I can't think of a single activity that gets me out the door other than to swap books at the library. Not really good venues for meeting people my age around here.
Everyone my age either has three kids or goes to OSU. OSU kids only go to OSU venues and bars.
(I have a serious aversion to bars. Bad experiences.)
Thanks for the advice though.
While I don't know Columbus, I do know its type. My suggestion for you is to move to a more cosmopolitan city where you'll find plenty of single, interesting professionals and artistic types. In my opinion, it's worth the increased cost of living.
If you aren't willing to do that, your next best option if you're college age is to take a class or join a group at OSU.
I seriously doubt this. Even if only 5% of OSU avoids bars like the plague, that's thousands and thousands of people.
Get ye to the Short North and find some coffeehouses. I know for a fact that these exist.
There are also other universities near Columbus than OSU, hard as it is to believe.
whats the difference in this and you taking a martial arts (example used elsewhere) class together with a group of regular people? not too much. you just interact less in a coffeehouse.
if you're student aged and intend to be a student again, why not try and do student-ish things? can you join the OSU student gym instead of going to the Y? could you try and join some student organizations despite not being a student? are you interested in something in particular that you can go participate in (martial arts, soccer, a foreign language, whatever)?
I'm horrible at sports even though I used to play them. Like, conspicuously so.
Where do you meet people regarding a foreign language? O_O
i also like the idea pius said -- move into an area with more students and get to know your neighbors.
you're going to have at least some problems with a relationship until you get yourself a healthy, regular social life. i'm not saying that you don't, its a general statement.
I'll do my best.
your best is all anyone can ask. just make sure you really are doing your best, or you're just self-sabotaging. no one here on HN benefits if you succeed or fail.