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PeekABooGirl
PeekABooGirl Posts: 218 Member
edited November 10 in Social Groups
SO this is my problem..... I'm not working right now. (Stay home with my kids until they're both in school full time). So I don't meet anyone at "work". Even if I did work, you'd likely see the same people over and over plus I don't date coworkers. I don't hang out in bars or clubs. (Too old for that, but it's never been my thing...) My married friends all have friends who are also married so it's not as if they know other singles to introduce me to.

SO where do you meet people?!?! Online is just not impressing me so far. (Though I've met some great people here on MFP!) Seriously, where?

I should not that I have my share of men flirting with me in grocery stores for some odd reason. Not sure why it's always grocery stores and not Best Buy or Target or the mall. Kind of funny.

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  • ejoy319
    ejoy319 Posts: 104
    I'm curious as well.
  • acasey0123
    acasey0123 Posts: 640 Member
    im 23 and bars NEVER work, and its usually to hook up...and Im not big of the online scene
  • Moe4572
    Moe4572 Posts: 1,428 Member
    I ended up online because there is not a lot of places to meet.....though have recently seen a lot about meetup.com and they have singles groups. The problem is they are not always so local.......
  • christine24t
    christine24t Posts: 6,063 Member
    What about some kind of single parents group??
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Do things you enjoy doing and you'll likely meet someone who enjoys those things. Church, gym, kayaking, whatever.
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    Just online on social networking sites but I don't really like to go to a dating site. I'm not a racist or anything but I prefer another Hispanic men because its much easier to develop something with someone who I can relate more with. I am in Asia right now & while I do find people here very nice but its just that I can't relate much with them.
  • kellyh2
    kellyh2 Posts: 64
    Hey, im having the same problem, all my friends are in long term relationships/have children, everyone I work with are older/I wouldnt go there, and there are no local groups for people of my age(23). When I do go out to bars, men seem to be only after one thing whereas I am looking for something more serious. Im stuck too so all advice would be appreciated.
  • VTXJOCKEY
    VTXJOCKEY Posts: 362 Member
    Ditto: Same problem. Anybody open for a LDR? LOL
  • SkinnyShadow
    SkinnyShadow Posts: 106 Member
    OMG, yeah, for the single stay-at-home mom, it's like isolation is inevitable! You HAVE to get out in the community and do things.. even if they sound boring and dorky lol. I moved to a new city a year after the split with my ex, and I still don't really know anyone. I suppose it didn't help that my son had to change schools a couple times - strange circumstances - so it was hard to build relationships with other moms etc. But yeah - we go to library groups, "coffee at blah-blah's house", crafts in the park. etc etc. I recently signed up for an internet/community groupy thingy, where they send me little invites for random things in my area - and I try to make it to most of them because yeah, where the heck else would I meet anyone??? It's a serious problem lol. I just signed up for a crochet/knitting club weekly meet at a local coffee shop... whoo-hooo exciting right? ;) But you never know who you're going to meet, and who they're going to know. I'm a mommy on a (networking) mission.
    So that is my advice to you - that's all I got. If you don't have a babysitter very often etc. I think that's you're best bet.... your ONLY bet lol. Let me know if you find something else - cause honestly I'm sing-song-craft-and-playgrounded right out today :P
    Haha!
    Good luck! :D
  • JanieJack
    JanieJack Posts: 3,831 Member
    Sam's Club, the bookstore, wherever I'm out and about. I don't do bars and clubs, and strangely enough, contrary to popular advice I haven't met any suitable partners at church.

    I had a friend who made it a point to go do something every day where she might possibly meet men, even if it were just walking around the mall.
  • AZDizzy
    AZDizzy Posts: 434 Member
    I volunteer a lot, so there. I joined a hiking group on meetup, so there.
  • chocolateandvodka
    chocolateandvodka Posts: 1,850 Member
    jail
    patients in my ER
    the unemployment office
    the free clinic
    through my drug dealer
    family reunions
    omegle.com
    eccie.com
    hiding in the men's bathroom at hotels
    Wal Mart
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