What do you do...

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Registered: 05-31-2005
What do you do...
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Sun, 08-28-2005 - 1:45pm

... when you're single?


What kind of things do you do? How do you keep busy?


Just looking to start a convo...

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Registered: 03-28-2003
Sun, 08-28-2005 - 4:23pm
Ha- my problem is not keeping busy - my problem is forcing myself to take time to relax from my busy life. Owning a home keeps me very busy. The mowing, raking, weeding, cleaning, repairing, etc. never ends. Right now I am thinking about how dirty my front door is and that I need to go out there and clean it - but its really hot outside! I'm an artistic person so I do all kinds of artsy stuff - everything from sewing curtains and slipcovers to making bead necklaces to writing stories to painting. I like to read and belong to a reading club where we get together and discuss books. I do genealogy research- whew talk about time-consuming. I visit elderly relatives - that takes an entire afternoon plus the time to bake a treat to take with me. There are a kajillion things to do in this world - in my entire adult life I don't think I've ever said the words "I'm bored". Iri
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Registered: 04-10-2003
Sun, 08-28-2005 - 5:33pm

I have decided to make time in my life to date and do social things. I've been excusing myself from having a life for FAR to long and I really want a change. It's not going to be easy since I'm starting a new job this fall and it's going to be majorly hectic, but I HAVE to have a life. I can go on like this forever unless I start forcing myself out of the house to be out and about and have a life. People with families have a life and no one would expect them to work 24/7, so why should I sacrifice?

Now the issue is WHAT to do. I live very close to Boston so I'll explore what there is to do around here. I'll continue doing the online dating thing. I looked at meetup.org to see what's going on -- there were some singles groups in the area but I don't know if I'm so into that. I'm a homebody by nature so it's tough to get motivated to go out and do things for me. Other ideas I have had is the Loews theater on the Boston Commons has singles night on Wednesdays. Has anyone ever done that? Seems weird to try to meet people in a movie! Another idea has been to take dance lessons, ...but I'm afraid I'd be the only singleton in the class and everyone else would be all paired up. Oh well.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 08-29-2005 - 7:50pm
I do the sorts of things that I do when I'm in a relationship...volunteer, work, maintain relationships with family and friends....