Healingme4me - Yeah, I sort of think that way too. Except... as I get older, it's getting harder to meet people. Like I said, I've done classes and volunteering, but it's not clicking for me. It's hard in a class... at least for me... because it feels like everyone else already has plenty of friends, and doesn't want/need another one!

Anyway, like I said, I think I'm willing to try it out. I just need to get a couple other things straightened out first, or it will be more stressful than useful. I think that knowing everyone else there is also actively looking to make friends, and the planned meetings, is kind of intriguing for me. I think, for me, if it works, the money will have been totally worth it.

The woman who created the site is actually kind of neat. Apparently she used to be a pastor (?) and now does life coaching. But she really believes in friendship (or is a brilliant marketer, take your pick!) and has written a lot about how friendships develop.

I really like what's she's said about "we don't discover our best friends. we develop them." Basically, all our friends start out at the "acquaintance" level, and those that we get along with and share interests with and spend time can be "developed" into best friends. I don't know, I find it interesting... maybe I'm just weird!

Oh Angelene! If you qualify for a free membership, you should SO do it! I mean, you may not end up meeting alot of people (b/c there aren't alot of people in your area using it), but what the heck - it's free, and you're not under any obligation to actually meet ANYONE if none of them seem to be a good match! It would give you a great chance to poke around the site and see how it looks, without costing anything - and even if you just meet one nice person, think how awesome that could be!

BTW sorry that your meetup didn't work out! That's a drag . We had a neat paleo oriented meetup going on here that I kept meaning to try out... but never did, and eventually the founder shut down the group and moved on with her life. I regret not having went to any of the events!

MissMultiProblem - Neat, thanks for the link. I've been studying a little French, and would love to find a penpal to practice with!