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fereira@isis.com (John Fereira) wrote:
>Stop looking for "solutions" to the dating problem.
>Just get out and meet people.

I think that's a little easier said than done, in this age
of possible psycopaths around every corner (real or imagined).
You have to go to places that are "safe" (e.g. neutral ground) where
such social encounters can take place, or are even encouraged,
with the kinds of people you want to meet.

This may sound trite, but you might look in some of the following places:

- professional societies, e.g. the Chamber of Commerce, the
  IEEE/ACM, etc.  They abound; you just have to look for them.

- The Dallas Museum of Art; the Kimball Museum (FW).

- either Natural History museum.

- local churches (sounds trite but it's not).

- a (real) charity.

- local politics (e.g. town meetings).

- the local P.T.A. if you've got kids.

- the local school board meetings for same.

- the Dallas Internet Single's Society meetings that occasionally happen.

- UTA, UTD, UD, SMU, etc.

I can hardly imagine a better place than a University graduate program
to encounter people of my own age (or near so), who aren't the
"if I only had a brain" types.  You'd be surprised at how many
older (35+) people decide to "go back to school."

If your're not the brainy type, then get involved!  The best way
to meet someone that cares about the same things that you do, is
do something about it.  Then you'll run into others that have the
same commitment.  Is't meeting someone working toward a shared
goal a good way to start?

You *can* narrow the field by choosing the setting in which
you want to meet the person; you'll at least have a *real* shared
interest, rather than an imagined one.

LEB
--
Larry Baker
(larryb@sdt.com)
My opinions are my own.  Don't mistake them for facts.