How Do You Meet New People?

Just in case you are curious, I wrote back to the younger guy at Plenty Of Fish.  I wasn’t really interested in dating him and no I had no intention of leading him on, either. I was curious about what he had to say. 

Apparently, he has very little to say beyond, “How are you doing? Me and my buddy were out late…,” that kind of thing. I commented on his photos, that’s what he contacted me about in the first place, but I got the impression that photography is not one of his intersts, after all.  We have nothing in common. Nothing.

I think what I’m going to do is find some new female friends – not instead of the friends that I have, but additional friends.  I would like to find friends who enjoy biking or running or…….well I’ve always wanted to try a book discussion. 

So far I’ve decided that to do this I would probably need to join some groups.  I could join the local VELO riding group – I’ve done some volunteer work with them through Girl Scouts and they seem like nice people.  I could join the running group. I could look for a book club.

I could…….. Any ideas?  Where did you meet your circle of friends?  I work with some nice people, but we don’t hang out together. I have a bunch of new neighbors – maybe when the weather is nice and people are hanging out on their patios?

I want to stop focusing on men and dating for awhile. I don’t want to get into the needy frame of mind which could lead to dates with men who I really don’t have anything in common with, just because I’m hungry for another adult to talk to. 

Meeting new people is so easy when you are kid, but for busy adults – not so easy.