Our parents warned us about talking to strangers, but by age 30, you can tell the difference between the good and the weird ones. If at 30 you still can’t tell the weird from the not-so-weird; the not-so-weird from the good ones, then something weird is really going on with you… except of course if you are just re-entering the dating field after many years of absence - then your excuse is valid!

Many of us think that going up to a complete stranger and risk rejection takes guts, I think what it takes is the right mindset and a little strategy - besides what have you got to lose? At least you won t spend the next

six weeks dreaming about a total stranger. .

Below you’ll find some unusual haunts, places you may have never thought of as fertile breeding ground - remember all it takes is the right mindset and a little strategy…

Friend-of-a friend

This is how most people meet the love of their lives. This is not just a casual thing on the phone, asking your friend if he or she knows anyone. You must do your homework. Okay, may be he or she will figure out that this is not a chance meeting, but so what? If they are not flattered, they are not interested and it works out just as well for you.

Personal Growth Seminars

I am talking

about those with plenty of yy and yz-chromosome-interaction. These are really great places to meet compatible people while educating yourself. Don t leave before the happy hour after the event, this is when people are more open and eager to exercise their minds. Do more listening than talking.

Adult Classes

Night courses, especially are great. For some reason people are friendlier at night and after three hours of someone talking down to them, they’re charmed to find someone who wants to hear what they have to say - and that someone is you. But make sure you take those classes that interest you so that even if you do not meet anyone interesting at least you learned

something that will help your life or career.

Pet Love

Walk your dog, cat, bird, snake or whatever, but don t take Fido, Cruise or Paris for just any walk bring him or her to the local park or in a busy apartment complex. Look around, make eye contact, smile, start a conversation about dogs, cats etc. that should be easy…

Christening Parties

These places have tons of personality since most people are forced to spend at least a few hours in one place out of sheer politeness. Find an excuse to do something near your target change a CD, grab some hors d oeuvres or enlist the host/hostess help and just go and stand over

there. The idea is to catch their eye and smile. If she/he seems friendly close the gap and introduce yourself.

Home Depots and hardware Stores

These chains offer enough hunting potential opportunities to warrant a category of their own. There is an abundance of available men and women (believe it or not!) roaming the aisles for tools, fixtures, wood and dates. These days everybody is impressed by a man or woman who can fix their own faucet - I think it’s the thought of muscles that look like machines.

The Office

Not surprising that two-thirds of people meet their partners through work. The great thing about office hook ups is that there are a million ways to chat them

up, just make sure they are not married to the boss - or high strung - otherwise you’ll find yourself staring one huge sexual harassment suit in the face.

The Supermarket

Those new wide aisles aren t for easy cart access alone, they re for flirting in. Besides you can tell a lot about somebody by what s in their shopping cart. Disposable diapers and cartons of Cool-Aid says married with children . Chocolate cookies and ready made dinner is definitely single. Just one word of warning some couples split while shopping. Best time to catch the single ones is late like ten or eleven in the night, you ll spot them easily they look single!

The

Laundry Mart

A terrific place to check out their underwear without having to take it off them. Pick one just around the coffee shop to satisfy your caffeine cravings; and while your clothes are whooshing and swishing in the dyers you are trying to ignite a fire of your own.

Dinner - and a Date

Find some places where people eat out alone or join one of those clubs that sets up dinner parties of four single men and four single women who share similar backgrounds and interests. If love doesn t bloom, at least you ll have had a great meal and good conversation it s just like a date but with nobody in particular!.

While this

article is about the new and unusual haunts for meeting single men and woman, never forget that your dating success rests largely on yourself. This means that you ve done the work necessary to have a stable, balanced lifestyle, have a strong sense of self-esteem and confidence, have put closure to unfinished business from the past, and have a clear vision of who you are, what you want, and what you stand for (both as an individual and for a life partner and relationship). This is your foundation for your negotiable and non-negotiable needs as you date.

Einstein said that there are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing were a miracle. The other is as

if everything were a miracle.

Happy Hunting!!

About the Author: Combining modern and ancient wisdom, internationally renowned Sexual Confidence and Dating Coach, Christine Akiteng has helped hundreds rediscover their many untapped and unique deep-down NATURAL and PRIMAL characteristics that make them incredibly attractive, desired and valued by the opposite sex. Her sassy, spunky and unique advice on captivating the opposite sex and creating a fulfilling sexual life combines self-awareness, a dynamic, free and spontaneous expression of the authentic self, mystery, spirituality and pure raw sensuality.

Christine’s website: http://www.torontosnumber1datedoctor.com