Speed Date Now!

From www.sixdegreesevents.com, Speed Dating is actually here! There's new hope for all those who have not had any/recent/ lasting/meningful relationships. Of course, as with any venue for prospective dates (like hooking up in bars, online chatting, online dating, blind dates, or socials), signing up for Speed Dating will not guarantee a match made in heaven right there and right then. It's actually like a taste-test, pardon the pun, where fifteen to twenty five singles are given 3 to 5 minutes to converse with one attendee. At the end of the night, all searching-men should have conversed with all the searching-women participants of the event.

I have not gone to one (yet, hehehe) but I have seen an episode of Saturday Night Live featuring a riotously funny segment on speed dating. In the TV show, eight or so tables are arranged in a round about fashion in one room. A girl is sitting at each table. The boys are then given a seat from where to start his speed date rounds. At the sound of the bell, the "paired" should then converse, ask relevant questions, and get a feel of the chemistry between themselves. The alloted 1-2 minutes should be enough for both to make an initial assessment which they would then jot down in a "booklet" which has a name of all prospective singles (opposite sex) in the event. At yet another sound of the bell, the men should go to the next lady for yet another shot at getting-to-know until the bell is again sounded to get-your-ass-a-movin'. What I just described is what I saw at SNL. The local event might be different in form but characteristically same in concept. From what I've read, That's 3-5 minutes per person and 30-50 people comprising of a 1:1 ratio between men and women for each event.

Though hooking up might come naturally for us Casanovas (not!), a substantial number of single professionals are either too bored to go to bars and hook up or they just do not feel like approaching a complete stranger and hope to start something interesting. Mustering the confidence to go near a prospective hottie alone is not that simple. Also, most do not consider chatting and online personals as good sources of quality finds, it being home to numerous fakers and psychos. With speed dating, the inconvenience of torpe drowning your confidence is greatly diminished as someone has already set the mood of hooking up for you. Chances of your getting punched in the face for trying to flirt with an already taken hot chick who happens to have a body-builder for a boyfriend who may have just gone to around to discreetly hook himself up behind his girlfriend's back via talkng with friends of friends while waiting in queue in the restroom is but a funny idea which would never ever happen in a speed dating event.

Now, don your coolest porma (outfit), make an extra effort to look great, brush up your social skills, loosen up, practice on flashing that killer-smile, and lay down your full-house or royal-flush because you can never tell whether your P800 fee (inclusive of a sumptuous beffet dinner and event joining fee) would take you down that dreamily paved and sweet smelling path called, ehem, love-street (naks!). Just make sure to mind the protocol on speed dating which could also be found in Six Degrees' site.

For the singles, don't you already feel so excited?! Consider your efforts as an investment. Visit the site for details and FAQs.

Photos from the www.sixdegreesevents.com site.

posted by Fritz @ 1:00 AM