How to meet girls, non-internet..

LikeAnOcean
LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
edited April 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
So I'm hanging out with some friends tonight (drinking) who seem to be amazed that I'm still single, "because of my looks and charm" (I'm flattered).. but got dissed because I resorted to online dating.. And their advise to me was walk around a college campus and "accidently" bump into girls..

Now ladies, is that the best bit of advice to give a few years gone by (I'm 29) post-college grad to meet ladies?..

If I shouldn't be meeting girls online, and I shouldn't be meeting girls at bars, then where the hell should I be meeting them at my tender, still young but almost old age???

I almost agree with them because he girls I've been meeting online have been single for a looong time, and not just because they wanted to be single..

P.S. I've been drinking..
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    pearl jam shows!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    doin'the-evolution wrote:
    pearl jam shows!
    I almost did that once,.. 2006 , Chicago, this girl kept bumping into me while dancing, obviously on purpose, BUT she was with a dude.....
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I almost did that once,.. 2006 , Chicago, this girl kept bumping into me while dancing, obviously on purpose, BUT she was with a dude.....
    alls fair in love and war!
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • journeyman
    journeyman Posts: 135
    I'm in the same boat bro. 29, single, people wondering why I'm single. I'm not gay, some people think that.

    My best experience in the last year or so has been at a gym. Working out and getting the pheromones pumping out can't hurt.
    Also mutual friends' parties. There is bound to be a receptive bird around at some point.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Speed dating at the bars.

    A Shins concert

    :)

    Actually the key is talk to every girl that you see :p

    1 out of 12 girls will probably give you a good response.
    NERDS!
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Speed dating at the bars.

    A Shins concert

    :)

    Actually the key is talk to every girl that you see :p

    1 out of 12 girls will probably give you a good response.
    oh...i'd love to meet a guy at a shins concert :)

    any advice for the ladies? i'm in the same boat. i keep looking for the love of my life in the produce aisle to no avail ;) kidding!
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • vedder_soup
    vedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I almost did that once,.. 2006 , Chicago, this girl kept bumping into me while dancing, obviously on purpose, BUT she was with a dude.....

    dude looks like a lady?
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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    iamsampj wrote:
    oh...i'd love to meet a guy at a shins concert :)

    any advice for the ladies? i'm in the same boat. i keep looking for the love of my life in the produce aisle to no avail ;) kidding!

    You just proved my point right there, cute girls are all over Shins shows :)

    If you're in the produce aisle you should stand near the Cucumbers instead of the Squash ;):D
    NERDS!
  • iamsampj
    iamsampj Posts: 784
    South of Seattle wrote:
    You just proved my point right there, cute girls are all over Shins shows :)

    If you're in the produce aisle you should stand near the Cucumbers instead of the Squash ;):D
    so that's what i've been doing wrong...no wonder ;)

    shows are a great place to meet the ladies...at least you have an instant conversation starter! now for me to take my own advice...i'll test it out at the tapes 'n tapes show soon.
    yes...i do feel like a human. i do not feel like a tree.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    iamsampj wrote:
    so that's what i've been doing wrong...no wonder ;)

    shows are a great place to meet the ladies...at least you have an instant conversation starter! now for me to take my own advice...i'll test it out at the tapes 'n tapes show soon.

    Except shows suck meeting ladies for this reason right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUeHyaAMOxA
    NERDS!
  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I dont think there IS really any method... you can meet someone lovely in a bar who you marry and have lots of kids with and live happily ever after... or you could 'bump into' a complete psycho :o

    Basically, anywhere there's people the unexpected can happen :)
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Forget em... what's wrong with online? If that's the way you want to do it, forget em.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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  • PaperPlates
    PaperPlates Posts: 1,745
    Buy a russian wife. Can't go wrong. ;)
    Why go home

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  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    South of Seattle wrote:

    Actually the key is talk to every girl that you see :p
    thats GOT to be the only way!!! :D
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    PaperPlates wrote:
    Buy a russian wife. Can't go wrong. ;)

    oh my God! A guy at work did and they've been married for a few years. She is a doctor too.
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    So I'm hanging out with some friends tonight (drinking) who seem to be amazed that I'm still single, "because of my looks and charm" (I'm flattered).. but got dissed because I resorted to online dating.. And their advise to me was walk around a college campus and "accidently" bump into girls..

    Now ladies, is that the best bit of advice to give a few years gone by (I'm 29) post-college grad to meet ladies?..

    If I shouldn't be meeting girls online, and I shouldn't be meeting girls at bars, then where the hell should I be meeting them at my tender, still young but almost old age???

    I almost agree with them because he girls I've been meeting online have been single for a looong time, and not just because they wanted to be single..

    P.S. I've been drinking..

    whe I was was going through a divorce in 1984, I was criticized by friends for meeting guys at bars....I was even insulted by 2 guys I met at a bar.
    9/98, 9/00 - DC, 4/03 - Pitt., 7/03 - Bristow, 10/04 - Reading, 10/05 - Philly, 5/06 - DC, 6/06 - Pitt., 6/08 - Va Beach, 6/08 - DC, 5/10 - Bristow, 10/13 B'more
    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    iluvcats wrote:
    whe I was was going through a divorce in 1984, I was criticized by friends for meeting guys at bars....I was even insulted by 2 guys I met at a bar.

    edited :o
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    wait, I just posted about the Russian bride....

    I think the guy at work found her online about 7 years ago.

    there was a thread before about a dateless woman and a person suggested the park....take a dog to the park and you meet people that way. I always talk to people with dogs.

    I used to meet people when I had part time jobs at night. I never dated them though.
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    8/08 - Ed solo in DC, 6/09 Ed in B'more,
    10/10 - Brad in B'more
  • BinFrog
    BinFrog MA Posts: 7,314
    There is no right answer. Bars. Online. Through friends....it's all good.

    As you get older, your friends tend to all get married and all of their friends get paired off as well. It gets harder to meet single people through your friends. It's not like college where you have a huge pool of possibilities. You start going to bars less often, you hang out with the same people all the time, and you just don't meet as many new people. Don't close off any avenues. Online works for some people, and some people get lucky through other methods like concerts or parties or bars. The stigma around online dating wore off around 2002, so tell your friends to go screw. Who are you in it for, them or yourself?
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  • acoustic guy
    acoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    I have three friends who meet their wives through internet dating. Honestly it worked out great.
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