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How does this rocky economy affect your search for someone special? What are the best ways to meet potential partners while you are on a budget? While unemployment is at an all-time high, should you revise your policy of only dating those who are gainfully employed? What if the well-heeled professional, who you’ve dated a couple of times, loses his or her job before you’ve established a relationship? What if you lose yours? Should you just quit dating until you’re back on your feet?
I think that it’s more important than ever to continue to seek out relationships in these tough times. Companionship helps buffer feelings of fear and uncertainty that the ongoing unsettling economic news generates. Rather than having a hard-and-fast rule about who pays, and what kind of job a date should have, treat this as an opportunity to explore courtship in a new way. Instead of interpreting how your dates spend money on dates as a symbol of their generosity of spirit, keep your antennae up for expressions of kindness and compassion.
If you want to meet people, consider throwing your own singles event. Ask your unattached friends to invite their solo friends and acquaintances, along with their nice-but-not-quite-right rejected dates to participate. Organize a potluck in your home or local park. Or get together for an urban hike. If you’re in good shape climb the Filbert Steps or walk from the Haight-Ashbury to Twin Peaks, and savor the spectacular views. Explore Lands End with its ocean vistas for less strenuous trek. Or enjoy people watching and Bay panoramas at during a stroll through Chrissy Field. You could also carpool to one of the many stunning hiking trails on Mt. Tam in Marin, and view the spring wildflower displays. If you want to keep it simple, meet for a Friday evening happy hour get-together at a bar that features inexpensive drinks and free appetizers. You never know who will click!
If you are looking for more fun, inexpensive or free things to do in San Francisco, check out up-to-date event listings at funcheapsf.com. Once you meet someone interesting, remember that most women appreciate a man with a plan. Ask her what she enjoys doing with her spare time, and design a date around that.
In flusher economic times, many people wouldn’t consider dating someone who was unemployed. Today, you might be passing up a gem. If you enjoy time together, and he or she contributes time and energy towards connecting with you, why not explore the possibility of a relationship? If he or she is actively seeking employment for hours each day, a job should materialize soon enough. However, if his or her is spent time lazing about and waiting for the economy to recover, you're wise to have second thoughts.
The sour economy does not mean that it’s time to put your dating life on hold. If you use it as inspiration to experience dating in a whole new way, you just might find the love of your life.
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