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8 Places Guys Can Meet Women (Without Being A Total Creep About It)

It can be difficult to meet new people in a city, more specifically, it can be tough to meet women in a city. It seems that everyone's post-college go-to spot to mingle with the opposite sex is a bar, nightclub, discotheque, whatever you want to call it. Basically, somewhere that supplies large amounts of alcohol, dim lights, and loud music (which are all factors to help you get laid). But how do you meet women that you may want to ask out (gasp!) on an actual date. There have to be other options between being that creepy guy at a bar that tries to get in bachelorette party dance circle and creating an online dating profile.

We learn from movies and the media that women want to be hit on in cool and unusual places in a romantic and unique way. A lot the time when women do get approached in these places, they are easily creeped out. If you want to meet someone in a unique and fun way, then you have to be suave. You have to be confident, but not cocky. You have to be funny, but not over the top. Most importantly, you have to learn how to read her signals, and then go for it: ask for her digits and ask her out on a date.

Here are some places to pick up women and some tips on how not to be creepy about it.

1. At Happy Hour

Happy Hour can be a great place to meet women. More importantly, it's a more appropriate setting and time of day to meet a woman at a bar whom you may want to ask out on a date. Happy Hours in every city are crawling with lots of young women. Bros, this is an excellent opportunity to meet many women at once, without coming across as creepy.

If you are also at Happy Hour with a group of your bros, and you spot a group of ladies near you with a similar amount of people, grab your/ their server, and buy them a round of whatever they've been ordering. It's classy and it's opening the conversation in a non-creepy way. If they're interested, then they will probably come by and say thank you or maybe buy your round of shots if they're cool chicks.

2. On Your Intramural Team

Joining an intramural sport is a great and easy way to meet new people, especially ladies. There are even leagues that are specific to “singles.”

However, if you aren't sure you want to take the dive into the singles pool, then join a team with a couple of your bros. If you sign up as an “indie” team, then other people who you don't know can join your team, aka other women. Intramural sports such as kickball, dodgeball, volleyball, and softball are a great and easy way to bond with females.

If you're flirting with a girl and she's looking “gross” in her work-out gear, she'll probably think you're more genuine. Also, in my experience with intramural sports, people mostly sign up for them to meet new people and go to the bar who sponsors your team after the game. Ladies are probably also signing up for these teams to meet dudes, so it's a win win. Everyone's down to party and maybe even have some sexy time after you win.

3. The Grocery Store

This is probably one of the harder places to attempt to pick up a lady without being creepy. If you want to try this, definitely try to stay away from weird puns involving melons, apples, bananas, or basically anything that can be used to describe male or female genitalia. Don't ask her if she has big melons, or likes her bananas firm. Keep those jokes to yourself and your bros. She will not be impressed, even if it's the best pun you've made in a while.

Any grocery store that has organic or healthy foods will be full of young women, such as Whole Foods and Trader Joes. The best time or place to pick up a gal in one of these stores is while you're waiting either in line to check-out or if you're both waiting for your freshly cut salmon or steak.

An easy way to start a conversation is to bring up a recipe for the fresh salmon or burger meat you just picked up. Ask her how she likes hers cooked, or if she likes cooking. It's not creepy and it shows that you like cooking (which is a major turn-on for women). If you two continue chatting past the line you're in, then ask for her number, or better yet, ask if you can cook for her some time. Maybe see who can cook a better burger? Everyone enjoys a little competition.

4. The Dog Park

If you have a dog, this is an excellent place to meet women. If you do not have a dog, don't be a weirdo and just watch women place with their dogs. They won't be impressed.

In a perfect world, your dogs will start playing with each other. Maybe your dog will start humping her dog, and you'll both have a laugh about it. You can even arrange for your dogs to have a playdate.

Again, that is in a perfect world. In reality, your dogs will probably sniff each other's butts while you two chat. If you hit it off, ask her out.

5. An Athletic Event

While athletic events are a great place to meet women, you have to pick and choose which sport and how important the game is. An ideal time to talk to ladies during an athletic event is during a baseball game, especially if you can sit in bleacher seats (such as Cubs or Giants games). Bleacher seats are very social, aka everyone just gets drunk and heckles the outfielders.

If you can meet a girl in the bleachers who is drinking and heckling, you may have found a winner. Chat her up about the team, and maybe start heckling together. In this scenario, you may end up hitting a homerun later. Catch my drift?

6. On Trivia Night

A popular weekly activity in most large cities is trivia at your favorite neighborhood bar. Trivia Nights are a great way to meet ladies in a bar setting (as well as Happy Hour) without being creepy. Trivia is fun and always entertaining.

If you go with a couple dudes and need more people on your team, try to recruit some girls at the bar to join in, or ask to combine teams. If you don't want to go that route, then strategically sit your team of bros next to a team of ladies (or a team of mostly ladies). Create a little rivalry and competition between your teams. Maybe talk some shit to them — be funny, not rude — or tell them whoever loses buys a round at the end. If the girls are interested, then they will totally partake in post-trivia shenanigans.

7. On Public Transportation

Public transportation is one of the hardest places to strike up a conversation with a girl, which is ironic because you could be sitting next to her for thirty minutes or basically be nose-to-nose on the bus or train during rush hour. There are different opportunities to chat up a girl while commuting or en route to your friend's place. For example, if you have the same commute to work every day with a hottie, then strike up a conversation while you wait for the train, bus, etc. I guarantee you she's probably just listening to Rihanna and checking Facebook and Instagram and probably hoping you'll start chatting her up.

Another good opportunity would be on a long train or bus ride when you really do not have much to do besides read, listen to music, or call your mom. You can strike up a friendly conversation as a way to pass the time, and if she seems interested, you can make your move and ask if she'd like to hang out.

However, since you are in such close quarters and there's no easy exit route, definitely be aware of your creep levels. If she seems disinterested, back off. You don't want to make her feel unsafe or uncomfortable.

8. On Trusted, Non-Skeezy Social Sites

Believe it or not, girls have a lot of the same issues about meeting new people as guys do! It's hard to put yourself out there in public. That's why thousands of us each day test the waters of dating sites. To us, it feels safer and we don't have as much fear of rejection. Now, finding the right site for your needs can be the tough part. That's why I suggest something like LinkupTonight.com ... a friendly, open-minded group of people with interests to fulfill the needs of even the most adventurous!

Men, what it comes down to when meeting a lady out is to be friendly, polite and confident. Confidence will boost your sex appeal tenfold — which will make her more likely to accept your date. The world is your dating oyster, so live it up and take advantage of every opportunity, and please, for the love of God, try not to be a creep.