The long walk towards spinsterhood.

I am taking that long walk. I sometimes think that I must have missed the lesson on "how to meet nice boys"... maybe it's because I used to be large and I didn't want people to see me so I just stayed out of sight. It seems that I spent most of my "dating years" hiding out and now it's too late. Okay, I know that's not true - but how does someone go about meeting people without spending a butt-load of money on dating services and matchmakers?