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Old 05-16-2013, 08:41 PM
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Default There's got to be a better way...

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Originally Posted by TVMayor View Post
I went to a singles group a couple years back when I rented in the TV for 4 months shortly after the meeting started the speaker asked for a show of hands of the first time visiters. A half dozen people responded and she asked that the new people be made welcome. After the formal meeting ended I expected to have some nice to meet you conversation. Wrong!!! All the wonderful singles grabbed cookies and pop and headed for the door.

Day light in the swamp, tonight in the square I am going to put cookies around my chair.
It seems like these clubs don't have interactive activities at these meetings. Ones that would automatically foster conversation between the participants. Unless I'm misunderstanding the messages I've read to date, as a stranger - assuming you haven't been able to connect with other singles before walking in the door - when you go to these meetings cold, you grab a seat and hope someone will talk to you or you take a chance and start a conversation with a group, and hope they acknowledge you. There really must be a better way to run these meetings? So far, I haven't read any posts from singles that sing the praises of any of these clubs. Does anyone have a song to sing?

Katie