<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

I'm coming out of a year long recovery period after a tough brake up. I used to date this guy and while the situation was complicated, our feelings were not. I can easily say that he was my first love. 

My parents, however, were none too fond of this gentleman and (don't read into this too much) threatened to charge him with statutory rape. At the time I was 15 and he was 18 and obviously neither of us wanted this. We kept going for awhile but eventually the relationship became too difficult/ dangerous to pursue. He promised that if I ever wanted to contact him after I was 18, we could see where things stood between us and whether we wanted to be friends or pick things up where they left off. He also said that if I met someone or moved on, he wouldn't be hurt.

It's been a year now and I still think of him everyday (and I do mean that), and while I haven't moved on I think that I am ready to. When I meet new, interesting guys I sometimes look as them as potential partners. I think that I want to start dating again. The only problem is that I have no idea where to start looking. I've considered starting a profile on a dating website but I would have to lie about my age. Unfortunately, I'm neither good at nor enjoy socializing with large groups of people (i.e. anything more than 3 people, me included) and am bad at meeting new people in general.

I would like to mention at this point that I live in New Orleans and 17 is the age of consent in my state. Also, living in New Orleans and being a fairly attractive female, I can go to bars. Any ideas?
<bot>: I'm pretty young and pretty shy but live in a city where neither should matter. Give me advice on where to meet smart young men.