Good Places To Meet New People

Interested in meeting someone, but tired of going the online personals route? 

If you are ready for some fresh ideas, you might try something form this list:

*Blind dates or the fix-up. Blind dates have a bad rep, but sometimes they work out great. When I was in my early 20s, a friend fixed me up with a guy I probably would not have looked twice at if I had run into him on my own. Meeting him while in the company of other friends relieved the pressure enough that we were able to really be ourselves. I saw that he was a good guy and cuter than he appeared at first glance. We dated for almost a year. 

*Explore your hobbies. Do you like sports or working out?  How about joining a local recreational sports team?  Even if you don’t meet someone on the team, you will have the opportunity to meet other new people and maybe someone has a cute, single friend.   (Possibly another fix-up?)

*Is reading is more your thing?  Next time you visit your favorite bookstore, drag your attention away from the latest Janet Evanovich novel, and try making eye contact with that good-looking guy in the cookbook section. (Cute guy who cooks?!). We bookworms are notoriously shy, so to further bait the hook, shoot him your best smile.   Sure it sounds simple, but it’s also effective. 

*Also good are the grocery store, the farmer’s market, and the laundromat. I had a neighbor who met her husband while doing her laundry.  She explained how she frequented the same laundromat every Saturday. Every weekend she would see the same handsome man and one day he struck up a conversation with her. They continued to see each other and their weekly chatting led to coffee and then dinner. They still do laundry together, but now it’s in the laundry room of their new home. Who knew that folding socks could be so much fun?