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Old 05-17-2013, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by katerogers View Post
It would seem these clubs are for more than dating. It' s good to have a group of friends to hang around with, but if they are still coupled up, it hardly seems any different from joining the couples groups.

Have you seen the posts for Kitty Gilchrists's party this weekend? Everyone is single - uncoupled - actually everyone going are pretty much strangers. Her invitation is on the singles site, so you might want to go. i think you'd meet a lot of great people.

Katie
During the years I have been 'single again' I have belonged to several singles groups. In my experience just about everyone who joins is single-single when they arrive. Over time they gradually make friends within the group and become part of the group or they stop attending. Also over time many of the folks date within the group, frequently just for a date or two, even several. Some end up as couples but remain within the group. A few eventually enter more permanent relationships such as living together and/or getting married.

A quick story. I had a widowed aunt in her late 40's of average appearance. A girlfriend invited her to join her singles group. When my aunt showed up with her girlfriend she noticed and met a man there to whom she was quite attracted. Her girlfriend told my aunt to forget about dating him, that he had been with his girlfriend (who was also at the function) for 3 or 4 years. Well, the next day my aunt got a call from the fellow. They ended up getting married. Their marriage lasted until he died in his nineties. So, one never knows...
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