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[quote=Anonymous]Met my husband at 31, married at 34.  The trick is to recognize that life is not a movie and you're not going to have a meet-cute.  You probably have dated people you've met through school or going out with friends to bars, but those friends aren't going to be going out as much now that they're married and school is over.  So get yourself on an online dating app and take it a little less seriously than your post implies.

Don't try to find a "husband," try to meet people.  Go on 2-3 dates a week, keep it casual, meet for a drink or coffee first.  You have to meet people to meet the one.  If you try to meet the one you're going to seem aggressively weird.  I met my DH after about a year of online dating through OKCupid, and unlike the online dating experience of my friends' who were devoted to "meeting a husband" (they usually got really intense, were super upset not to get calls back, quit online dating for months every few months with a "there are no good men left; woe is me" attitude, etc.), for me that year was awesome.  Dated a couple of other guys for a few months each (great guys, not the right fit), met a bunch of nice people, got two or three hilarious misadventure stories out of it, saw art exhibits and new bars and restaurants in neighborhoods far afield; all things I would not have done if I was not purposely getting out of the house to meet up with people.[/quote]

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