Places to meet 30s/40s men in DC?
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Anonymous
| It's just lunch. |
Anonymous
I had a friend who did this and it was horrible. It was incredibly expensive and not worth it. That was a few years ago so maybe it's caught on now. |
Anonymous
| Thought it was pretty ironic the divorced guy says he wants a woman who isn't divorced. Guess he doesn't want to date someone like himself?! |
Anonymous
| I think it's pretty ironic that you posted this and didn't even read it. It says he PREFERRED divorced women, you dumbass. |
Anonymous
| Have you considered taking up golf or other sport that men typically enjoy? Church, synagogue singles groups? Volunteering with political groups? |
Anonymous
| Single Volunteers, dancing at Glen Echo. |
Anonymous
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hard to do all of this (singles hiking/volunteers) with kids! especially if you are the only parent.
found eharmony pretty bad too. did meet one person who was nice but agree that most were just inappropriate matches and most were way too far away. have been having some better luck on match. at least you can read stuff someone wrote and size them up that way. eharmony are just these silly question and answer things....multiple choice! |
Anonymous
What do you do when you go out on dates? You likely hire a sitter so why can't you do that and go on the hikes? At the very least, it would give you a well-deserved break from single motherhood. I met my husband at an upscale bar through mutual friends. We hit it off right away bc we each had sworn off marriage at the time... 7 years of marriage and two kids later we are as happy as can be. |
Anonymous
| I'd recommend being less fussy than you were at 25, unless you've managed to keep your body. |
Anonymous
| I have wednesday nights off from my daughter, so I typically take a yoga class in Clarendon, then I pick up takeout or eat at the bar at one of the zillion nearby restaurants. I'm 39. I realized last night that every single time I've eaten at the bar at Lyon Hall, I've ended up sitting between two men, who both talked to me. nobody I wanted to date, for various reasons, but it was fun to talk to strangers, and I've gotten a few business cards. You might consider something like that; find a restaurant with a bar that doesn't get ridiculous happy hour traffic (harder to talk to people that way), and be open to talking to strangers. It's worked for me at plenty of other places besides Lyon Hall, but that's my most recent example. Last night I had a book with me in case I got bored; two guys asked about it, one actually owned it, and I was so busy talking to people I never got to read! |
Anonymous
Because I don't want to waste the money on a sitter or the time away from my child for a maybe sorta chance there might be someone interesting there to chat with. A lot of volunteer/hiking things tend to have way more women and the aforementioned insecure 40 yr old guys who still think they are going to get a 25 yr old... |
Anonymous
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Keep at it with Match. Lots of duds, but keep reminding yourself that all you need is one good one. My marriage ended 4 years ago. Went on Match, and within a week I met a man with whom I started a serious relationship. Didn't work out in the end, but we were together for two years. Took some time off dating, then went on Match again. Went out on about 30 first dates... met absolutely no one I wanted to see more than once. Very discouraging. But then, right when I was on the verge of giving up on Match, I started emailing with a guy i liked a lot.... we emailed for a week, then met... great chemistry... and we've been seeing each other for two months now and so far, so good.
So... don't give up! |
Anonymous
| Be carefully on match plent of creeps , rapists and straight up hoes. |
Anonymous
Some day when you are old and gray, you'll be missing the wolves! |
Anonymous
Not helpful. Op, never compromise it just brings dummies like PP. |