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Originally Posted by onesnowyowl
Getting out in the community beyond school and work is key--though getting out in your school community can be great too. Does your college offer social dancing classes? Do you belong to any student organizations? Do you do any volunteer work? Are there intramural sports teams? In your community beyond school, are there sports leagues through parks and rec? Even if you're not athletic, joining a sports team will introduce you to a lot of people (I'm not at all athletic, but I play ultimate frisbee, for example). A huge part of eventually getting into a relationship is just getting out there and making lots of connections first--plus, you never know when one connection will lead to another (that's how I met my guy).
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I've looked on Craigslist and in the newspaper for community activities that interest me, but this being a town with very few young people, there's not that many to choose from.
I get event activity notices in my University e-mail, but all of the events are at the main campus, which is 2 hours away. =(
I did start playing tennis and racquetball right before I moved back to my hometown, and I thought about continuing that here. I've looked for racquetball courts in town and online, but the only one they had is closed down. There are a few tennis courts downtown, but I don't know how to actually approach people to ask them to play, as they usually bring another person, so 3 person game would be uneven, and know most people would rather stick to their routine tennis playing and not want to break that and invite me to playing with them... =\
Other than that, I really don't know where else to go to try to make friends in town. There are a lot of parties where people my age, males and females, drink and smoke weed all night, but I'm just not that type of person and not interested in being with that type of person. So yeah, I really don't know where to go out and meet people.