Work, bars and ... ?

[Stretch]

I have now been in Richmond for ... almost eight months.

Things I have learned:

(1) Sharky's is where married women go to cheat on their husbands

(2) Stay away from any establishment that juxtapose the words "Big" and "Daddy's"

(3) Hooking up with someone at the same company will (eventually) leak everywhere, regardless of the fact that there are thousands of employees and several different buildings

(4) I only thought I knew what hoodrats were when I was in Charlottesville

(5) Medical school students are capable of talking about two things: medical school and Scrubs

I'm working 60-65 hours a week, so that really limits me to pretty much the gym, work and Saturday nights to meet people. Messing around with people I work with (as I alluded to earlier) was an awful idea, and I'm getting the feeling that I'm meeting the wrong kind of girls at bars, so that really leaves two options: friends of friends, and online dating.

I'm getting to the point where the social stigma of the latter option is starting to fade. Thoughts?

EDIT: Before you respond, Bill, you've already said that women lie.

[AestheticDeath]

Friend of mine had decent luck with coffee shops.

Also - for some reason the local Super Wal-Mart around 3am seems to attract alot of college girls in their nightgowns, or sweatpants etc... No idea why they all go there at that time of night. But it is fairly close to a college or two here.

Bars tend to have women that drink or smoke or do drugs... Not qualities I would actively seek in a partner.

[Daniel]

Move to DC.

[Hulkein]

I think friends of friends is the best bet, but the social stigma for online dating is definitely fading. Go with some of your richer/higher class friends to some parties (not parties in the college sense). I usually see a good amount of dateable women there. I say richer/higher class friends because otherwise you're likely to just find the same type of chicks you find at the bars you're talking about.

[Skeeter]

match.com is becoming pretty accepted. I've had quite a few friends male and female meet decent people.

[Miss X]

Eh, the couples who met online and made it work have far less social stigma to deal with than a 40 year old single guy/chick. Who cares what route you go down to meet people? My sister and one of my best friends both met their current boyfriends via online dating.

Most people online are just regular bods who are the same online as they are in reality. Bill better testify to this since he's met me! I'm the same uber geek here as I am with my real friends. Except online I'm thinner! ;)

You don't have much to lose either way, at least if you chat to someone online a bit, you can see if they are remotely compatible with you before you spend your $$$ taking them out. :)

[Sean of the Thread]

Waitresses and bartenders are easy prey.