Reply To: Going out on your own at the weekends for over 40, any advice?

[Eric Disco]

Hey Man,

I have a few recommendations. I hate to go to loud, raucous places. I refuse to yell over loud music to speak with a woman. Me and my friends, who are also 40 and over, like to go to bars and lounges earlier in the evening. Anywhere from 6-10 PM on weekends and weeknights. When you go earlier, there’s less people to fight with. You tend to get an older crowd. And of course it is less noisy.

You’ll have to experiment with the correct times and days to get the optimum density of people at any location. In the summer, for example, there are more people out earlier on.

I also did a write-up, using the six-step method in bars:

http://approachanxiety.com/using-the-six-step-method-in-bars/

Eric