There is a meet up on Thursday with a different group. I have felt a bit burned/pressured by the other group, especially the leader, so I started checking out different groups again. This one had caught my interest before, but they were meeting too far away; now they are meeting in the city.

The group description and interest tags are more well-rounded... more laid back. The introductions I've read by the organizer seem to me more about hanging out in English, and having a good time just using English, rather than people trying to focus on it. It is led by a guy who sounds bilingual or close. It more suits the original reasons I joined the meetup groups, last year, before all of my need-to-meet-business-contacts ideas.

The upcoming event is at a nice-ish bar, and seems pretty low-key... go listen to some music, kick back and have some light conversation over a beer. Sounds very chill.

But now I don't know if I should go at all. It might be better to just stay at home and stay very, very, privately, guardedly, low-key.

Any opinions on this?