You know what I wish...

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Registered: 05-29-2003
You know what I wish...
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Mon, 03-19-2007 - 10:15am
I just read that one girl's post where she is 29 and all her friends are taken/married and/or have kids and therefore she has no girlfriends to go to bars with so she can meet guys. I am in the exact same boat but worse - I'm 36. So you know what I wish? I wish there was a web site, kind of like a myspace but it would be a "Girl's Night Out" site where you could search by your city and see if there are any other girls exactly like you - who really want to go out on a particular night (like St. Patrick's Day) - especially when there will be a lot of guys out (like the NCAA basketball tournament - a zillion guys go to bars to watch these games). I mean heck maybe we wouldn't meet any great guys but what if we made some actual girl friends? Man I would love that. We should come up with something like this - I bet it would be a popular site. I might have actually just given myself an Idea. If I act on it I will keep you all posted. love fzz
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Registered: 05-14-1999
Mon, 03-19-2007 - 11:05am
I think there is somethng similar to that, meetup.com? I'm not sure, I've just heard of it. Great idea though!! Do keep us posted : ) Hee-hee. Maybe we'll see you in Forbes magazine!!
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Registered: 11-21-2005
Mon, 03-19-2007 - 11:15am

Not sure where you're from, but Boston, New York, and San Francisco have a site called Hey! Let's Go!

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Registered: 02-15-2006
Mon, 03-19-2007 - 11:16am
There is. It's called "Some of the Girls" and I believe it's in many different states, and does exactly what you decribed. Girls nights out, fun events, dinners, happy hours, you name it. Do a search for it for your area! I highly recommend it...it's a great way to network and meet some cool people!
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Registered: 09-27-2004
Mon, 03-19-2007 - 2:15pm
I think that's an excellent idea. Sometimes it just helps to have lots of single female friends around to be your rock, so you can share trials and tribulations of dating with and to go out with.
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Registered: 02-28-2007
Mon, 03-19-2007 - 4:20pm

Being a male, for some reason I can just not gather up the courage to go and talk to someone if they are with a group of friends. If someone is by themself, I usually have no problem going up and talking to them. But seeing someone out by herself is very rare.

I have tried to talk to girls that are in groups before, but just can't seem to click with them, and I find myself just hovering around, and so I end up walking away to avoid looking like a lost puppy. (That's actually what I feel like when I try to engage in conversation with a group of girls, I just can't seem to ever connect with them.)

I'm sure doing stuff like going to a bar during a big basketball game might work if there were men there who felt confident enough (And knew how to include themself in a group of women) but as for me, if I see a group of women, I don't tend to try to interact with them anymore, as it just never did work for me.