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Non-drinkers and Teetotals

  • 25-02-2013 7:41pm
    #1
    ithiliendude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭


    I have a question:

    I've been a teetotal my entire life, and I find it very difficult to meet new people my age (early 20s) outside of the context of pubs and drinking. I have no interest in pubs, clubs or house parties where everyone is pisht, and seeing as I've finished my full-time education days I find it almost impossible to meet new people.

    Where can I find people my age outside of pubs, clubs, and college/university, in Limerick? =.


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  • #2
    SoCo2009
    Registered Users Posts: 289 ✭✭SoCo2009


    Sports can be great for meeting new people! I often see a 6-a-side soccer thread on this forum looking for players. Tag rugby is also a good one.

    Any hobby that you may have, should be able to lead you to meet loads of like-minded people :)


  • #3
    ithiliendude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭ithiliendude


    Those sound like good ideas, but I don't necessarily have the finances to join clubs or societies. Every time I've decided to join a club to meet new folk there's been some ghastly membership fee or pay-per-session fee that I can't afford. And yes, even sacrificing a tenner a week on a club is way too much money... thank unemployment =P


  • #4
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Check out volunteering. It should be free, unless you need equipment or clothing, depends on what you can or want to do.


  • #5
    Kess73
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,560 ✭✭✭✭Kess73


    Beer Baron wrote: »
    Check out volunteering. It should be free, unless you need equipment or clothing, depends on what you can or want to do.


    Great suggestion. Limerick Animal Welfare are always looking for volunteers to help out with anything from dog walking to helping around the sanctuary.

    Some of the musical and theatre groups often look for volunteers also and there would be no cost.


  • #6
    ithiliendude
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭ithiliendude


    Beer Baron wrote: »
    Check out volunteering. It should be free, unless you need equipment or clothing, depends on what you can or want to do.

    I volunteer in about 4 different projects already, and everyone else involved in the volunteer projects are either a) my subjects who are non-human or children/teenagers, or b) fellow volunteers who are at least twice my age.

    Theatre groups sounds like a good idea... although, I know a lot of people who already do theatre and I don't necessarily get along with a few of them. Limerick is a tiny, tiny city and everyone knows everyone =P


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