{"id":228,"date":"2014-05-20T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mixingout.com\/blog\/?p=228"},"modified":"2014-05-20T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T09:00:36","slug":"meeting-new-people-fun-normal-nervous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/meeting-new-people-fun-normal-nervous\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting New People Is Fun \u2013 It\u2019s Normal To Be Nervous"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meeting new people can always feel a little intimidating at first, especially when you\u2019re by yourself in a large group, without your usual circle of friends around you. And even though we do it almost all the time, perhaps at a party or in a club, nerves can still sometimes get the better us. It happens to everybody, even us social types.<\/p>\n

But you know what? That\u2019s completely fine! Because every week, we see plenty of newbies attending their first events; most of them nervous about not knowing what to expect. But once they settle in, have a chat and drink, they soon loosen up and get into the swing of things. That\u2019s because all our members are welcoming, friendly folk who know how to enjoy themselves and love to meet new people.<\/p>\n

\"Nerves-quote\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s all because of our users and event organisers that MixingOut has been such a success at finding fun, interesting people more and more exciting things to do together. And it\u2019s because our members are so welcoming that everybody comes away from an event looking forward to the next one, and the next, and the one after that!\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I first signed up with MixingOut, I\u2019d arranged to go on a couple of get-togethers but I was so nervous, I backed out each time. Then one of my friends suggested she come along too. When we got there, I realised I had nothing to worry about. Everybody was so welcoming and friendly. We even left at separate times, I\u2019d gotten so immersed into the whole thing.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Lucy Taylor, Leeds<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cPutting yourself into a room with a whole new group of people you\u2019ve never met before can be a little daunting. Usually I go for a drink with friends from work, but quite often they\u2019re too busy with family to really stay out late. I was very nervous about my first MixingOut event, but everybody made a real effort and by the end I was totally relaxed and having a good time. The drinks didn\u2019t do any harm, either!\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

Cris Stringer, Woodhouse<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Meeting new people can always feel a little intimidating at first, especially when you\u2019re by yourself in a large group, without your usual circle of friends around you. And even though we do it almost all the time, perhaps at a party or in a club, nerves can still sometimes get the better us. It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[39,49,57,60,64],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-advice","tag-make-new-friends","tag-meet-new-people","tag-meeting-new-people","tag-meeting-people-nerves","tag-nervousness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixingout.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}