

Meeting through friends and social groups like sports, clubs, church, whatever, is much better than cold approaches, IMO. I can see a dude display they have social skills and we both have something more than “he/she is pretty” to go on.
Don’t have friends and hobbies? Tackle that before worrying about dating. Romantic relationships are like friendships but on expert mode.
Counter-question, how can I make it clear I DO NOT want to be cold-approached by ANYONE while at the beach? Headphones, sunglasses, and my face in a book has not worked.
Last finished was Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey. It’s a haunted house story with a twist. I would recommend to people who like horror.
Currently reading a first aid manual, On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder, and The Woman in Black by Susan Hill. The first aid manual is handy, but reading it doesn’t do much good without training and experience. OT is short and good, very on the nose for this Trump term. Woman in Black is another horror book; from 1983 and proving “elevated horror” isn’t a new thing.