My Dating Situation

Currently I am not dating anyone. I am not 'talking' to anyone either. This wasn't exactly a choice but I'm not crying or complaining about it anyway. I could say I'm not interested in anyone but to be honest there is one person I would consider dating but we have a pretty good friendship and I don't really want to mess with that. Besides him, every guy I already know I definitely do not want to date. It has happened too often that I know who a guy has dated in the past (sometimes personally) or I have heard stories about who he has tried to date or who he bedded. This is why I came to the conclusion that I need to meet new guys.

My big dilemma with this is where do I go to meet them? How do I make an approach? How do I even know who to approach? Now some people might ask how I met guys before and why I don't just use those methods. Yea, those methods definitely won't work. I've dated guys I met in school, but I've been out of school for a while. I've dated guys I worked with, thankfully that can't happen with my current job cause NEVER AGAIN will I do that. I've also dated guys I met online, never had a bad experience but facebook isn't exactly a match-maker site and I don't see myself paying for match.com or anything like that. So you see, I'm back at square one.

Now, I don't want anyone to think that I am in a rush to meet anyone or that I am looking to settle down or find Mr. Right. I actually am not really looking forward to the introductory phase of dating someone new. Thinking about all of the getting to know each other and getting comfortable with each other is making me tired. I don't feel like going through that again and again until I find someone I can actually get along with. And even though I'm not looking for something long-term I am still being picky about who I choose to interact with. And seeing as I feel I may be getting too personal here, I'm just going to cut this off now.