SheSue Experience

So how do you meet new people?  I hate bars, so that’s out.  When I look up social clubs, they’re all about finding a date.  I just wanna have fun says the blond in me!  Lurking around on the net I found 2 great sites  You have to sign up on either site, but they don’t send you a bunch of spam and it’s free.  They are both set up so you can find groups of people who enjoy doing the kind of activities you enjoy.  Or hey, you might go outside your comfort zone and get SheSue’d!

www.Meetin.org – When you first get into this site, look on the left side of the page and find your city or the major city closest to you.   Click on this city. The main page for your city has general information about the city.  If you’re new to the city, this is a great place to find things like rentals, jobs, maps, weather, places to party, etc.

Click on events and you will get a list of the most current events from all of the interest categories.  If you click on groups, you get a selection of groups like outdoors, art, cooking, fitness, volunteering.  If you click on one of these categories it will list the planned activities for the next several weeks.  If you want further information about a particular activity, you will need to sigh up as a member.  Then, when you click on a particular activity, you will get information about that activity including where, when, how to get there and a bio on the group leader.

With either group, you can join in on a planned activity or plan your own.  To plan your own, you must first be active in planned activities.  They have training on how to plan an event of your own.

Hint:  some activities are at private people’s homes.  The only way to participate in these activities is to have met the group leader before.  How do you meet them?  Drop them a line and let they know you are interested in their activity and suggest getting coffee.  Or ask if they are going to be at another activity where you can meet up.

www.Meetup.com – On the home page, you can enter an interest and your zip code or just your zip code.   If you enter both, you will get a page of activities in your interest and in your geographic area.  It tells you how many miles away the activity is.   If you enter just your zip code, you will get a list of categories similar to in Meetin.  You select an interest area and you will get a list of groups formed based on that interest.  With Meetup you actually join that interest group.  They will send you via email all the activities they are planning.  Or you can check out the activities on the website.  Once you sign up for an activity, you will get all the information such as where, when and how to get there.

Neither group are high pressure anything.  No fees to join.  Every activity indicates if you will need  to bring money such as entrance fees to movies or money for lunch or dinner.  The only downside I have found is that there are few folks in my age category.  But hey, that hasn’t stopped me yet!