Jacqui C has hit the nail on the head - it's a real dilemma. I'm sure I wasn't the only one to read the title to this thread and think to myself "Yes, I'd like that", then discover that I could be a possible person for Ms. Lemon's friend to meet....and then get the total jitters about doing anything about it.

Although the world of sessions, festivals, dancing is a very sociable world, with a lot of fun, joy and laughter in it, I get the feeling that there may be a lot of us out there who have been more than once bitten and are more than twice shy when it comes to the possibility of developing a relationship. This then leaves the false impression that there's no-one around in our regular social gatherings who may be interested !

I still think that meeting someone by getting to know them naturally, socially, is the best way, though. Once you start arranging things, all kinds of (false) expectations and hopes come looming over the horizon and they are very hard to shoo away.

Perhaps we could all decide on this thread on some kind of secret masonic-type signal we can use at sessions and festivals ???? Post your suggestions here, fellow Shy-Catters ;)

I wish I wasn't, but, to paraphrase the old song: "I'm shy, Ms. Lemon, I'm shy !"