Ready, Set, Date!
Thursday, March 5th, 2009Sure, it’s the 21st Century and everyone is busy living their Facebook, Twitter or email driven lives. Never mind keeping up with family, friends, work and some philanthropy please! Whew! With all this going on, who’s got time for dating? Enter: Speed Dating!
Yes, as a sucker for new media, nightlife and people, I decided to blog about this innovative form of dating and meeting new and interesting individuals. Of course, since I was going to be writing this, I had to conduct some “field research.” Not wanting to conduct this “research” alone, I was able to rally up some friends and make a fun evening out of the experience. You only live once, right?
It’s Friday night and everyone is ready to get the weekend started. There are a few people in the room waiting to meet their dates. The host explains the rules: women stay seated and the men rotate at the sound of the whistle. And off they go! Each “date” is approximately two to three minutes long and every person wears a number and has a tally sheet with those numbers. You then choose either yes or no with each date and see if there is a match. Unfortunately, there were no matches for me that evening, especially after one date told me he was tired of talking and wanted me to do all the talking. Loser!
Overall, it was a fun night with friends and an interesting story for me to share!