Singles Events

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9/14/02

 

As a long time single person (I'm 47) I see no

discrimination in having a target age group and

actually think it is a good idea. And that is because

frequently I have gone to a singles event where

everyone is much older or much younger and I feel out

of place and won't go back. I would have liked to

have know what the general age group was. But

obviously I wouldn't care if some were in a different

age group.

 

I think that a good solution is to have a target age

group as this one has but everyone outside that age

group is still welcome but that way everyone knows

what the general age group is. Otherwise singles

groups often tend to become lopsided either on the

younger side or the older side and this is a way to

prevent that without any discrimination intended.

 

Ron

 

Ron

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> 1. Veggie Singles - the Saga Continues

> " veggie_singles "

> <veggie_singles

> 2. Re: Age discrimination and the singles

> veg*an.

> " DAVID GOGGIN " <dg2222

> 3. Veg*n Singles

> abbi coursolle <aiping22

> 4. New to the list

> " partycurlsjsu "

> <partycurlsjsu

> 5. Age question 2 cents

> JB <joshetude

> 6. is there a Food Court at the Bay Area veg

> Fair 03??

> " raosam2001 " <raosam2001

> 7. Vegetarianism vs. Mindful Meat Eating (web

> article)

> " ethicalveg " <ethicalveg

> 8. Veggie Singles - the Saga Continues - Part

> 2

> " veggie_singles "

> <veggie_singles

> 9. Singles Socials

> loretta chardin

> <lchardin

> 10. Bay Area Veg Fair Food Court

> Colleen Holland

> <colleen

> 11.

> " DeniseC " <dcmeta

> 12. Vegan Cookie Recipes link

> " DeniseC " <dcmeta

> 13. THANKSGIVING: Vegan Potluck,Raw-Friendly

> Jordan Rothstein

> <restmind

> 14. East Bay Living Foods NOVEMBER Potluck

> Jordan Rothstein

> <restmind

> 15. yummy vegan tamales at Berkeley Farmer's

> Market

> " Jessica "

> <veganbutterfly

> 16. Howard in LA area in Dec 02

> sunny outdoors

> <sunny_outdoors

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> Message: 1

> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 16:44:36 -0000

> " veggie_singles " <veggie_singles

> Veggie Singles - the Saga Continues

>

> Hello one and all,

>

> WOW, what a comotion... So, here we go - my

> response: My email said

> 20s-30s with flexibility, and that's what I meant.

> My guess is that a

> 17 year old and a 75 year old are LESS likely

> (though I admit it's

> not impossible) to find something in common than are

> a 36 and a 27

> year old - based on my short life experience only.

> In all singles

> events, veggie or not, it is common to define an age

> group, to

> maximize likelihood of connections. Just aiming for

> the center of he

> bell curve - but yes - of course the bell curve also

> has tails on

> both ends. Finally note - EVERYONE who wrote back

> was added to the

> mailing list, and so far the age range is from 21 to

> 47. The idea

> was, and is, to see who's interested, and go from

> there.

>

> Bottom line - all those who are interested in the

> basic idea - WRITE!

> When the first event (hopefully first week of Dec)

> will be annouced,

> so will the demographics of the group. People can

> make their own

> decisions then.

>

> As for me - I am happy to provide you with the same

> info I asked all

> of you to provide: I am female, 30, hetero,

> researcher. AND, will

> meet with Mat this week probably, so not so

> anonymous (are we still

> on Mat?)

>

> Finally, and MOST important. The main problem the

> list has right now

> is not age, but, (and I was VERY surprised by this)

> - a huge

> male/female bias in favor of males!!!! about 3-4

> males for every

> female! And I always thought there were more female

> vegetarians....?

> Or does the ratio change when only singles are

> counted? Maybe females

> are just more burnt up from the " scene " ? I don't

> know, but guys, call

> your veggie female friends, tell them about this,

> and promise them

> there will be nothing further from a (veggie) meat

> market :-)

>

> Hope to hear from you soon...

>

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> Tue, 12 Nov 2002 09:07:10 -0800

> " DAVID GOGGIN " <dg2222

> Re: Age discrimination and the singles

> veg*an.

>

> To aggregate various replies on the topic.

>

> >I think the single thing is a really good idea for

> those that enjoy that

> >kind of thing. I'm a bit offended that you would

> put an age limit on it.

> >Yes, you guessed it, I'm over 40. I've been left

> out of your age range.

>

> Hi Syndee,

>

> My cooking consortia are open to anyone regardless

> of age. It was someone else who was eager to target

> the 30something crowd. I'm 31, but believe me even

> Dixie would be welcome to join our group as far as I

> am concerned.

>

> >P.S. Just so you know, even over 40 year olds can

> be a hell of a lot of

> >fun!

>

> I know; a few years ago I had a girlfriend who was

> 43 -- best companion one could ever hope for. We

> both marveled at the age difference and how little

> it seemed to matter.

>

> >In fact, in my

> >experience most people are uncomfortable even five

> years outside their own

> >age.

>

> This is probably more a matter of misguided social

> conditioning than a real truth of the universe.

>

> >Wouldn't it be a good idea to simply have an event

> that was not age specific

> >and then the 20 year olds who like other 20 year

> olds could meet and the 20

> >year olds who liked 40 year olds could meet and the

> 40 year olds who like the

> >30 year olds could meet and so on.

>

> YES.

>

> >So who replied to Mat and said they'd help? I did!

> I think

> >having a SFBAVeg singles party would be fun!

>

> Me too, I'll help at least a tiny bit.

>

> DG

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