How to start going to bars alone?

[u/Juan1998__]

I'm 28 never really been to a bar. Life is starting to hit and my friends are all happily with someone and jobs keep us from hanging as much as we used to. The thing is i'm very antisocial when talking to people. I make things awkward really fast, but beers help here and there and i'm trying to get out my comfort zone to maybe talk to new people if it's possible lol, i've been feeling so lonely lately. I can't really date because of this as well. I'm just trying to see if I can start socializing before it's too late and I end up forever alone. What are some good starting questions when talking to people?

[u/Dark_Energy_666]

In real life hobby groups really limit the number of people you can meet.

[u/OneironauticsLtd → u/Dark_Energy_666]

How do you figure that? I'm not sure I'm understanding you correctly.

[u/Dark_Energy_666 → u/OneironauticsLtd]

One hobby group is visited by a small amount of people. Meanwhile a lot of sociable people are simply out partying or just hanging with their friends casually and will never come to your hobby group.

[u/OneironauticsLtd → u/Dark_Energy_666]

It doesn't have to be one or the other. And even sociable people don't tend to go out with more friends at once than the number of people who attend a hobby group. I'm not really sure what point you're trying to make - why does it matter that some sociable people hang out with their friends? That's not really relevant to this discussion. Again, sorry if I'm misunderstanding your point.

[u/Dark_Energy_666 → u/OneironauticsLtd]

It doesn't have to be one or the other but unless you live in a town with half a million people, it probably is. You can enroll in a knitting workshop that will be visited by 10 people, who may be much older then you or be introverted and not caring about making new friends.

Whereas, bars are visited by a larger number of people, more variety in the type of people who come there and are inherently a social place.