Great way to meet people

[preraph]

I was just shopping at a local specialty store that sells all types of containers, and there was a guy in there with his friendly big dog on leash. Talk about hitting the motherlode. This store is full of women shopping. Hardly ever see a man in there. Everyone stopped and talked to him and petted the dog. He and I got into a long conversation.

 

I'm just posting it because little things like this are the best way to meet total strangers. You need a fairly well mannered dog, of course, and not every store will let you in. But dogs are a great way to meet and connect with people. And best of all, you at least know one thing about them, and that's that they're an animal lover, which for another animal lover is an important thing.

 

Anyone else know of a particularly great way to meet people?

[Silverstring]

Yup have heard the same. For those who are dog lovers, taking their dogs for walks, or to the local dog park is apparently a great way to meet people.

 

I'm a cat person myself. We don't usually get together to watch our cats poop.

[tetrahedral]

Do something active/creative you give a f**k about. Work at it, and seek out company that care about it too.

 

All the new friends I've made since graduating from school are through the sport I compete in, and the two creative endeavors I have outside of work.

 

Who were your friends in school? For me, they were teammates and classmates. People who I experienced the ups and downs of my interests with.

 

That's why people think making friends "in real life" is harder. People don't change fundamentally. You just have some responsibility to find common ground with them, rather than have it scheduled onto you by the choices you make.

 

This is why I find the boilerplate advice "go to a meet-up" event to be kind of silly. There might be 100 people at a meet-up event but you have nothing in common. You don't have a stake in the same things. Yeah, we're both under 30. Big deal. What a small world.

 

I don't think you connect with people over what you are, I think you connect with people over what you do.

[Popsicle]

Home Depot for men.

[Chilli]

Funny , there's one supermarket 35mins from me but l love going there. Had so many encounters there that place should be a singles bar or something.

[johngalt1149]

Cant go more than 10 ft without people asking me for permission to pet or photo my dog (5 lb Pom)..how do you convert that to a date?

[preraph]

I will second the dog thing. I have a couple Mastiffs, and those critters attract the ladies like crazy. All I have to do is go anywhere with my big buddy, and women will be talking to me within minutes.

 

Think about if you had an actual puppy. The women would just be crawling into the car with it. Puppies are so irresistible. Those Mastiffs are some big old dogs. Must eat like a horse.

[preraph]

Cant go more than 10 ft without people asking me for permission to pet or photo my dog (5 lb Pom)..how do you convert that to a date?

 

Walk or hang in the same area where there will be repeat people so you can become familiar, like by a bus stop or station or the dog park or just on your own couple of blocks at a certain time, where if someone wants to, they can be there too. At the actual dog parks, I used to just follow my dogs around and everyone talked to each other.

 

And now there are pet-friendly cafe patios in a lot of places, so that's great if your dog isn't a wild curr like one of mine is.

[preraph]

It's true. Nothing can keep me away from a man with a puppy, or really anyone with a puppy, but men with them are particularly cute. And I'm overly impressed with guys who have dogs that clearly love them a lot. I put a lot of stock in what animals think.

[ZA Dater]

I agree with this, in essence the dog is a conversation starter. Perhaps for those like me who are so bad at dating we lack some sort of conversation starter in order to meet people.

[amaysngrace]

I'm planning on becoming a member at our newly built local gun range for this very reason. I figure there will be tons of manly men there

[CptInsano]

I'm planning on becoming a member at our newly built local gun range for this very reason. I figure there will be tons of manly men there

 

Very true. There is a local gun range in my home town close to restaurants, and it seems that on the weekend there are a lot of people on dates. I was once reminded by the range officer to keep the PDA to a minimum.

 

But seriously, men there will be more than happy to talk to you, or answer any questions you might have.

[PegNosePete]

Cant go more than 10 ft without people asking me for permission to pet or photo my dog (5 lb Pom)..how do you convert that to a date?

"You can pet my poodle back at my place if you like..........."

[Vareg]

Anyone else know of a particularly great way to meet people?

 

The way I see it, you could find entire stores filled up with naked women it will serve you none if you're not confident within yourself. Self-confidence will help you meet people and especially the one person with whom you'll be able to share your life without freaking out.

[preraph]

Cant go more than 10 ft without people asking me for permission to pet or photo my dog (5 lb Pom)..how do you convert that to a date?

 

Here (hand her the leash), I'll let you walk him, and then start asking about her and find out if she's single, what she does for a living, etc.

[preraph]

The way I see it, you could find entire stores filled up with naked women it will serve you none if you're not confident within yourself. Self-confidence will help you meet people and especially the one person with whom you'll be able to share your life without freaking out.

 

Most people are not always confident. You have to be willing to get out of the comfort zone and just fake it and make yourself act like a confident person until it becomes easier.