What are the best places for meeting people of the opposite sex?

[cestpaspossible]

We all know that bars don't work... I've taken classes and I ended up being a more educated single person... all the political events I go to are attended by the same 60 activist Dems in my county (most all of them married)... so where?

[Burma Jones]

1. Community Theatre

It worked for me.......

[cestpaspossible]

39. I think that's the best suggestion in the thread.

Right now I'm busy learning to whitewater kayak but come winter maybe I will get involved in community theater... I used to do sound, lighting and stagecraft when I was in hs...

[Patiod]

40. Met my SO in community theater 12 years ago

Anyplace where you're spending a lot of time with folks and have time to sit and talk and get to know them.

My one pig guy friend joined an amateur Gilbert & Sullivan group, got SO much action, and then met a member's sister at a party, and is happily married to her 10 years later. His neanderthal friends pointed out that operetta was "faggy" (their words).

He just laughed, and said "Okay, so I'm getting laid all the time because there are so few straight men in this group, and you're all going out to Sports Bars and spending the whole night with each other. And who is calling who 'faggy'??".

[RetroLounge]

2. Met my wife in a bar over 10 years ago.

so no, WE do not all know that bars don't work...

RL

[cestpaspossible]

4. Well, I met my first wife in my living room.

That does NOT mean that staying home is an effective strategy for meeting people.

[SouthoftheBorderPaul]

19. Well, if I'm having trouble with the ladies...

can *I* come to your living room? Are there many women there?

[cestpaspossible]

24. Yeah

you can come over, but no, you won't meet any ladies there.

Not today, anyway.

[RetroLounge]

34. I wasn't talking about first wives...

I met my *first* wife in a living room. Maybe something to that...

:hi:

RL

[WindRavenX]

3. coffee shops, political rallies

Baseball games..bookstores...anywhere that you have an interest in :hi:

[Radical Activist]

11. protests and political rallies are great.

I've gotten a few dates that way.

[JohnKleeb]

37. Ive never met a girl at a baseball game

Sure I ran in to a classmate once who happened to be a girl, would be a fun date though, hmmmmmmm I think one of my crushes likes baseball.

[medeak]

5. Weddings! married 28 yrs n/t

[Floogeldy]

6. Your gender is undeclared

It does make a difference, you know.

If you are a girl, I'd suggest the YMCA.

If you are a guy, I'd suggest the local gynecologist's waiting room.

B-)

[cestpaspossible]

7. Well, in order to meet people of the opposite sex

wouldn't you have to be somewhere where both mingle?

[Floogeldy]

8. No

You want to be where the opposite sex is. Not both sexes. You want to meet the opposite sex; not the opposite and the same.

:smoke:

[cestpaspossible]

9. Well

I don't really think guys are going to be able to meet women by going to the gynecologist's office, so, I think you are wrong.

[Floogeldy]

14. You mean guys are going to meet guys at the gynecologist's office?

:rofl:

[cestpaspossible]

18. No, I meant what I said, of course.

Tell you what: why don't you head down to the gynecologist's tomorrow and report back to us? :rofl:

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

10. IF your a man, here's what my gay friend let me in on

He and his partner do yoga classes. He said to me: There are thirty really hot women and 2 gay guys in the class. Go to the class. The women are amazing, pretty mellow and cool, and one of them is bound to like you and vice versa.

I'm signing up this week.

[tigereye]

30. and tai chi class is good, too

a few of my buddies have gotten together through tai chi class.

[shugah]

12. the internet is a great place

to meet people of all kinds. via the internets you can make friends, meet new people that you date or become friends with, and even find your future spouse!

(i met my husband online and we are now 5+ years married. i also have companions of the heart that i know from "online." some of them i've met IRL, others are great friends that i may meet IRL later!)

[snickersnee]

13. in threads exactly like this

HAY BAYBEE


....lurk here often?:P

[Ivan Sputnik]

15. Surprisingly: Church

There are lefty/liberal ones, you know. I used to go to one that was so "welcoming" that it even had atheists in the congregation. Several people met and married their spouses there.

[NewJeffCT]

26. I'm an atheist, and I'd agree on that

I remember back in my college days, I'd be one of the rare non church goers up early on a Sunday morning (I used to love reading the Sunday NY Times in the morning before everybody got up...) - but, I'd drive by the local churches on one of the main roads on the campus and I'd see a ton of attractive young women either going into or coming out of the churches there.

I'm sure there were men, too, but being 20-22 years old at the time, I didn't really notice.

[KitchenWitch]

16. the opposite gender's rest rooms!

:evilgrin:

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

20. Tried that

I got kicked out

[progmom]

22. dammit you beat me to it

:hi:

[swag]

17. The groin area.

[Floogeldy]

21. No U di-unt.

:D

[swag]

23. That was my Invocation of Floog.

And here you are.

[matcom]

25. Prison

:D

[JohnKleeb]

38. Matcom did they put you in the Girl's Reformatory instead

I dont know how the cops did that.

[RPM]

27. Bathrooms.

If they don't freak out, you might have a winner...

[AllegroRondo]

28. I met my wife at the zoo

[Beware the Beast Man]

29. A Turkish Bathouse.

[trackfan]

31. If you're a quiet, shy, or reserved person, the internet

is the best place IF you want to meet someone similar. In a public place, all the loud people would get to the quiet ones before you do.

If you want to meet someone more outgoing, though, a bar is okay, because she will let you know she may be interested.

[HEyHEY]

32. Bawdy houses

[Lisa0825]

33. Dance Classes!

In Houston, there is a huge dance school called SSQQ. It is a very social atmosphere and the classes are fun. Lots of people hook up at the classes, and they have had many marriages of students too.

[Fuzz]

35. I met my wife on a cruise in the Carribean

:::sings the Love Boat theme:::

:)

[JohnKleeb]

36. My experience

political rallies, classes, bookstores, coffee shops.

[underpants]

41. Well there's church there's goot goot women there. Then there's

the library

[Patiod]

42. I just walked by the outdoor bar at the Ball Park yesterday

and noticed that there were about 20 men to every woman. Hot young guys, cold beer, reggae music, what's not to like?

I said to the SO "if I were younger, I would have hung out here instead of hanging around community theaters and competing with 10 other women for the 2 straight guys and ending up with the likes of you."

Strangely, he was not appreciative...