Anyone tried speed dating?
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Anyone tried speed dating?
| Tue, 07-03-2007 - 8:01pm |
Newly single after a 6 year relationship with a guy I thought was "the one". After 8 months apart I know it's time to move on and start dating. I just moved to a new city about 4 months ago and have some good friends here, all married with kids and no time for girls night outs anymore. Right now I'm looking for a good community project to get involved with to make new friends. In the meantime I thought I would check out some online dating sites. Well, it doesn't look very promising to find a quality guy in my area that way, plus I would be wary of posting a photo of myself online. I've seen speed dating, also called 8 minute dating on TV and it sounds interesting. I found an event in my city next month and I'm thinking about signing up. Has anyone every tried it and what did you think?

I have never tried Speed Dating but if there were an event in my area I'd sure be willing to give it a shot. I figure, what have you got to lose?
Does the event in your area cost much? I'd love to hear about your experience if you do try it out. Let us know how it goes. ;0)
I tried it once. There was not a huge turn out for the event and I didn't meet anyone. There was one man that I was interested in but he wasn't interested in me. I did have a good time and would do it again, but not at the same place as the last time. I would go to a larger venue where there are more signed up. Lots of people do it so it must work for some. Some of the people at the event said they had done it previously and would probably do it again. I think the age range was not right for me but I picked it because I fell within the range (I think it was 28 - 39 and I was 38) and it was close by. Next time I'll drive the 20 min and pick a different age range)
HTH
Priscilla
No! And I can tell you my reasons.
1) What do you do for a living? Um...
and...
2) Where ever speed dating is, I couldn't get there (I don't drive).
Just those reasons should be enough to keep me out of it. But that's just me.
Yeah...young. I'm actually looking forward to turning 30. How odd? But most of my friends are younger than I am--like 10 years younger. They often forget that I'm older than them. So yes, I am really young. And yeah, I get my fair bit of attention from men. At a price. I'm just a pretty face. Eye candy. And once they get to know me, they find out that I'm not so easy to handle. Men these days! They expect a woman my age to be fairly independent. And then there are the ones who like that I'm not. But you know their type!
I wouldn't try speed dating though. Just meeting people is stressful for me. I like to avoid such questions as "what kind of job do you have?" or "what do you drive?" I don't, and I don't.
Anyways it's great she had a baby. As long as she wanted it! I don't want to have children. Too much trauma, there. Physically and psychologically, I'm pretty weak.