Some tips to help you shed your single status

GET YOUR OWN INTERESTS

Join a library, learn a new language, join a sports club, enroll for the personal growth course. These are things you will most likely enjoy and you are also likely to meet people there - of both sexes- who share your interests.

FRIENDS ARE IMPORTANT

No, you don’t have to get involved with friends, but ask around and you will be surprised how many people met their spouses or partners at dinner parties or social gatherings or weekend gatherings hosted by friends.

INITIATE SOCIAL EVENTS

Don’t sit around waiting for things to happen. Even if you know only two people in a new city, cook dinner, invite both of them and ask each of them to bring two friends.

INVITE OTHERS ALONG

Get people to join you in activities you have already planned for yourself. A good sentence to remember is, “I am going to the movies on Tuesday night - do you want to join me?” This does not sound like you are inviting someone out on a date. You are going anyway, whether they want to come or not.

SHOW INTEREST

Everyone likes to be listened to. If you are a good listener, you are unlikely to be lonely for long.