Dating After 40 – Tips To Meet People Easily And Start Dating Again: Planting The Seeds Of Love
Being single and wanting to date over the age of 40 can be quite a challenge to meet new people. You are no longer young and you are in college where you meet fellow singles every day. Also, the pressure can feel very uncomfortable. Where can you go these days to meet new people and avoid the obvious awkward feeling of the singles bar pick-up scene? Find a place you can go, probably weekly, in your own community. Read on for where to go, plus some helpful tips for talking to strangers while you’re there.
Whether you live in the suburbs, the countryside, or a dense metropolitan city, chances are there’s a farmers market near where you live. In fact, you may already be shopping at a farmers market on a regular basis to purchase the freshest produce. However, I bet while she’s out there buying farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, she’s been focused exclusively on grocery shopping and her social blinders have been lifted. You probably didn’t realize the crowds of many other people that are there. Or, oddly enough, if you had previously noticed that all the other people who were shopping at the farmers market along with you had probably been a little annoyed that they were all there, because that meant fewer parking spaces and a more crowded place. parking lot.
However, now that crowd of strangers is your friend.
A crowd of strangers regularly moving outdoors from stall to stall along with you now means new people for you to meet and practice your social ease by breaking the ice with them and practicing your conversation skills along with them.
See what I mean? The crowd of other shoppers is no longer a nuisance. Now that crowd is a good thing for you.
You can practice your light social skills with them, plus you never know where a little romance will come from and start.
Be sure to chat with the farmers vendors. How do you recommend cooking this vegetable? What are some creative ways to prepare a dish with this product? How long is the trip from your farm to the farmers market? Then lightly and naturally address the people who are also in the booth with you. What is your favorite way to serve this vegetable?
Anyone you enjoy talking to for more than a few minutes, go ahead and casually invite them to join you at the coffee cart. “Oh, there’s the coffee van. I haven’t had my morning cup of coffee yet. Do you want to have a cup of coffee?” This is not a date yet. However, plant the seeds for a possible date between the two of you later.
When you leave home, mix things lightly with strangers, open your mouth and chat, stay open to love, love will find you.