What if I'm a First TAMMER, but I'm attending with my wife? Is this for me?
Sure. You're attending TAM for the first time and if your wife is as well, it might be nice to meet others who are there as well. If you wife has gone before, well then you have options!
What if I've been to every TAM (even the fractional one!), but I'm not "romantically involved"? Is this for me?
Sure, it could be a great opportunity to meet other like minded singles! I mean, there are 1700 people at TAM, so you can imagine how hard that would be to work your way though that many people if you were keeping your eye out for that special someone.
What if I'm married, and have been to TAMs before, but I'm the only one here from my city, so I'm "attending without anyone else". Is this for me?
Awesome! If you don't have anyone to hang out with, or perhaps you're not comfortable walking into or imposing on other groups, then this group would love to have you there. Since other people are attending alone as well, who knows you may just find someone cool to hang out with!
If you focused on just one of those groups, it would be better. At least then I'd know if I might accidentally spend my time talking to a someone who's married, but attending their first TAM, when I'm looking to meet someone for a potential romantic relationship, or any of a dozen other such potential cock-ups.
Well that does sound like a crazy episode of Threes Company, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out. I'm sure you're not so shallow of a person that you wouldn't just enjoy meeting new people right?
I'm not sure why you would feel that meeting someone new was an accident. If your single most goal is to "hook up" at TAM, well, then while my little event may have made your odds a little better than randomly hitting on everyone, I'm not sure I can do much for you. It's kinda in your hands to approach new people with the intention of meeting new people...if one of 'em turns out to be single....and you guys hit it off......sqeeeee!!!!
They started because someone said "I'd like to play poker with a bunch of TAMsters. Anyone else up for it?"
Great! I would like to meet single girls, as well as meet people who are there alone with the possibility of meeting a new friend, or perhaps more....anyone else feel the same?
In fact, I would like to do something fun as well, anyone in the same situation as I am that would be interested in doing something fun?
Your problem is that you haven't really said anything about what you want to do at TAM. All you've done is dismiss all the other events as somehow being inadequate. Don't go complaining that others are critiquing your ideas when you've dismissed everyone else's ideas already.
No...sadly my problem is I have said what I 'want' about a billion different way and invited others who may feel the same to join me. No, I haven't just dismissed other events as being inadequate. In fact, I have mentioned many times that those events are perfectly awesome for those who have an interest in them.
The problem, is that a small group of people seem to feel the need to find problems instead of solutions. The problem is I have people who aren't offering anything other than, "What's wrong with the other events....oh ,well I don't accept that answer and you're being weird for thinking that."
The problem is that I am growing increasingly pissy towards those that aren't offering anything but criticism.
So let me put it this way. So far, there are seven people confirmed on the Facebook page. I am perfectly happy with that because I am going into this with a positive attitude that I might meet some awesome people and have the chance to hang out with them at TAM. I'm going into it with the attitude that maybe, just maybe one of those people might be someone I "click" with, and it turns into something more.
If that's not good enough for you, then by all means go to your poker games and your smokey pubs.
I don't know what to tell you beyond that.
