Going to bars and clubs might attract the kind that give you the attention, but for the wrong reasons.

I don't know about the notion of as I say it, being whisked away, swept off the feet, as being remotely close to anything that actually happens to people. Besides that idea would be premised from lust filled emotions.

Sometimes it's better to go about life and if a friendship develops then turns to more then great. Although, I can understand and respect the desire to be viewed and treated as desirable.