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Re: Meeting People

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From: James C. Armstrong
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 00:00
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In article <43puv4$nvr@crl.crl.com> wkronert@crl.com (William Kronert) writes:
>: In jest of course, but it is a serious issue. I really dont care for
>: big group social activities and it sort of follows that an ideal
>: companion doesn't either. The odds of us getting together are pretty slim.
>         This really is a interesting question.  I don't consider myself 
>as reserved as this, but I am also not one for big group socials nor do I 
>feel very comfortable in this type of setting.  I am sure there are many 
>who may also feel the same.  
>
>          So along those lines, what might be good ideas for people who 
>are not interested in large group social activities?  Some ideas that 
>come to mind would be: (Taking this tv thing into consideration) Maybe a 
>movie club where a small group goes out on some regular basis to the 
>local movie theatre.  I think one very important aspect is if you can 
>find a small group to hang around (rather then large socials), you meet 
>up with their friends and make friends with them as well.  It has a snow 
>ball effect that atleast work very well for me when I moved into a 
>strange town one time and did not know anyone.

What of the limiting case, where a person is not comfortable in a
situation with three or more people; ie, someome who does well
in a one-on-one, but ends up not doing well in a one-on-many
environment?
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From: jca@netcom.com (James C. Armstrong)
Subject: Re: Meeting People
Date: 1995/09/22
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