Oh, you definitely don't want to hit on girls at a tech meetup, they can be uncomfortable enough for females as it is. What I meant is you make friends at meetu

Oh, you definitely don't want to hit on girls at a tech meetup, they can be uncomfortable enough for females as it is. What I meant is you make friends at meetups and those friends either evolve into a relationship, or introduce you to someone else who you become involved with. Also, tech meetups are probably different all around the world, but here in NZ they are not the right place to be hitting on people or even making friends really. I was thinking more along the lines of meetups which were non-tech related, like exercise meetups, meetups around films or literature, or around food and socialising.