On February 22, 2004, I decided that I wouldn’t spend any more weekends alone. 

That January, I bought a condo an hour away from where my life was.  I grew up further north, went to school further south, and now found myself in an area where I knew no one.  My job was in an incredibly small office where I was the only one under 40 and single.  I remember spending evenings googling around for a group to join, but anything I found was for…