Hi there,
Thanks for the nice story which helps to boost my confidence level. I don't think I'm going to be alone much for the week as the responses have been very upbeat and I think the week is going to fly. So glad I can count months to retirement and not years like your friend.

Hi,
I think I will meet up with you someday in TV since our dreams are exactly alike: dance, golf and laugh. I'm so happy that your dreams have come true, that's always a nice thing to hear. Thanks for the info.

Single Track: If you are here the first week in November you might be able to attend the monthly Single Baby Boomers meeting - I think it's the first Thursday of the month. If you are interested, I can meet you outside the door so you don't have to go in alone.

I am looking forward to the Singles Expo at La Hacienda on Saturday, Oct. 15, 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. as I understand it.

So far my visit is going very well. I am meeting people and enjoying myself as well as spending a lot of time investigating the variety of home styles and villages available.

Manabouttown! Just "going very well"??????

You aren't just LOVING it here??? Tell us more, Tell us more!

(P.S. I am glad it is "going very well"!)

Inquiring Minds??
 

Hi Manabouttown,

Hope you're having a spectacular time and I'm looking forward to my LPV in less than 3 weeks. Wish I were there for the Singles Expo; if you get any ideas from there, please share.
Can you share any "meeting" stories. How, when and where did you meet people? Is it as easy as they say it is?
Have you found a village that interests you more than another? Why?
Were you able to meet up with folks to drink, golf, dance, walk, play a sport?
Enjoy the good life for another few weeks.

Two very nice ladies from TOTV met me the day after I arrived. I have met several other men and women through them. In addition wherever I go on my own, such as into a restaurant or into a fitness center, I tell people I have only been here a few days and we start to talk. Almost everyone came here from somewhere else so a newcomer is not facing breaching long term social bonds. Most men tell me all about the golfing although I do not golf much. Frankly, I am tempted to take it up again down here. The courses are beautiful. Many folks, married and single, want to share their stories and get to know me. Being single definitely is not a social bar in TV!

I have no favorite village yet. I am driving all over to get to know the turf.

This might even prove a typical evening out in TV for a single. Last night I was to meet a lady and some of her friends at an establishment providing music and a dance floor along with food and drinks. I arrived before she did and was welcomed to sit at a table with a married couple. By the time my friend arrived the couple and I were into a nice conversation. It turned out they lived near her and introduced her to some of their friends in the restaurant. A few of her friends later dropped in and she introduced them to me. We all had a great time.

Frankly time in TV is flying. I like it better here every day. I do not think it would take long for most people moving here to feel right at home and living life to its fullest.

just a reminder
 

just a reminder that this sat, oct 15, there is a day-long Singles Expo at hacienda rec center. it is from ten to six, with dance lessons at three, a bachelor auction, a match up table, vendors, danny and johnny performing, and lots of fun stuff...tickets are only five dollars and benefit the moffitt cancer center...sponsored by the village singles club and supposedly singles from surrounding areas are also coming...maybe we can raffle off manabouttown and give him a story to remember!!

So sorry I will miss this but won't arrive in V until the 17th......sigh....maybe next year.
Suzanne

Auction Off Manabouttown!!!!
 

You know what, he sounds like the kind of guy that would just go with the flow. Chachacha you really have a great sense of humor. Let's hear what Manabout has to say.

Manabouttown, thanks for all the good info and I hope your stay continues to be so enjoyable for you. Watch out for Chachacha though.

Do any of the Villages singles clubs feature ballroom dancing?

Not much into line dancing.........

ballroom dancing
 

yes, the villages singles who meet on the first and third monday nights of the month, often have ballroom dance lessons and then dancing at most of their meetings....the sumter singles offers occasional dances and even the villages friday night dances are sporadically offered as singles dances...there are many free venues for ballroom dancing classes and often you can find a partner among the students....happy dancing!