Has anyone tried Speed Dating?

[bigneil]

A local bar where I hang out is having a speed dating event tonight.

The reason I am reluctant to go is because that's where I already hang out, and it's so small that I tend to meet everyone there anyway. It would seem to just be broadcasting that I'm single, and if I didn't meet anyone there things might end up worse off.

Has anyone tried speed dating and/or would you go to this event tonight?

 

[Mike32ct]

I went to a speed dating thing once. They sit you with one female for say 8 minutes. You chat her up and then like musical chairs, you are seated with someone else for say 8 minutes. This goes on until you met every female that signed up. At the end, you secretly fill out a card or go online and click the ones you like. There is no rejection. If there is a mutual interest, you are given each others' contact info like email. You can also stay after the event and continue gaming some of them at the bar.

Overall, I had fun with it, but it might be awkward to try this at your favorite stomping ground. I would pass on this one and go to the next one that's held at a different venue. You don't need some c@ckblocking bartender or bouncer tell your speed date that you are at this bar every weekend or tell a bar girl that you were at a speed date event last week.

 

[MonkeyButt]

Been there, done that...

I tried it.
Mostly was filled with large lonely women.
Good practice for real life though.

Would avoid it at your regular watering hole.

 

[bigneil]

Thanks guys - it's unanimous on avoiding it here.