http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/meetups Questions tagged with 'meetups' at Ask MetaFilter. Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:22:57 -0800 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:22:57 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://ask.metafilter.com/24212/a%2Dyear%2Din%2DNYC%2Dand%2DI%2Dstill%2Ddont%2Dknow%2Danyone I've been living in New York City for about a year and I still don't have any friends. Okay, I have a few, but they're all people I knew before I moved here, and I can't rely solely on them to provide me with a social life. I've taken classes and attended a few internet mixers (ie. The Lunch Club) but the people I met were never really "took." Somebody out there has to have moved to a new city without knowing anyone. What did you do? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2005:site.24212 Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:22:57 -0800 Friends meetups NewYorkCity Pukadon http://ask.metafilter.com/11116/Saying%2DNo What do you say or do when someone out of the Blue - generally a fellow user who rarely comments and so is quite new to you - suddenly e-mails for the first time saying he or she will be in town, is interested in something you could help with and would like to have a drink with you? <br> <br> It's clearly a friendly invitation but how do you politely decline, without having to lie and/or appearing to be a stuffed shirt? tag:ask.metafilter.com,2004:site.11116 Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:35:50 -0800 drinking etiquette extroversion forwardness manners meetups n00bs netiquette newbies politeness rudeness socialrelations MiguelCardoso