Best places to meet guys?

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Registered: 10-31-2003
Best places to meet guys?
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Mon, 11-06-2006 - 4:15pm

These days it can seem hard to meet a great guy.

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Registered: 10-31-2003
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 4:25pm
What about the hardware store trick..has anyone tried that?

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Registered: 03-20-2003
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 4:43pm

There are no places to meet guys.

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Registered: 10-31-2003
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 4:48pm
So that would make 'space camp' the best place? LOL

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Registered: 11-01-2005
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 5:46pm

I've tried the Home Depot trick, and it works until his wife comes around the corner with a cart full of supplies for their kitchen remodel and their four children.

I think the single men are home playing video games or hiding under rocks somewhere. Unfortunately, it's the rock dwellers who occasionally show themselves and mess with our minds. ;)

AJ, enjoying life with C.

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Registered: 09-27-2004
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 5:47pm
I agree with cl-shywon on this one unfortunately. It's hard to meet people when you are out and about because no one is confident enough to approach anyone else and people a lot of the times don't want to be bothered. I find the easiest way to meet men is through online dating and dating services. Not necessarily the best way, but then you know that the other people are looking too and it's easier to "approach" them by sending out an email. I think some ways could be through friends (although most friends never really know someone good enough to set you up with or anyone available) or just doing a hobby that you enjoy where you befriend someone because you see them all the time doing the same hobby. My hobby is dance so it's virtually next to impossible to meet men through that kind of a hobby. I was thinking of taking up tennis since I enjoy the sport and maybe to put myself in a better position to meet guys.
One other thing me and my friends did is have a "friend of a friend" party where we invited all of our single friends and had them bring someone of the opposite sex who is single and available. I met someone through one of those parties even though it didn't end up working out. I've met most of my boyfriends online though in the last few years.
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Registered: 09-27-2004
Tue, 11-07-2006 - 5:53pm
Another good thing about online dating, although I was frustrated with if for a long time lol, is that you are picking and choosing someone who by reading their profile seems to have some common interests as you do. You are the one in the drivers seat picking out certain attractive qualities and characteristics that you like. If you happen to meet someone at the hardware store or grocery store you have no clue who this person is, what their preferences are, hobbies are, type of sense of humor, if they want children or not etc etc, you are just going off of attraction and to repeat what tallgirl said, the person could be taken already and you would never know that.
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Registered: 05-19-2003
Wed, 11-08-2006 - 9:25am
I don't think there is any single ONE place anyone can meet anyone. I think the good singles are dispersed randomly everywhere and not all in one exact place. They are also mixed up with al the bad singles, the ones to avoid. Unfortunately, there is no way to tel the good ones from the bad ones. You have to date them all to find out.
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Registered: 12-19-2005
Wed, 11-08-2006 - 1:17pm

Being a single guy I can say the only placed you are going to meet me is at the gym or work.

I highly doubt I will see you when I'm outdoors as those activities are mostly centered around male interests. There are women that show up sometimes but they are either long term girlfriends or spouses.

You most likely wouldn't catch me at the coffee house, hardware store, or supermarket because guys are solution oriented beings: if I'm getting coffee I'm in and then out, same with the supermarket or other store. I did a job, it's done..., now I can't see any reason to hang out any longer. I don't understand the whole "get a latte at Starbucks and then sit around sippin' it" thing.

I have never been approached by a woman in the gym, and I've never approached one. Not that I couldn't..., it's just that the gym is a meat market and I am not a playah!!

So we're basically down to work. Like today..., actually right now..., this woman "G" came down to the office to see if we could get a piece of equipment moved for her. Well I told he she would have to fill out the proper forms and kind of kidded around with her a little. I noticed she asked what my name was twice, and wasn't surprised when she showed up again and asked that I specifically walk the area with her.

So I'm about to go up there and flirt around a bit..., we'll see what happens.

Adrastos

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Registered: 02-15-2005
Wed, 11-08-2006 - 2:46pm

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Like what? I hunt. That's kind of solitary. Well, except for foxhunting, and the good ones are married, the others are either drunks or too young.

The men in my gun club are all married.

I don't belong to a gym. No time for it and no interest. I'd rather spend the money on a horse show, anyway.

Work - well, that's work, not a dating pool. Besides, fraternization is terms for dismissal.