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Best ways to get a date offline?

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    #32
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    https://www.meetup.com/ will probably have some activities in your area


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    #33
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    Offline? just open the pegs and the dates will fall off the line


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    #34
    Tacklebox
    Registered Users Posts: 419 ✭✭Tacklebox


    Plenty of date's in my local healthy foodie shop.

    The owner looks like one of the pussy cat doll's, but she doesn't need a man to make her happy :D


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    #35
    izzyflusky
    Registered Users Posts: 427 ✭✭izzyflusky


    I would agree with making friends with women too. I'm forever trying to set up my best friend with someone but she is not very happy with my efforts despite finding her great catches.


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    #36
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    Join clubs that have mostly fellas as members. Wall climbing. Chess clubs. Bee keeping. Martial arts. Doesn't matter if you are crap at these things. Avoid clubs that are mostly women. Anything to do with writing, art, singing, yoga.


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    #37
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Have a few pints in Toners or O’Donohues, then head down to House.


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    #38
    KikiLaRue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭KikiLaRue


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    Have a few pints in Toners or O’Donohues, then head down to House.

    I think a girl out in a pub on her own would be seen as quite weird... I know lads can get away with it especially if there is a match on, but I think a lady alone trying to catch the eye of a passing guy would be seen as desperate.


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    #39
    SCOOP 64
    Registered Users Posts: 5,207 ✭✭✭SCOOP 64


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    Do they though? Like in the US I believe it’s quite normal for a guy to approach a woman he likes in a cafe and ask her out, does that happen here?
    No way ,Guards will be called.


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    #40
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,727 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    Do they though? Like in the US I believe it’s quite normal for a guy to approach a woman he likes in a cafe and ask her out, does that happen here?

    It does if you want the girl to accuse you of harassment or unwanted sexual advances


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    #41
    KikiLaRue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭KikiLaRue


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    No way ,Guards will be called.

    That definitely doesn’t happen.

    I was actually asked out in the street by a French guy a few weeks ago, and I just said no and then we both moved on with our lives.


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    #42
    Zorya
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭Zorya


    Another option is go to local matches at the weekend. I seem to remember in the hazy past that there were lots of lads standing around and people are friendly.


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    #43
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,527 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    It does if you want the girl to accuse you of harassment or unwanted sexual advances

    I think the key is to not harrass or sexual assault the woman.

    The tide is turning…



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    #44
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,040 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    That would be helpful if problematic advice if I were a lesbian, but I’m actually a woman looking to meet a guy.
    Go to some car shows. Any amount of lads there.


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    #45
    KikiLaRue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭KikiLaRue


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    It does if you want the girl to accuse you of harassment or unwanted sexual advances

    Again, this does not happen.

    I am a woman. I have two sisters. I have many female friends.

    No woman I know would react this way to a man politely asking her for her number or for a date.

    It’s only harassment if you won’t F off if she says no.


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    #46
    corkboy38
    Registered Users Posts: 177 ✭✭corkboy38


    escort ireland.


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    #47
    Micky 32
    Registered Users Posts: 6,556 ✭✭✭Micky 32


    SCOOP 64 wrote: »
    No way ,Guards will be called.


    Unless you're built like a rugby player with looks of George Clooney ( or whatever irish girls are into these days);)


    A friend of mine who is on facebook got friended by a random woman months back. The other day she commented on a photo he posted that led to private messenging. Within a day they were having rampant s*x! true story!


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    #48
    Mister Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 6,040 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    corkboy38 wrote: »
    escort ireland.
    Yes that's a good car show. I'd recommend that.


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    #49
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,727 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    Again, this does not happen.

    I am a woman. I have two sisters. I have many female friends.

    No woman I know would react this way to a man politely asking her for her number or for a date.

    It’s only harassment if you won’t F off if she says no.

    I was taking the piss.


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    #50
    Airyfairy12
    Registered Users Posts: 3,390 ✭✭✭Airyfairy12


    Id agree with others here, expand your circle, youre more likely to meet someone through a friend instead of a random chance encounter.
    Join a book club but do it for the love of books and meeting new people, you never know where life will lead you.


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    #51
    davidk1394
    Registered Users Posts: 4,043 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    Again, this does not happen.

    I am a woman. I have two sisters. I have many female friends.

    No woman I know would react this way to a man politely asking her for her number or for a date.

    It’s only harassment if you won’t F off if she says no.

    What about a thumb war ? That’s how I met my girlfriend in Langtons in Kilkenny. I was getting a drink, she was beside me I asked her would she have a thumb war with me and it went from there


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    #52
    Sam Hain
    Registered Users Posts: 1,315 ✭✭✭Sam Hain


    Take The Wheel Jesus wrote: »
    If you can, go to a trad pub full of tourists. Chatting up foreign women is like playing the game of life on God mode. You can literally seduce foreign women by talking about turf. In fact I would encourage you to paddy it up (but don't get too drunk and for the love of God don't ask an American girl her opinion on Trump or gun rights).

    ****e talk about ****e talk


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    #53
    Richard Hillman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    If you work in at a large company, with a high staff turnover you'd have a shot by pure numbers. You can actually strike up conversations that don't make you come across as a sex offender.

    You have no shot at a smaller work place, especially if you get to your 30s. All the best ones are gone by their mid to late 20s, male or female. Everyone over 30 either doesn't have their s**t together or has baggage.


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    #54
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,727 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    davidk1394 wrote: »
    What about a thumb war ? That’s how I met my girlfriend in Langtons in Kilkenny. I was getting a drink, she was beside me I asked her would she have a thumb war with me and it went from there

    I hope you fcuking destroyed her


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    #55
    davidk1394
    Registered Users Posts: 4,043 ✭✭✭davidk1394


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    I hope you fcuking destroyed her

    Damn straight ;)


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    #56
    KikiLaRue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭KikiLaRue


    Richard Hillman wrote: »
    If you work in at a large company, with a high staff turnover you'd have a shot by pure numbers. You can actually strike up conversations that don't make you come across as a sex offender.

    You have no shot at a smaller work place, especially if you get to your 30s. All the best ones are gone by their mid to late 20s, male or female. Everyone over 30 either doesn't have their s**t together or has baggage.

    I am 30, and yes I do indeed have some baggage. It used to be like a suitcase but now it’s quite manageable, I’d even be able to take it on Ryanair.

    Would be happy to meet someone similar!


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    #57
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,356 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    I am 30, and yes I do indeed have some baggage. It used to be like a suitcase but now it’s quite manageable, I’d even be able to take it on Ryanair.

    Would be happy to meet someone similar!

    I own an airline , will that help ?


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    #58
    KikiLaRue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭KikiLaRue


    corner of hells wrote: »
    I own an airline , will that help ?

    You can handle all kinds of baggage so!


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    #59
    ldy4mxonucwsq6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭ldy4mxonucwsq6


    You could try volunteering for a local club/cause?

    Help expand your social circle as well and maybe meet new people.

    Nothing ventured nothing gained ðŸ˜


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    #60
    corner of hells
    Registered Users Posts: 8,356 ✭✭✭corner of hells


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    You can handle all kinds of baggage so!

    No , the airline is from my oxygen cylinder to my mask.


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    #61
    Giveaway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 382 ✭✭Giveaway


    KikiLaRue wrote: »
    Might be better off in PI with this one but I’m interested in what AH can come up with.

    Any other singles totally sick of the apps?

    Most of my friends are quite settled or live far away so not a huge scope for going out... any ideas on how to meet someone offline?

    1.Consult a calender. 2. Stop using americanism such as date- you will see more gash/pecker/whatever you're having yourself that way


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