that it’s more about joining people with common interests and to gain friends more then joining to try to date the opposite sex.
Yes, people hook up with, date, form relationships with, and marry people they meet in meetup groups. The entire concept of meetup is joining people together who have common interests, meaning they'll likely get along and enjoy spending time together. Meetup groups are also heavily populated by singles, as married and committed people are more likely to be settled into a routine. It logically follows that some of those singles will pair off and date. The only caveat is not to be "that guy," the sleazebag who joins a bunch of meetups and rather than first assimilating into the group immediately starts creeping on everything in sight.
I was gonna join one but you hear that it’s more about joining people with common interests and to gain friends more then joining to try to date the opposite sex.
Has anyone here met someone that way?
Not me. I’ve only ever been to three Meetup events. There was a guy who I was interested in at the last one I attended, but the feeling was not mutual.
I belonged to a activity group out of which two couples met and eventually got married. The caveat to that is, go to the meetup group because you're interested in the activity and just want to have fun and meet new people with no strings attached. Don't go thinking that every woman there is fair game or is there to date. Some people actually do just want to do activities platonically, and if the only thing that happens is that you make a couple of new acquaintances, that's great.
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I do know a few people who have met their significant other through a MeetUp event.
One of best college friends met two of his girlfriends (including his current partner) through groups that he himself created (one a MeetUp; the other a non-MeetUp urbex photography group), although not necessarily with the intent of meeting a woman.
If nothing else, you might meet someone who knows someone through a Meetup group. It's worth a try!
What do you really like to do, JBT? What's fun? Almost everyone is their best, most attractive and approachable self when they're relaxed and having a good time. Doing something that you enjoy is a reward in itself, but maybe you will meet someone. But it's also a way to make a friend or two and to expand your social circle, which again is an end in itself but has the added benefit that some of that expanded social circle will include single women.
I was gonna join one but you hear that it’s more about joining people with common interests and to gain friends more then joining to try to date the opposite sex.
Has anyone here met someone that way?
I met someone at a Meetup yesterday who has found dates that way. I really like her and hope we can connect again.
I'm beginning to think the key to making Meetup work for you is to join smaller special-interest groups. We were at a political gathering of 12 people, so you got a chance to talk to everyone if you wanted. The group only has a couple hundred members. I can see getting to know all of the active ones eventually.
Contrast that with a social group I belong to but no longer attend that has 3,300 members. You rarely see the same people twice, so how are you going to make connections?
I'm a member of 2 groups and go to the events on a regular basis. In both groups, they had to add to the group description that it isn't a dating group to gain interest from people actually interested in the activity and discouraging people showing up just to see what's on the menu.
I'm gonna say this again, JBT. Increase your value as a man. That's what's going to create attraction.
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