Speed Dating
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Speed Dating
I keep hearing about it, and it sounds cool! Anyone here done it? If so, what did you think of it? If not, would you consider it?
If you don't know anything about it, it works like this: you register/pay and go to a Speed Dating party. Equal numbers of men and women are allowed to register, and you progress through anywhere from a 3 to 8 minute date (a predetermined amount of time) with each person of the opposite sex, moving to the next one at the ring of a bell of some other predetermined signal. You note on a registration sheet who you would like to get to know better, and if the other person said yes too, you both get an email address or phone number for the other person.
If you don't know anything about it, it works like this: you register/pay and go to a Speed Dating party. Equal numbers of men and women are allowed to register, and you progress through anywhere from a 3 to 8 minute date (a predetermined amount of time) with each person of the opposite sex, moving to the next one at the ring of a bell of some other predetermined signal. You note on a registration sheet who you would like to get to know better, and if the other person said yes too, you both get an email address or phone number for the other person.
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No personal experience but theoretically speaking, quite some possibility that it might work for some people. I've done some research about it and have talked to a guy who sets up these meetings and events ... Either way ... a lucrative business. 
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I think I saw this on Frasier or something... He didn't like it in the end 
Interesting idea, so you pay someone to have micro dates...wow sounds like a great business actually.
Sondra you can't tell me that you need to do that...I mean I've met you and I hardly think you'd have a hard time meeting someone. Or is this an effort of diversification? Meeting someone you wouldn't normally have a chance to meet.
Interesting at least.
Interesting idea, so you pay someone to have micro dates...wow sounds like a great business actually.
Sondra you can't tell me that you need to do that...I mean I've met you and I hardly think you'd have a hard time meeting someone. Or is this an effort of diversification? Meeting someone you wouldn't normally have a chance to meet.
Interesting at least.
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Sounds fascinating. Seems quite popular amongst Jews, as a way to meet like religious minded individuals, and with various non-traditional daters (gays, lesbians, etc). Also very popular in Montreal 
Some links for more info:
http://www.askmen.com/dating/curtsmith/58_...ing_advice.html
http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/11/01/dating/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006...6219339-4315803
This line (in the askmen.com piece) got my attention: By 35 years old, most men -- those looking for a serious relationship -- no longer enjoy going out to dance clubs or bars to meet women. They feel that they no longer fit into the scene and that the women who frequent the clubs are just too immature, or they're leftovers with many flaws. Even though I'm nowhere near that old, going "out" to meet people results mostly in talking to married/taken women or women with some substantial character flaws. And even the single ones are often resistent to anything other than chatting with their friends - they didn't go to the bar/club to get hit on (even though they often dress in a manner that invites such come-ons).
Some links for more info:
http://www.askmen.com/dating/curtsmith/58_...ing_advice.html
http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2000/11/01/dating/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/006...6219339-4315803
This line (in the askmen.com piece) got my attention: By 35 years old, most men -- those looking for a serious relationship -- no longer enjoy going out to dance clubs or bars to meet women. They feel that they no longer fit into the scene and that the women who frequent the clubs are just too immature, or they're leftovers with many flaws. Even though I'm nowhere near that old, going "out" to meet people results mostly in talking to married/taken women or women with some substantial character flaws. And even the single ones are often resistent to anything other than chatting with their friends - they didn't go to the bar/club to get hit on (even though they often dress in a manner that invites such come-ons).
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I actually have begun incorporating an idea and registering my own speed dating organization....name to be witheld until the concept becomes reality.
It actually involves maintaining your profile on a web based application, and you can access the invite list (to check other's profiles) for an event that both you and the others attended. This way, who you choose as your interests is a private matter outside of the speed dating event.
There's some cool technology that will be used behind the scenes for my concept of speed dating.
PM me if you're interested.....does anyone smell business opp.?
It actually involves maintaining your profile on a web based application, and you can access the invite list (to check other's profiles) for an event that both you and the others attended. This way, who you choose as your interests is a private matter outside of the speed dating event.
There's some cool technology that will be used behind the scenes for my concept of speed dating.
PM me if you're interested.....does anyone smell business opp.?