It seems that lately all of my friends have been getting engaged, or moving in with boyfriends, or just getting into serious relationships.

I'm always so busy with the dogs that I never really "look" for someone. They always say that you should never look, and I don't -- doesn't seem to work for me lol. I've tried meeting people over the internet, but it always ends in disaster. My dream is meeting someone at a dog show, but the chances of that happening and still having him live nearby are very slim. Now that I'll be 19 in just over a week, I'm going to be going out alot more, clubbing, to bars, etc. Are these good places to meet someone though?

I'm just tired of seeing all of my friends in relationships and yet I'm always alone. I often think it's because I'm just waiting for the right person. I am quite picky about the kind of person I want to be with. I date often enough, but always with guys I meet on the internet. I think I need to really meet someone and know someone before dating them. There is a guy I know of that I'm curious about -- he does agility with my club. I'm tempted to ask a friend to set me up but I want to wait and see if he and I can be friends on our own first. Do you find it works better this way? The way I am picky about guys, people often tell me they think I may have been sexually abused as a child. I don't think I was, but I have no idea.

So how and where did you meet your significant other, and how did you know he/she was the right one for you?