This plan has holes. First of all, tradesmen? They work sporadically, make a medium level income, and drink a lot, and usually like threir women with "target" tattoos and pole skills.

Church, grocery store, ball parks. That's your holy trinity of meeting places. All three contain quality folk, esp among the male variety, and they represent the scope of socioeconomic possibilities.

Booka, my X's friends called that "shopping in the hardware aisle" for a date.

My church is small, so there is noone. I don't go to ballparks (I can't even get the guys from work to head to a BlueJay game next week), and the Grocery store, they all seem to be married.

On Sunday, I handed out flyers for 3 hours at the local grocery store to advertise my chuch festival. So I talked to over 600 people, some friendly, others very cold. It would make quite a nice psychological experiment.

I'll take a guy that knows how to work with his hands over one that wants to hang out at the ballpark and play games all weekend. Believe me, high school coaches (they often coach little league teams in the summer) often make even less than construction workers.

Gekko, I have to disagree. I know plenty of nice tradesmen whose wives do not have tatoos and who make goobs of money. Maybe not as much as a neurologist, but more than a bank manager. I'm thinking of two electricians, a plumber and two cabinetmakers, not to mention a lathewright. Oh, and I met a cute blacksmith (not farrier).

It really just depends.

Mine's a Pipefitter - made $3,500 in two weeks working on a big project - six figures with just 40 hours - put three kids through Catholic school, he himself serves on several church ministries - and I have absolutely NO pole skills!!!

First of all, I was joking. I am a project manager for a commmunications company band work around the construction bidness. The only tradesmen I would stay away from ladies are the Tower Climbers - they really do drink a lot and like strippers.

Church opens up to other avenues. You have Awana program where you can meet other parents. You also have youth groups and again more single parents. Church fundraisers bring out the possibilities of more single people. Grocery store is still a winner imo. Cooking skills, and other household errands = winner of a mate more than likely.

Stay away from courthouses. Sure you can meet a lawyer or judge or even paralegal but the possbility of meeting someone who stands before a judge or lawyer is greater.

"Where do you find a date?"

Any place IF you make yourself 'approachable', especially if you are looking for a date.

Well, I was not looking for a date, and here is what's happened:

I found a nice place for fishing last year, very quiet, to be alone, relax, enjoy the nature (I adore water)... those kind of places you can spend all day without seeing/talking to anyone...
Nice place <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
So, last Saturday I went for the first time this year (my son was with his dad for the weekend and I went alone).
And, here is a guy coming with a boy, started talking to me about my catch (4 fish!!), and I learnt that the boy was his nephew, and the guy was - single (no kids), with 'what a body!' <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" />. Well, he learnt about me being single too. <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />
Then he asked me for my phone number, to go fishing together sometimes <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />, I suggested we exchange #s, and so I got home with his phone number too...

He said he worked too much and I guess that was 'reason' to be single... I always wonder, is it an 'excuse' or 'he' really works too much...

Anyone wanna guess his profession? <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
(I don't know...)

My church is super small. I'd never date anyone from my church because if it went bad, there'd be no way to avoid him. Of course, there are no single men under the age of 75 at my church anyway, and I think the older ladies have dibs on the one over 75.

Now... I'm wondering. Is there a place to learn pole skills without actually being in public? I may be looking to add to my repetoroire. 4 poster bed -- pole. Not a huge leap.

i think carmen elecktra has a video for the gg.

mlhb

I thought that was Paris Hilton?

no, seriously, carmen has a workout video that she does to teach sexy dancing and pole dancing, NO LIE!

it is supposed to be good excercise.
i'd say you would get a better work out after your sig other watched you doing the pole dancing. now THAT could burn some calories ;-)

mlhb

Carmen Electra. Okay. I'll go look. And the double work out is a bonus.

Maybe Carmen has one too, but Paris is the one I heard about:

"Paris Hilton and Britney Spears have been buddies for weeks, but now the two new best pals are now displaying increasing levels of intimacy.

Rumors are circulating around Hollywood that Paris Hilton has been giving Britney Spears lessons in pole dancing and stripping.

"Paris Hitlon took Britney upstairs in her house where she fitted her in a blue tu-tu, and then Paris put on a matching tu-tu," the Sun quoted a source, as saying.

"They then went downstairs and danced at Paris's in-house stripper pole," the source elaborated. "

What I really don't get is are tu-tus part of a stripper's wardrobe? I'm having a hard time with that one.

ok, I am not even gone touch the whole pole thing!!! Way off track as to where do you find a date. Thus far the following have all been mentioned....
Yahoo personals
Deep sea Fishing
Grocery Store
Funeral
Reward to students (that was mine, nothing yet)
Friends
Airports
Gym
Nursing Home
Cultural events
Sporting events
Hardware aisle
Bowling
Fishing
Volunteering
Forum
Anywhere if you are "approachable"

Haven't found a date yet at any of those places, so now I must face the fact that I must be "unapproachable". Maybe a T shirt with the word "looking" on it would get some attention. What else might one put on a t shirt to let others know you are available, your phone #? I don't know!!!! HELP!!!!!

This is, was suppose to be a fun time in my life, I've always looked before but didn't touch and now I can touch and there is nothing to touch!!!! UGH!!!

Become a school teacher. mlhb can tell you. If you are a woman, you can find em young, train them to do whatever you want, and apparently there are other fringe benefits. Of course, don't leave a paper trail, and make sure the student's parents don't find out. Good luck w the teacher thing.

My sister tried just smiling at men and making eye contact. That made a big difference.

gekko,
I am the ISS person at the HS were I work, so don't think I can do that one!!!!

Green, I smile at everyone, I am not always good with the eye contact though! Will work on that!!!!

Dawn

Daybreak, just go out and enjoy yourself and you will attract people. When you are truly happy and enjoying life, people see that and are attracted to it.

(My lack of dates must mean that I'm not open & happy myself).

I do enjoy life and am a happy person, I am just ready to share again with someone. And have sat back and waited for someone to come into my life and that hasn't worked so well and my kids have said that you need to be more aggressive in finding a date, I have a hard time with that. I want someone to want me and to care for and love me, for who I am not for what they want me to be.

So I really don't let this get me down, it's been fun to see some of the suggestions and I always have loved to hear how people meet. It's something that fasicnates me.

Dawn <img src="/ubbt/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />