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"I did it, Readers! I went to a meetup! The group was relatively small - there were seven of us - and they were all very nice. There were four women besides me, and two guys (neither of whom was more than casually friendly and that&amp;#039;s fine because they didn&amp;#039;t spark for me, either). And every single one of them was in their early to mid-thirties. Sheesh. I had a good ten years on them. Not that it mattered for what we were doing, but I was acutely aware of it. I did feel pretty good when one of the girls asked me if I graduated with her - she had no idea I was older than her. And once I told them I went to high school in the Southwest and not around here, we had some interesting conversation. It was obvious they all did these things a lot, and it&amp;#039;s a very active group. They invited me for karaoke next month and I gave a tenative yes. Only because I can really, really sing and I love to really, really sing. At first, I felt awkward, and out of place and trying too hard. But I stuck it through, and by the end of the event, I felt a lot better about everything. And about me. Like the old saying goes: Fake it till ya make it! I did and I&amp;#039;m going to keep on doing just that. Unless, of course, I chicken out. Which is highly likely. *sigh* How weird was your first single &amp;quot;event&amp;quot;? Did you feel out of place? Or were you ready to kick off your heels and just have fun? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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