u/Much_Ad5207

I'm 36M, divorced, sold my company 2 years ago and have been focusing on kids for the past 2 years which has been great.
I was focused on cars as my hobby and work for past 15 years, all my friends shared the same interests, but after selling my company there is a void.
i don't share the same interests with my old friends anymore and i haven't formed a new circle yet.

I have spoken to many people about it and i see how everyone suggest to join a group or find a new hobby, which is valid, but i don't care about a hobby, i have kids, my days are pretty busy and i would just want to be around people without sweating in a gym. (I do go to the gym, but to train, not question everyone about their intentions about new friends)
About gym my friend told me that he went there to train and sit in the sauna for 2 months until he was able to get "close" enough that some guys would open up for a conversation.

So as an entrepreneur i looked at the "system" and i started to organize dinner events for people like myself, so we could meet and i see us everywhere, i see the posts here, i see the statistics that people are lonely, yet i am facing an interesting block from the same people.

I organize those dinners for 6 people, they all fill some questions so their interests would fit and there are like 50 people already signed up in a week, but most of them are just on idle and seeing the screams for help even here on Reddit there should be thousands of us.

I mean i have met some cool people through this, but i don't understand why most people ignore this option. Is going to a pottery class for months a better option to see if anyone wants to have a conversation deeper than work or daily operations.

What do you think it is?

And if you find the dinner idea something you'd do then comment or DM me, i would love to have as many people coming to the events as possible

I'm 36M, divorced, sold my company 2 years ago and have been focusing on kids for the past 2 years which has been great.
I was focused on cars as my hobby and work for past 15 years, all my friends shared the same interests, but after selling my company there is a void.
i don't share the same interests with my old friends anymore and i haven't formed a new circle yet.

I have spoken to many people about it and i see how everyone suggest to join a group or find a new hobby, which is valid, but i don't care about a hobby, i have kids, my days are pretty busy and i would just want to be around people without sweating in a gym. (I do go to the gym, but to train, not question everyone about their intentions about new friends)
About gym my friend told me that he went there to train and sit in the sauna for 2 months until he was able to get "close" enough that some guys would open up for a conversation.

So as an entrepreneur i looked at the "system" and i started to organize dinner events for people like myself, so we could meet and i see us everywhere, i see the posts here, i see the statistics that people are lonely, yet i am facing an interesting block from the same people.

I organize those dinners for 6 people, they all fill some questions so their interests would fit and there are like 50 people already signed up in a week, but most of them are just on idle and seeing the screams for help even here on Reddit there should be thousands of us.

I mean i have met some cool people through this, but i don't understand why most people ignore this option. Is going to a pottery class for months a better option to see if anyone wants to have a conversation deeper than work or daily operations.

What do you think it is?

And if you find the dinner idea something you'd do then comment or DM me, i would love to have as many people coming to the events as possible. The more the merrier as they say.