Do you keep count?

iVillage Member
Registered: 07-29-2004
Do you keep count?
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Wed, 08-31-2005 - 1:48am
I was chatting with one of my friends who is recently getting back into the dating scene. She's thinking of trying OLD and wanted to hear my experiences. Particularly, she wanted to know how many blind dates I had to go on before I met my boyfriend. (I am currently in a relationship with a guy I met through OLD.) I told her 12 first dates plus a handful of second dates, but I have no idea if that is typical or not! What do you think? Does 12 dates sound normal or did I paint her an unrealistic picture??
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Registered: 10-27-2003
Wed, 08-31-2005 - 10:34am

It's different for everyone. I've been doing OLD for 3 years and have had many more than 12 first dates, and would venture a guess that a lot of people have. Personally, I think you got lucky. But tell your friend not to get discouraged if it takes her longer than it did you. You might want to refer her this board...there is a lot of good advice here and good people with a lot of combined experience regarding OLD.

Libra