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Anonymous wrote:Gym or studio workouts that tend to be at least 50% men (like solid core, CrossFit), through a common interest group (running club, art classes, language classes), Church/ place of worship

+1. And you will get a fit guy as well or at least a guy on his way to become fit. I am 50. Of my group of 10 close friends I hang out with only 3 of us exercise regularly. The rest are severely out of shape and have no desire to change it. They keep making promise to us day after day to join us.

I don't know if women are similarly out of shape but it's crazy to me how people let themselves deteriorate physically as they age.

Uggg. So true. I am working desperately NOT to get out of shape - menopause is kicking my butt!! Injuries! weight gain in my middle! It is a slog, but when I'm not in a wheelchair at 80 - provided I get that old - I'll thank myself!!

Anonymous wrote:Gym or studio workouts that tend to be at least 50% men (like solid core, CrossFit), through a common interest group (running club, art classes, language classes), Church/ place of worship

+1. And you will get a fit guy as well or at least a guy on his way to become fit. I am 50. Of my group of 10 close friends I hang out with only 3 of us exercise regularly. The rest are severely out of shape and have no desire to change it. They keep making promise to us day after day to join us.

I don't know if women are similarly out of shape but it's crazy to me how people let themselves deteriorate physically as they age.

Anonymous wrote:Probably at work. Maybe you have different hobbies than my friends and I, but no one I knew met their significant other during their hobby time. They met in college or at work, or a related internship. I met my husband during an internship in college. We worked in the same research lab.

No! Don't sh*t where you eat!

I have friends who met their partners doing music-related hobbies. Or were set up by friends. But mostly by online dating if they didn't meet in college.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve said this before on here and I will say this again. Go to the Whole Foods hot foods bar on a weekday evening and start chatting up the single men who just got off work or the gym - you will eventually meet someone.

Single men are not at Whole Foods. Only married men whose wives sent them to pick up something are there. They are willing to cheat though....

Married people don't get the hot bar, they get the family packs

Gym or studio workouts that tend to be at least 50% men (like solid core, CrossFit), through a common interest group (running club, art classes, language classes), Church/ place of worship

I’ve lived here all of my life other than college and here’s where my 12 closest friends met their spouse:

-Work (law firm) (2)
-Work (journalism)
-Grad School (Med)
-Grad School (Business)
-Undergrad (Williams of course)
-High School! Insane. They’ve been together since junior year.
-Coed adult basketball league
-Random karaoke bar in Alexandria
-Random bar while on work trip in Kansas City
-Online (It was tinder, but they claim otherwise. Ha.)
-Setup by sister with a work friend

Anonymous wrote:Probably at work. Maybe you have different hobbies than my friends and I, but no one I knew met their significant other during their hobby time. They met in college or at work, or a related internship. I met my husband during an internship in college. We worked in the same research lab.

The workplace is not your personal dating meat market. This is no longer acceptable. #metoo

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve said this before on here and I will say this again. Go to the Whole Foods hot foods bar on a weekday evening and start chatting up the single men who just got off work or the gym - you will eventually meet someone.

Single men are not at Whole Foods. Only married men whose wives sent them to pick up something are there. They are willing to cheat though....

Oof, and you'll find my narcopath abusive serial cheater vain gym rat XH there, too. He doesn't/can't cook, so he's always there (including with our kids when they're with him, who he uses as bait to pick up women). He has yet another clueless gf right now, who has no idea he is very likely cheating on her.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve said this before on here and I will say this again. Go to the Whole Foods hot foods bar on a weekday evening and start chatting up the single men who just got off work or the gym - you will eventually meet someone.

Not at the Whole Foods I frequent (Bethesda and Rockville). Everyone looks married.

Adult Book Store.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve said this before on here and I will say this again. Go to the Whole Foods hot foods bar on a weekday evening and start chatting up the single men who just got off work or the gym - you will eventually meet someone.

Single men are not at Whole Foods. Only married men whose wives sent them to pick up something are there. They are willing to cheat though....

I'm picturing someone just standing by the hot bar talking to strangers and it's just such a hilarious visual.

Niche hobbies like Lego, coin collecting, etc. conventions are full of single guys with disposable income - yes they're probably slightly nerdy but that's not always the worst thing.

Go have an early (after work/happy hour) dinner at the bar of an upscale restaurant (NOT a hotel bar).

Probably at work. Maybe you have different hobbies than my friends and I, but no one I knew met their significant other during their hobby time. They met in college or at work, or a related internship. I met my husband during an internship in college. We worked in the same research lab.

Ah the 90s, happy hours. All the young workers filled the bars in DC. Before OLD. Such a simpler time.