Thoughts on Speed Dating?

I currently find myself rather single…and not really enjoying it.

And while I know fear of being alone is a lousy reason to be looking for a mate, it’s making me consider entirely new avenues..like speed dating.

If any of you are unfamiliar (and missed the Sex and the City episode devoted to it), you take turns with a room full of other singles telling the person across the table all the meaningful details about yourself, hoping that (if they are not too terribly strange) you might click enough to want to have a full date. You’ve got 3 minutes. Then a gong shrills, and your next date appears. Repeat. 40 times.

We are talking serious marathon dating.

In the SATC plot, Miranda didn’t do well at all. Many people don’t – and then you ask yourself, do you really want to put yourself through 40 bad dates in one evening? Isn’t ONE enough?

And so, while the whole one-stop shopping aspect is appealing – that’s a lot of practice dating with one outfit sacrificed – I wonder if it is a sign of desperation. Or if it can even work. What can you really learn about someone over 3 minutes? Or is 3 minutes all you TRULY need?

Has anyone ever tried it? I’d love to hear your thoughts!

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