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I did a similar thing with food. It was tedious but interesting at first… then it just became tedious. However, by then I “understood “ enough, I didn’t have to actually do it anymore.

Thanks for sharing!!

Great advice!

I spent all of 2024 tracking my spending and saving. I didn’t “budget”, just had a spreadsheet and wrote everything down week over week.

I would recommend it as a habit people may benefit from just to understand where their money goes.

You assume the people I meet are living within a distance that makes it easy to “just get coffee”. If I meet them on a forum, Discord group, online gaming, etc., and not a dating website or app, they probably won’t be close to me. That doesn’t negate the possibility of a dating / romantic relationship.

Also, I personally wouldn’t meet someone without talking to them on the phone first (regardless of distance), so why wouldn’t I just video chat with them… FaceTime is just as easy as a phone call.

If you meet someone online and immediately want to meet them in person for coffee, good for you. However don’t act like someone else’s approach is wrong… because you don’t agree.

I was going to post similar but, you nailed it. OP needs to figure out what they do online and find the places where people connect doing those things.

Assuming that a profile is enough to understand someone. Sure, don’t waste time/drag out meeting someone but… actually talk (video chat) and ask questions before you move things along.

Ask questions important to you and what you are looking for.

Very interesting indeed! Thank you for this information… I’ll do a little research on this.

Will do, that sounds really interesting!

This is also interesting, thank you! I will look into this!

I appreciate this… adding to the to do list for tomorrow. Thanks!!

Understood, I hope you get to identify the locations. I’m not sure I have the brain power to start something like that. If I do, or find a community, I’ll reach out and let you know.

Thank you for the advice. I’ll check it out!!