How to Meet European Singles

With the proliferation of dating websites and the global reach of the growing Internet, a 22-year-old footballer in South Africa can search for single Hispanic ladies in the American Southwest. However, he might encounter problems after that. Intercontinental dates are very expensive, especially when you think about airfare and lodgings. Fortunately, there's a more efficient way to meet specific kinds of people, even right where you live. Americans can easily search for and find European singles, for example, without leaving home.

Instructions

1. Divide your search into two parts: offline and online. Working an offline search for European singles would involve deciding just how many kinds of Europeans you want to look for, so you can make a list of them.

2. Compile your list of the types of Europeans you hope to meet. You could have French, Spanish, Italian, German and English on your list, for example, and let the rest (Portuguese, Austrian, Belgian) fall under the catchall term "Europeans" in your subsequent searches.

3. Continue your offline search by consulting local colleges and universities, community centers and other sources for information on interest groups related to Europe, Europeans and certain languages.

4. Talk with friends, family members, coworkers, acquaintances and professional contacts, and ask whether they know where Europeans congregate in your area. Some parts of many American cities are identified with certain nationalities and ethnic groups, so discover where these cultural "pockets" are in your area, and go there to meet people.

5. Move into the online portion of your search, and start your search for "European singles" at a focused site like EastWestMatch.com (see Resources below). If you have defined meeting European singles as meeting French and Italian singles, start focusing your searches that way.

6. Check the major online-dating websites, as some of the larger ones have affiliate sites or special-interest areas that are focused on specific nationalities, languages or cultural groups. Make a simple chart or list of what is offered at the various websites, so that you can count up pros and cons and make the decision a bit easier.

7. Select a single paid-dating service to join by checking your charts and considering where the best offers are for finding the types of European singles you are seeking. Sign up with that service.

Tips & Warnings

• Focus your search on the particular kinds of Europeans that intrigue you. On the Internet, this means specifying countries by name rather than using the catchall term "Europeans."

Resources

• EastWestMatch.com for every kind of European single