Meeting men in your 30s

angeline

Well, I have a large group of female friends, all mid 30s. However, they are now all married and mostly have kids. The ironic thing is that when we were in school, one of those friends said she reckoned I'd be the first in the group to get married. Now I blame her for jinxing me!!!! Is it just me or is it difficult to meet like minded men when you reach this age. I guess I'm not big in to nightclubs and pubs anymore. So, ladies, where do you think is the best place to meet men at this age.

jimbobaloobob

follow your own interests, hobbies and social preferences and you will meet someone when the time is right.
Once your not looking for it, its sure to come your way.

Galwayguy35

Maybe try joining a dating site?
Personally I think if someone can afford it it's better to join a paid site as it usually weeds out the weirdos and timewasters.

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angeline wrote: »

Well, I have a large group of female friends, all mid 30s. However, they are now all married and mostly have kids. The ironic thing is that when we were in school, one of those friends said she reckoned I'd be the first in the group to get married. Now I blame her for jinxing me!!!! Is it just me or is it difficult to meet like minded men when you reach this age. I guess I'm not big in to nightclubs and pubs anymore. So, ladies, where do you think is the best place to meet men at this age.

Just remember this, you are NOT on the shelf, you are NOT some kind of ticking time bomb, you are NOT weird.

5 years ago I met a woman in her early 30s (I was late 20s), we are now married.

We met at a Boards meet up, back when it wasn't freaky men turning up to prey on women :P

So, that's an option. I've heard of a website called meetup.ie where it seems like minded individuals meet up to pursue some common interest, give that a shot. At least you'll be sure to have at least one thing in common with the other people there.

miamee

angeline wrote: »

Well, I have a large group of female friends, all mid 30s. However, they are now all married and mostly have kids. The ironic thing is that when we were in school, one of those friends said she reckoned I'd be the first in the group to get married. Now I blame her for jinxing me!!!! Is it just me or is it difficult to meet like minded men when you reach this age. I guess I'm not big in to nightclubs and pubs anymore. So, ladies, where do you think is the best place to meet men at this age.

Hi I'm in a similar position myself and have been using two different online dating sites with varying degrees of success. Still single, so not that successful If you have the time go spend chatting to people on a dating site definitely try it out, just use your common sense about who you agree to meet up with or even give your number too.

Strawberry Swan

Yes online dating is def worth a go as you will know (well, not always) that every guy is single and wants to date. Though it takes a lot of time and effort and personally, I haven't had any success but maybe I'm not on it long enough or not pretty or interesting enough! Personally, I prefer to get involved in activities I enjoy like running and climbing, do them regularly and then get chatting with guys that appeal to me.

ted1

My friend in her mid thirties reckons she'll be a second wife. Plenty of guys who have been married are for various reasons are coming back on the market.

Ellsbells

ted1 wrote: »

My friend in her mid thirties reckons she'll be a second wife. Plenty of guys who have been married are for various reasons are coming back on the market.

Lol very true but note to her - the 1st wives are very hard to get shot of.

angeline

Well, I decided to join a popular online dating group and there seems to be quite a lot of available men. Like the poster says previously, many of my age group have been married already or have kids but I won't hold that against them!

cantdecide

angeline wrote: »

Well, I decided to join a popular online dating group...

Good for you. There's a pretty good thread here on the subject...