Comments on: Where Do You Meet Men Offline?

By: Jeff from Alexandria

Jeff from Alexandria — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:57:46 +0000

Oops – forgot – I just wanted to give the other POV from the other side. We have many of the same concerns. :)

By: Jeff from Alexandria

Jeff from Alexandria — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:55:42 +0000

I’d like to meet a great girl, but I’m convinced it ain’t happening on the Metro. No one on Metro likes talking to each other. I’ve always felt meeting people at grocery stores sounded corny. I guess it would depend on what I was buying that night. But I just left the gym 10 minutes ago 9/10 of the time I’m there anyway.

Work? Almost everyone there is married and 15-20 years older. But that might not be a bad thing, as if things fall apart………but it does make it a lot harder to make initial social connections when co-workers really aren’t an option for that.

I’ll need to expand my horizons beyond run, gym, run, football Sundays, that may work.

By: LiLu

LiLu — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:12:47 +0000

B and I were drunk on barstools at Fado.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you you can’t meet a nice man in a bar…

By: LJ

LJ — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:16:52 +0000

I can’t say I’ve found the “magic answer”. I’m always amused about the grocery store one. I’ve seen some cuties and had some talk to me as well, but I rarely get done up to impress for the grocery store, so don’t feel like that one is ever going to be the answer for me. I know the best way is really through friends, but when your girlfriends don’t have a lot of good guy friends to introduce into the mix, that’s sort of a dead end. *Sigh* Le sucks.

By: kazzles

kazzles — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 09:24:28 +0000

In my old city there was a supermarket that supposedly if you walked around with your bananas facing a certain way it meant you were looking. I used to stop in there a wee bit and I never met anyone. Though usually it was on the way home from the gym and I was probably sweaty…. oh well!

By: RenaissanceTrophyWife

RenaissanceTrophyWife — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:39:45 +0000

I used to live a few blocks from this grocery store that is known to locals as the "Dateway". I wasn't single when I was living there, but it was pretty funny watching all the interactions between customers. Depending on the characteristics of the guy you're looking for, maybe try the gym, check out smaller local bands at coffeehouses, or singles nights at museums/sports events? Or go do "research" in the library at your local grad school; the age range varies widely and there might even be some cute younger post-docs around.

By: judi

judi — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:48:36 +0000

at the bike shop…..

judi

By: Anya

Anya — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:54:54 +0000

I met my man in college. He sat behind me for a whole semester and never got an opportunity to talk to me (I usually rushed out after class to get to work). He spotted me in another class the following semester and used it as an opportunity to start a conversation. I don’t usually talk to people on the train but I remember one day during the summer when gas prices reached their peak and the train was packed, a good-looking guy started a conversation with me after I declined an offer to take a seat.

By: Carolina Girl

Carolina Girl — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:20:13 +0000

I had a guy stop me in the grocery store and ask me about what kind of sauce to use on pizza. As I was about to turn around and bat my eyelids while saying “Ragu, of course!” in a very sexy way, I noticed he was with his boyfriend. DOH! lol :)

Great post, as always!

By: charlotte

charlotte — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:59:54 +0000

I’m kinda bummed you didn’t strike up any convos with the grocery store men! I mean, that has the opportunity for some seriously funny one-liners. Although that kind of chutzpah usually requires the presence of a good girlfriend so you can both laugh about it if it goes horribly awry;) As for meeting men? I’m sure I don’t have ideas you haven’t heard. Gym, church, book clubs, volunteer groups, school…