I just want one woman friend to go out to craft fairs, museums, coffee, walks

here's wot to do - going to outside groups is out - too risky as described above =- you start ya own and interview each applicant before accepting their proposed membership request. This cuts down the bad odds by half. yoou might wanna get a saavy friend to help you with the interviews? remember thank you for your request - we'll get back to you. this gives you a lot of information and control - going wild in the outside world is too risky as described above!!
 

oscash said:
Davey: My son suggested the same to me, "advertise you are starting up a craft group and see who is interested." It sounds good but when I looked into it, I have to take out insurance in case someone could fall over in my place, and they could sue me. Don't think I would want to get into that.
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Quilling is where you use paper and glue to make different picture designs or use on greetings cards etc? Card making is very popular.

You have a skill and it is worth exploring if places which already run art and craft classes i.e. Community Centres, Colleges etc would be interested in talking to you about setting up a quilling group for them (assuming they do not have one already).

The benefit of approaching places which already run classes/groups is that they will be responsible for insurance, will advertise the new class in their advertising, sign up members and usually fund the supply of materials etc. Also, if they make a charge to attend the groups or get funding from the local authority, they will usually pay someone with the skills to run the group. You may not be interested in receiving payment but, it is something to consider.

If Quilling classes or groups do not operate in your area then it may be that there is not much interest or that it is a missed opportunity. If it is the former then you haven't lost anything in making enquiries but, if it is the latter, you might be just the person to fill the quilling gap. :)
 
My community has a Senior Circle group. Members meet to have meals together in local restaurants., and they have one day a month for movies. Occasionally they have day trips on a bus to places of interest. They have bingo. That just sounds old to me - I wouldn't go to that - but their other offerings are good for all ages, really. One local church has a meal for seniors once a week. Any seniors are welcome, not just members of the church. They do not push for church attendance. It is just a meal.
 
Prior to living here, I joined a book club through a church in NW Florida, there too you did not have to belong to the church to enjoy the club. It was, in fact, the best book club I ever joined!
Together we joined the Florida Trail Association. Through them we did fantastic outings and met great people.
When we lived in Texas (Dallas suburb), we joined several meet up groups. We both loved it. We were pretty much all in the same situation, relocated for work and looking to make friends. It worked really well for us. We met very interesting people, discovered new places, and shared great conversations.
Here, my community (55 +) offers more than 100 different clubs, so there's a lot to choose from, if you are so inclined. We also have an activity director that proposes outings and trips (close or far away), as well as social gatherings like BBQ by the pool, dances, or just listening to a band. My favorite is to listen to the different presentations. Their subjects are always interesting. I am not much of a social butterfly.
 
oscash said:
LoveTulips: Do you have any particular hobbies you are interested in. I love Quilling and found out about a shop nearby that held classes for beginners and advanced. I met some lovely ladies there and it lasted about 6 years. I then moved on to advanced groups and even entered some of my works in the Royal Easter Show in Sydney and Queensland., (a friend went to the Queensland Show and saw one of my entries which won 1st place,) I was shocked when I found out. So, ask around church groups and local community centres, you may suddenly find what you are
looking for. Good Luck.
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Sorry for the super late reply, I love paper quilling as well but no classes near me. I'm really into painting in acrylics but the classes that they offer are not what I am interested in - acrylic pouring, collage, mixed media, etc. What I would love is if they had a portrait painting or even landscape painting course near me. Or realistic portrait drawing. I'm taking courses online but of course, you don't meet anyone that way in person.
 
Rossana said:
Prior to living here, I joined a book club through a church in NW Florida, there too you did not have to belong to the church to enjoy the club. It was, in fact, the best book club I ever joined!
Together we joined the Florida Trail Association. Through them we did fantastic outings and met great people.
When we lived in Texas (Dallas suburb), we joined several meet up groups. We both loved it. We were pretty much all in the same situation, relocated for work and looking to make friends. It worked really well for us. We met very interesting people, discovered new places, and shared great conversations.
Here, my community (55 +) offers more than 100 different clubs, so there's a lot to choose from, if you are so inclined. We also have an activity director that proposes outings and trips (close or far away), as well as social gatherings like BBQ by the pool, dances, or just listening to a band. My favorite is to listen to the different presentations. Their subjects are always interesting. I am not much of a social butterfly.
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There is a book club offered at one very small bookstore here, but they only read works dealing with issues such as the Indigenous culture, woke issues, etc. Not for me.

Anyways as I said before, probably if I were alone, I would make more of an effort. For example, there is a walking group on Fridays that meets at 9:30 am. Hubby and I only get up around 11:30 am.:ROFLMAO:
 
davey said:
here's wot to do - going to outside groups is out - too risky as described above =- you start ya own and interview each applicant before accepting their proposed membership request. This cuts down the bad odds by half. yoou might wanna get a saavy friend to help you with the interviews? remember thank you for your request - we'll get back to you. this gives you a lot of information and control - going wild in the outside world is too risky as described above!!
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Frankly, I'm too lazy to start a group and be responsible for its schedule, members, place to meet, etc. but thanks really for the suggestion. I'm sure as I said previously, if I were alone, I would make more of an effort. But hubby is with me 24/7 so I'm never lonely. Oh and we have our kitty too. I just kind of wanted a best friend so to speak, or 1 or 2 really close friends.
 
One reason we are considering moving into a 55+ Del Webb community:

We are the only over 60 couple on our block. The younger people act like we don't even exist. The "social" activities woman created by some woman on her FB page for our community ONLY has activities and interests for young families and people that work?

How many children focused Christmas, Valentine, St Patties, Fourth of July, Ground Hog day parades do we have to watch?! And of course they all are being toted by in noisy four wheelers without mufflers...

We had five kids...the LAST thing we want to be reminded of is raising kids and keeping them occupied; and as well: missing them.
LOLOL
 
If you want to meet people you have to make the effort and not make excuses about why something doesn’t work. Your world is very small just having your husband. If something happens to him you will be lonely and won’t have anyone to support you. This happened to someone I know.
 
Get out and do some volunteer work.
In my late sixties I started with hospitals, schools, museums and met lots of people , male and female.
I formed three good friendships in those days. Did some long distance travelling with one of them, days out, bus trips, concerts etc., etc.
As we all aged travel took a back seat but we met often .
Now sadly passed on and I do miss them but I have happy memories of them and my volunteer days.
 

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