Meetup.com is a great place to meet people with similar interests. It's not a dating website. It's a website where social groups advertise their presence. The groups are generally based on a particular interest like, fitness, dining out, movies, kayaking, knitting, dancing. There may be a $5 membership fee or not. Otherwise, it doesn't cost anything to be a part of the group other than your personal expenses for movie tickets, fitness equipment, meals, whatever. You can search for groups based on interest or location. You can see past meetups of the group and what they have coming up.

It's so hard to make friends as adults. We work and then go home exhausted. We have errands to run and chores to do. It's hard to find the time to go out and meet people. And then where do you go to find those people you might be interested in? As kids in school, it was so much easier to make friends since so many other kids were right there. As adults, we have to go out and find people. That's why I like Meetup. It takes the guesswork out of where to find people who share my interests. All I have to do is show up.