Making new friends part 1

As you know I recently moved to Texas and I have been here for several months now and I am trying to find a new great group of friends. I miss my friends in St. Louis, I am so glad that with the internet and cell phones I am able to keep in touch with my friends and I am able to talk to them all the time. However great that is, I do really want some great friends here in the DFW metroplex.  I figured I would share with you the different tools that I am using to make friends and the few amazing mistakes that I have made along the way... already.

One of the girls from work mentioned that I should think about trying Events and Adventures. So as young girl I hopped on the internet and tried to figure out what this was all about. Their website is very odd, there is almost no information and then you have to call this 1-800 number and get info. Once you call you schedule an appointment... At the point I make the appointment and I am somewhat skeptical about what this is going to happen.

I take off early to go to the appointment, which is aggravating but making new friends is hard. So I walk into this meeting and there are some strange people in the waiting room and the woman at the desk hands me a pile of forms to fill out. One of them is clearly a personality thing. I tried to be honest but at this point I am willing to try anything. I fill out the form and then meet with this super not awesome guy. I am pretty sure that I was going to be his first sale.

As I listen to him, he talks about how awesome it is going to be and I ask politely about the cost and he moves on. Then he keeps telling me how this is going to be the best thing I have ever done for myself. At some point he brings in several other people to evaluate me, I am still a little ticked about not knowing the cost of this adventure...

Finally a gentleman, I shall call the closer come in. This guy is from Houston and still wants me to join this club and he thinks I will maybe be a fit. In the midsts of all of this I somewhat testily ask about the cost. He finally tells me that I can pay lots of money and find friends. I try and say I need to think about it, but apparently you must choose on the spot. I waffle for a while and if you know me at all you know that if you push hard enough I will cave.

But I think the best part of this, is when the closer tells me that I am too shy to make friends in Dallas and that if I don't join I will be lonely and alone forever. Keep in mind that this is not a dating service but if you are married you get kicked out (and yes you still have to pay the dues every month until this runs out). So I eventually sign the paper for 100 a month and I can cancel after 6 months if I don't love it.

One of the last things I had to do was write down why I was joining this club and I almost wrote down that I was conned into this but that is rude. So I promptly hand over my credit card and say OK sign me up. As I walk outside the building I realized three things:
1- I am going to pay 100 month for friends
2- I didn't even like these people
3- I bought the lie that I was so shy that I would never ever have friends, so now I am paying 100 for friends that I won't even like?!?!

As I start the long drive back to my place I realize that I don't want to join this club and I cannot believe that I fell for this. I immediately realize that I am going to have to get out of this ASAP, good thing I read the contract and know how to get out of this... come back tomorrow to find out how that worked for me.