I am regularly besieged with spam comments and emails on this site. Because I have a comment approval button luckily, you don't get to read them. But I cannot understand why they would choose to send in their spam on a regular basis. I am beginning to think no one else reads this site, except for the Asian spammers.
But this just got me thinking about Life Filters too. Don't we wish we could filter all the places that are not welcoming of single people, like put them on one list and when we feel the urge to go out, we double-check that list to make sure our intended destination is not featured on the No-Solo's Allowed List.
I went to a couple of these places over the weekend. It wasn't so much the place as the theme of the place, and I am sure I've mentioned this place on here. Lounges. Their very name means all you do is Lounge. Who does that in public? Well, the people that do happen to do this with people, in groups more like it, talking, drinking, having deep comversation over loud music, or they just stand around and admire the people that do. Lounges are not a good idea at all.
The only time I've had fun in one it involved forcing my way into some conversation with people; tired of being ignored I just forced my way into their discussion. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. So please don't try this at home! I cannot attest to its success especially in a lounge environment. Sometimes the people are nice enough to invite you to join them, like the Brazilian head-banging lady I bumped into this weekend who invited me to join her and her boyfriend, which I thought was sweet. This was a rare welcome occasion. So rare that I can mention the few instances it's happened. In Lounges, it's just not often that parties want to break away from their group discussion to make a new friend. It's also not often that they get visited by fellow singles, I mean if one single meets another single we can pretend we arrived together and thus begin our long interesting conversation like the other "Loungers". This is also not common.
The only time I've had fun in one it involved forcing my way into some conversation with people; tired of being ignored I just forced my way into their discussion. Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. So please don't try this at home! I cannot attest to its success especially in a lounge environment. Sometimes the people are nice enough to invite you to join them, like the Brazilian head-banging lady I bumped into this weekend who invited me to join her and her boyfriend, which I thought was sweet. This was a rare welcome occasion. So rare that I can mention the few instances it's happened. In Lounges, it's just not often that parties want to break away from their group discussion to make a new friend. It's also not often that they get visited by fellow singles, I mean if one single meets another single we can pretend we arrived together and thus begin our long interesting conversation like the other "Loungers". This is also not common.
In summary, Lounges fall into the category of places that a good "Life Filter" would block.
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