That probably sounds bad but I mean I'm in my mid 20's and the people I would be hanging out with are like in their 50's 60's. Doesn't seem like it counts if you're trying to use this for "exposure therapy" as it were eg. less social anxiety.

This is with regard to meeting people on meetup.com which yeah most of the groups are filled with older people.

I'm still partially biased by trying to go out with the purpose of meeting attractive girls which may be bad as in setting yourself up for failure(sadness when it doesn't happen).

It just seems easy/not real if the people you're with aren't really somebody you'd try to be with/hanging out or more intimate.