# How do I meet people?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 27, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812 "2002-09-27T03:08:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![warhol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@warhol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warhol)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812/1 "2002-09-27T03:08:31Z")

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My husband and I are looking to find a couple or a few couples to share a house with but we don’t know where to find people like us with our interests. How would we go about finding them?

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812/2 "2002-09-27T03:39:53Z")

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A starting point might appear if you describe your interests.

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**Author:** ![PosterChild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@PosterChild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PosterChild)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812/3 "2002-09-27T04:54:40Z")

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And maybe where you’re looking.

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812/4 "2002-09-27T10:26:58Z")

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Classifieds or Rental section in your local newspaper. Also since I don’t have any idea as to your age, if you happen to be in your 20’s somewhere check your local colleges.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812/5 "2002-09-27T10:35:29Z")

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General Questions is for questions with factual answers; IMHO is for opinions and polls.

Off to IMHO.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812/6 "2002-09-27T15:52:26Z")

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Yeah, try some local colleges. They usually have big boards of listings. Ours does

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-meet-people/129812/7 "2002-09-27T18:00:06Z")

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Like I always say, you can’t meet new people doing the same old things you’ve ever done. Whatever your interests are, join some clubs/teams/organizations that cater to those interests. Or take classes that further your interests.