Faced A Fear

Over the weekend I went to a singles dinner.  Yup.  Faced a major social anxiety.  Got myself gussied up, drove 2 hours to South of Boston to meet total utter strangers.

And it was fun and not scary at all and I enjoyed myself and stayed 3 hours longer than I had planned and I totally plan to do it again.

And no I didn’t hook up with anyone and that wasn’t the goal.  I really just wanted to meet some new people (but there were a couple of cute guys).  I will say that the ratio of women to men was unfair.  I did think that everyone there was extremely intelligent and creative and intriguing as far as personalities and occupations go.  Everyone seemed to have fascinating backgrounds and lives.

Anyway, I’m hoping to go again.

tags: anxiety

2 comments

1. on May 23, 2006 at 11:47 am

   Tamara said:

   Oh, that sounds so fun! I’m so proud of you. I’m beaming, sitting here, even though we’ve never met. (How weird is this Internet thingie?)

   I’d love to hear more about it if you feel like emailing me. If you’d rather savor it and not share, that’s fine, too!

   But wow, what a great thing to do for yourself, getting out there to meet people.

2. on May 23, 2006 at 1:57 pm

   neca said:

   That’s awesome! Doing new things, stepping outside my comfort zone, blah blah, is something I’ve been working on. Sometimes our fears of what other people think are far worse than the reality!

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