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here i come in, guns blazing on the "get a dog" thing....a dog is an attention magnet....especially a woman magnet....or man..if you're a woman.....when i had tippy, people flocked to him...then introduced themselves and voila!! i made lots of lasting friends though tippy..in fact, when he died, i got sympathy cards and notes from all over the US and Europe. (i'm a photographer and met lots of people in workshops, on jobs and such..tippy was always with me)GET A DOG!!'xoxox pat

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That's a good point... my aunt has a dog and has had them for many years, and she has made lots of friends from her daily walks with the dog. They are mainly fellow dog-walkers that she meets but every time I join her and go out with her and her dog we end up stopping whilst she natters away, lol. When her last dog died she got cards and sympathy from the other people she had met, who had known her dog. You say you are afraid of people but I think walking a dog will help you there because you can meet people and you always have the dog as an excuse to leave when you feel uncomfortable.