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[thomas47]

I am a single man and would like to know about the baby boomers club or get togethers? Can anyone give me some information on where and when they meet? Thanks Tom

[Schaumburger]

I am a single man and would like to know about the baby boomers club or get togethers? Can anyone give me some information on where and when they meet? Thanks Tom

Every Thursday, the weekly Recreation News is published which lists the The Villages clubs and upcoming meetings. You can pick up the rec news at any rec center in The Villages. It is also published in PDF format on The Villages web site, then click on the Recreation tab, then click on Recreation Activities, look for Recreation Downloads, Recreation News & Activities. Hope that helps.

[rhsgypsylady]

I am a single man and would like to know about the baby boomers club or get togethers? Can anyone give me some information on where and when they meet? Thanks Tom

The Singles Baby Boomers meet the first Thursday of every month at Seabreeze Rec Center. New members sign up at 6:30. The Mixer starts at 7:00. You must be born between 1946 and 1964 in order to join. The next Mixer is Thursday, May 2. For the May Mixer, the band The Sixties will be playing.

[thomas47]

The Singles Baby Boomers meet the first Thursday of every month at Seabreeze Rec Center. New members sign up at 6:30. The Mixer starts at 7:00. You must be born between 1946 and 1964 in order to join. The next Mixer is Thursday, May 2. For the May Mixer, the band The Sixties will be playing.

Thanks Debbie, I have to run back up north to get my dog and so will miss the May mixer but will be there for June's. Hope to see all then:crap2:

[Buffalo Jim]

Look for " Villages Single Baby Boomers Club ". You can find info in any weekly copy of the Recreation News which comes out Thursday`s in the Village Sun . Or you can pick up a copy at most Rec Centers . They have various activities nearly everyday .
Also they have a meeting the first week of every month at the Sea Breeze Rec Center .

[katerogers]

Can anyone tell me what goes on at these single club meetings and roughly how many attend? It's always intimidating to walk in cold. I don't care how old you are, male or female.

Katie

[KathieI]

Can anyone tell me what goes on at these single club meetings and roughly how many attend? It's always intimidating to walk in cold. I don't care how old you are, male or female.

Katie

Hi Katie,,, I don't want you to worry ever about going into a dance cold... okay? I am not a SBB, but I have many many friends who are and I will always set you up with other g'friends so that you won't be alone. We do this all the time, because we totally understand what you are saying. So be sure to let me know when you are down here and we'll bring you into the group of ladies that hang out together, okay???

As I said, I'm not a SBB, but I do belong to Sumter Singles and am involved with many other social clubs. The attendance varies on what is the venue and if its in season or out of season months, and it also depends on what the meeting is for, could be a dance, or a meet and greet, or a monthly meeting to talk about upcoming events. In any event, trust me,,, you won't be alone, we have an incredible group of single ladies...

[katerogers]

Kathie,

Thanks, you guys are super. How do you decide which singles group to join? A club with 500 members - especially if most of them show up - hardly seems conducive to making friends - I can't help but imagine it as some kind if 'meat market' - Do we still use that term?

Katie

[Rjhensel]

At the one mixer I attended, it will stay one, I was left to fend for myself, introduced to no one, felt more alone than if I would have stayed at home

[manaboutown]

Can anyone tell me what goes on at these single club meetings and roughly how many attend? It's always intimidating to walk in cold. I don't care how old you are, male or female.

Katie

It is always difficult for me the first time I attend a singles function where I literally know no one. When I went to meetings of two of the singles groups we all sat at long tables in groups of six or eight. I actually talked to only a handful of people and I was OK with that. I was totally new and wanted to look around and get a feel for what was happening - and I did.

Wherever one goes it takes time to meet and get to know people, but in The Villages it is much, much easier because so many people are in or have been in the same boat.

By the way, these meeting did not feel like any meat market to me and I have been to plenty of those!

[Duckhunter]

Hopefully this fall I will be a full-time TV resident. I purchased my home in TV in July of 11 and have only been able to vacation for a week or two. I plan to make the leap and retire Sept. or Oct. As a single guy I am encouraged by what I have read on TOTV regarding activities for singles to meet others for numerous activities. Dancing isn't my thing (wish I took care of the knees in the earlier years) and is about the only activity to meet others in their 50's in this area. I appreciate everybody's inputs and am really looking forward to getting down there permanently.

[katerogers]

I am a single man and would like to know about the baby boomers club or get togethers? Can anyone give me some information on where and when they meet? Thanks Tom

Tom,

It's been awhile since anyone posted to this thread and I just wondered if you ever got to one of the singles club meetings? How did it turn out?

Katie

[kittygilchrist]

manabout, I like smaller gatherings. So when you get in town, yell at me and we'll have lunch.
Kitty

[kittygilchrist]

I'm having a potluck party mostly for new singles on Sat., May 18.evening. pm for details. I get lost in the crowd...
Kitty

[manaboutown]

manabout, I like smaller gatherings. So when you get in town, yell at me and we'll have lunch.
Kitty

Thank you for the invite, Kitty. I look forward to it.

[kittygilchrist]

It is always difficult for me the first time I attend a singles function where I literally know no one. When I went to meetings of two of the singles groups we all sat at long tables in groups of six or eight. I actually talked to only a handful of people and I was OK with that. I was totally new and wanted to look around and get a feel for what was happening - and I did.

Wherever one goes it takes time to meet and get to know people, but in The Villages it is much, much easier because so many people are in or have been in the same boat.

By the way, these meeting did not feel like any meat market to me and I have been to plenty of those!

I way totally agree about a roomful of strangers. Even if I know a couple of people, it makes me crazy trying to distill the noise and the crowd into something fun. It really gets on my nerves! Let me know when you get here and we'll have a small bunch for lunch.
Kitty

[thomas47]

Tom,

It's been awhile since anyone posted to this thread and I just wondered if you ever got to one of the singles club meetings? How did it turn out?

Katie

Hi Katie, I have not gotten to a meeting as yet ( only 1 a month) I am closing on house tomorrow and have guests this week. But when the dust settles I'll be at the June mtg

[katerogers]

Hi, Tom,
It would be great to get a first hand report of your first impression of a singles club in TV. Like many in these forums, I won't be moving to TV for a few months, so I'm sure any single making this move would like a little advanced intelligence. Don't forget to post us with the details. Katie

[TVMayor]

Hi, Tom,
It would be great to get a first hand report of your first impression of a singles club in TV. Like many in these forums, I won't be moving to TV for a few months, so I'm sure any single making this move would like a little advanced intelligence. Don't forget to post us with the details. Katie
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.

[katerogers]

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

[TVMayor]

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

During the 4 month stay in TV I joined another singles group that had a bowling league figuring fun, opportunity for conversation and for the length of the match no one could run. As a result I was super pleased with my first luck of the draw partner. The interaction was outstanding, I had a new friend. After the match a guy from 6 lanes down comes over and it turns out the nice lady is coupled-up. We then all went to lunch. Most of the group was coupled-up.

[katerogers]

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

[kittygilchrist]

At the one mixer I attended, it will stay one, I was left to fend for myself, introduced to no one, felt more alone than if I would have stayed at home

If you would like to meet a few friends at a house party, pm me.
Kitty

[manaboutown]

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...

[katerogers]

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...

That is a wonderful story. It kind of puts all of the ups and downs, that I've seen in the various posts, of being single in TV into perspective. Life - no matter where you live - is what you make of it. Thanks

Katie