Posted by Lucia Francisca on January 12, 2006, at 17:25:25
In reply to Making new girlfriends. » Lucia Francisca, posted by crazy teresa on January 11, 2006, at 22:20:39
Midwest, suburbs of Chicago.
> Church is a great place to meet others with like interests. It's nice because your contact is limited on Sun. mornings, so if you need to ease yourself in, you can, but there are usually other times offered throughout the week to go back and meet.
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> Going to a group at church isn't just limited to the study of faith and religion. For example, our church has a group of scrapbookers. The say a general prayer of thanks at the beginning of the meeting, but the rest of the time it's all about scrapbooking and socializing with others who share like interests.
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> They also trade supplies and ideas, etc. There have been some amazing bonds formed in this group. Not everyone who attends to scrapbook, necessarily attends church to worship.
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> Church could also offer a safer (not sure that's the word I'm looking for-- maybe it's CIVIL!) place to meet other couples. Don't get me wrong, I'm not on a soapbox ranting how everyone needs to be in church. I'll leave that one to you and God.
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> I'm just thinking there are places to meet people where I might feel more threatened than I would at a church-sponsored function.
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> Sure, you can go to a bar to meet people, but the odds are higher that when you leave your husband to go pee, there might be some other woman putting her boobs in his face, etc. So far I haven't had to worry about those kinds of things at an ice-cream social... Know what I mean? ;~}
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> What part of the country are you in?
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