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For op: I've been out of the dating game for a fairly long time (not counting a short period in the early 00s that I'd really rather forget. Talk about crash and burn) but my experience was fairly consistent: the best relationships come out of shared interests. Explicitly dating, as in going out and finding people with the intended goal of starting a relationship, is way less reliable than just being with people who you share interests and passions with, because those people tend to want to spend time with you, even if tangentially, which means that some of them will be open to spending time with you outside of the shared interest as well. Shared interest could be as simple as being in the park at the same time as someone, or travelling on the same bus, or more involved things like hobbies, recreational activities, you name it. As long as there's a thing in common that you can potentially bond with someone over, it's a shared interest.
Don't expect anything more than friendship and passions in common, and you'll go a long way.
Saying all that:
Don't expect anything more than friendship and passions in common, and you'll go a long way.
Saying all that:
Try and find a book club. You've got a 50/50 chance of it being filled with crazy cat ladies, but that's better odds than doing nothing at all. Worst that happens is you decide you don't likle book clubs, but at least you put in the effort to try something new.reading