Author: Mixing Out
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Since Jurassic Park – What I’ve Learned About Friendships
Let me take you back to the Summer of 1993. Like most of the kids my age, I was bat-shit crazy for anything about dinosaurs and seeing Jurassic Park for the first time was the cultural equivalent of a spiritual awakening. I went into that cinema a young, impressional boy, but I came out a…
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Your Summer Perfectly Summed Up in 4 Massive Fails
Did you ever see that Seinfeld episode The Summer of George? We didn’t think so, seeing as you most probably watched Friends in the 90’s. But for the handful of you who DID see it, you’ll know exactly what we mean when we say every summer can be perfectly summed up by all things you…
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Monday Not-so-Funday: 7 Thoughts You Have at the Start of Every Week
So it’s another Monday, probably the least appealing day of the week. Sure, it doesn’t have all the drudgery of a Wednesday, and Thursdays are practically useless, but it’s still got to be everybody’s most hated all of weekdays. Unless it’s a Bank Holiday, then it rules. Here are 7 thoughts we all have every…
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And The Results Are In: Who Did Your Friends Vote For?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock the past few months, or rather hiding under one to avoid the relentless coverage and annoying memes, you will undoubtably know there was an election earlier this week. Yesterday, in fact. And the results are pouring in as I’m writing this post. But who did your friends vote…
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6 Signs You Need to Go Out and Start Having Fun
It’s nice to get some downtime now and again, but when things start to go awry you know it’s time to get up off the sofa and have some fun outside. In case you can’t tell the difference between a day off and a write-off, here’s 6 signs to look out for: You’re surfing channels…
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Pub Garden Etiquette: Because it’s Getting Near That Time Already!
We love a good pub here at MixingOut, and with the weather beginning to turn and a hint of clarion in the air – okay, maybe we’re jumping the gun there – we’re already picturing ourselves sat outside, cold drink in hand, meeting people and having a good time. That’s right, we’re talking about beer…
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2015 Oscar Winners We Want to Hang Out With
If only to brag about attending a red carpet event, we’d love to make friends with some of this year’s Oscar winners. We can just picture it now; invites to A-list parties, rubbing shoulders with the Hollywood elite, and then onto some trendy LA club where the overpriced drinks menu is carved out of ice…
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Awesome Video Games You Can Do For Real With Your Friends
Everybody loves video games. That’s a proven fact conducted by scientists and monkeys. But unless you count getting thrashed by a 12-year-old Ugandan on Call Of Duty at two in the AM, it’s not the most social of activities. Not anymore! We’ve put our heads together and come up with 3 awesome ways to enjoy…
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How to organise the perfect Mixing Out event…
Have you attended a few Mixing Out events and now find yourself thinking ‘I could do that, I could host the most amazing event’? Well, if you haven’t noticed from the prompts around the site already, YOU CAN!! You could be the host/hostess with the most/mostess. Your event should very much represent you and your…
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2015 Will be the Biggest Year for Meeting People – Find Out Why!
The New Years resolutions have been made and by now the majority of you have most likely failed to see them through. The healthy eating will have gone out of the window, along with the money-saving schemes, and the excessive running schedule. However, we have some great news for those of you who vouched to…
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2014 Roundup – What a Year it’s Been!
So Christmas draws near and 2014 is nearly at a close. And what a year 2014 has been! Since launching in Leeds back in January, we’ve had even more members sign up with MixingOut, putting on more events than ever. It’s been a busy 2014 and we wanted to give you a roundup of our…
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Top Christmas Gifts For Your New Friends
Every year it’s the same dilemma: what to buy your new friends for Christmas. If you’ve known your mates a while, it can be easy. But if you’ve only just met then there’s a fine balance between getting your gift idea spot-on and disastrously falling short of the mark. Luckily we’ve already scoured the internet…
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New Year, New City: MixingOut is coming to Nottingham
You don’t need us to remind you that Christmas is well and truly underway, which can only mean one thing… New Year is right around the corner. That’s right, 2015 is on it’s way and marks a new horizon of exciting things to come for everybody here at MixingOut. Yep, it’s all about getting out…
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Another Busy Month of Meeting People Done – What We Got Up To
It’s been another busy month for MixingOut and now that October is finally over, we thought it would be really cool to take a look back at a couple of our favourite events. This time we’re in Derby, where bowling and comedy was on the agenda – not at the same time, of course, although…
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Meeting New People is Easy, When You Know What to Say
Wherever you go, whether it’s down to your local ghetto or across the other side of the world to some distant shanty in the middle of nowhere – it certainly pays to know the lingo. Otherwise, who can say what kind of trouble a simple misunderstanding of the term “blood-pact” may get you in to?…
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Social Downtime – Things to do this Autumn when you’re not out meeting friends
Sure, we all love going out and meeting friends but everybody needs a little “downtime” now and again; if only to recharge our batteries for that next big get-together. Not to mention the obvious fact that it’s starting to get very, very cold outside! Sometimes it feels good just to shut those blinds, pull on…
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Halloween Survival Guide, Part Two
You might be a bit too old for trick or treating but that shouldn’t stop you from going out and meeting friends this Halloween. October 31st is right around the corner and as part of our special Halloween Survival Guide, we’ve put together this list of things to do for all you guys who really…
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Halloween Survival Guide – Part One
The end of October is probably best known for one of three things: beer gardens closing down, wearing shorts outdoors becoming less acceptable, and only 54 shopping days left until Christmas. However, for those of us with a child-like taste for the theatrics it’s also time for dusting off those pumpkins (ooh-err) and getting out…
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4 Things Nobody Tells You About Making Friends When You’re a Grown-Up
1. Every night is “you’re not going out tonight” night Remember when you were little? You’d make plans to meet up with your friends after school and then as soon as you got home you’d hear “you’re not going out tonight” from your mum and dad. Maybe they had other plans, maybe you did something…
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Things to Do in Leeds This October: Meet Friends in The Dark
If you’re looking for something different to do and meet friends this October, we’ve found some very interesting events cropping up in Leeds this October. Art in The Dark What it is: The streets and buildings of Leeds will come alive this October with more than 50 Free art events and street performances – including…
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The Hottest Way of Meeting People – What We Got Up To
Things have certainly been heating up recently at MixingOut. In fact you could say we’ve had our “hottest” events to date; meeting up with some of our fantastic members across Derby and Leeds who fancied adding a little spice to their social lives. (Okay, enough of the puns). Curry Night in Leeds Above: The MixingOut…
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Making Friends, In The Interest of Self Preservation
Now and again we like to strap on our thinking caps here at MixingOut. And without getting too deep about the whole thing, there’s definitely an element of meeting new people and making friends that serves us in good stead, philosophically speaking. We’re ‘social animals’ and hardwired to seek out human companionship. Friendships have benefited…
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Ladies Loving MixingOut – A Fun Way of Meeting People
We’ve mentioned before about why women only events are such a big hit here at MixingOut. Sometimes it’s tricky for busy ladies to find the time to go out and have fun, meeting people with shared interests. Sometimes ladies just want to get together with other ladies in a relaxed, friendly setting where they can…