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It turns out that I may have finally made a new friend that isn't part of work or the gay bars. Well, that's not entirely true, but let me explain. At this school, which is a state institution, our campus police are actually state police - guns and all. Each residence hall has one officer that is assigned to it, on a voluntary basis, to be the point person for that hall in police matters. My officer, who is a year older than me, approached me when I first moved here, but I wasn't quite ready to know what to do with him. He recently came back around and we scheduled a meeting. He came by, and we had a good chat, but about how he wanted to be involved, as well as where we come from and what we're about. Turns out we both love fishing, so we have plans to hit the lake on his boat when the weather gets more cooperative.
He came to my staff meeting tonight and stayed the whole time, which was pretty great. My staff really responded well to that, and brainstormed a bunch of ways he could be involved in the hall and the community. Since he's not part of the res life staff, nor part of the gay bar scene (as he is straight), I feel like he's the kind of friend I've been looking for. Someone, for the most part, unrelated.
In that same vein, I joined a meetup.com group here in New Haven for recent college grads who have moved to CT for work. They had their first meeting since I joined on Sunday morning. It was a classic movie and mimosas at a local theater. I resisted the urge to drag a friend along because I felt like the whole point was to put yourself out there and to mingle. The first two people I met were a couple, which was awkward, even though they were pretty nice. The second two people....were a couple. So then I was a fifth wheel on a double date. One more straight guy showed up, so i wasn't the ONLY person there alone, but yeah. Like I said, everyone was nice, but they were also all 22-23, and I felt the age difference a few times. We saw the movie then hit a local bar for lunch. I'd do it again, but I'd not feel bad about bringing a friend this time around.
He came to my staff meeting tonight and stayed the whole time, which was pretty great. My staff really responded well to that, and brainstormed a bunch of ways he could be involved in the hall and the community. Since he's not part of the res life staff, nor part of the gay bar scene (as he is straight), I feel like he's the kind of friend I've been looking for. Someone, for the most part, unrelated.
In that same vein, I joined a meetup.com group here in New Haven for recent college grads who have moved to CT for work. They had their first meeting since I joined on Sunday morning. It was a classic movie and mimosas at a local theater. I resisted the urge to drag a friend along because I felt like the whole point was to put yourself out there and to mingle. The first two people I met were a couple, which was awkward, even though they were pretty nice. The second two people....were a couple. So then I was a fifth wheel on a double date. One more straight guy showed up, so i wasn't the ONLY person there alone, but yeah. Like I said, everyone was nice, but they were also all 22-23, and I felt the age difference a few times. We saw the movie then hit a local bar for lunch. I'd do it again, but I'd not feel bad about bringing a friend this time around.