About 14 months ago my friend of many years was dumped by her partner after 10 years together. Since then she has been single and seems to be getting increasingly down about it.
She has had one one-night stand with a bloke who was over visiting from Ireland and apart from that has had no luck with meeting nice men.
She is 29, 5,10" tall and slim with long blonde hair so in theory she should have no trouble but that's not how it works out.
We, me and her other 2 closest friends, feel that she can come across as a bit aloof and unapproachable and she says that she is aware of that and trying to work on it. Sometimes we also feel that she is quite particular about the sort of man that she wants and rejects people on first impressions or because they don't immediately tick all of the right boxes in her mind. We have suggested speed dating and internet dating but she seems to think that these have a stigma attached despite us explaining that they are really popular ways of having a fun night out, meeting people and making friends. We are desparately concerned that she is getting depressed, esp after she saw her ex looking in a jewellers window with his new girlfriend.
What can we do to cheer her up and help her to meet people?