OK, so the great speed dating event took place this past Friday to mixed results. The event lasted about 3 hours and I spent ~4 minutes talking to each of the 18 guys (there were supposed to be 21, but 3 losers didn't show).
Each of the conversations mostly went like this.
-Are you from the Triangle originally?
-What do you do?
-What do you like to do in your spare time?
- Bell rings
After 4 minutes, you get 30 seconds to write notes about the person while you are sitting right across from them, awkward. Fortunately, the notes were made in a binder so you could hide what you were writing. Some guys didn't get this though and were openly making notes about me right in front me. Being the humble person that I am, I didn't look.
After doing this for 3 hours, my jaw hurt from the talking, I had a headache from the noise, and could only remember a couple of the guys. I ended up being generous with my choices and said "yes" to 7 out of the 18 (a decision I now regret).
Come Saturday afternoon, I got an email from the speed dating company with my matches, a total of three, an average results according to the dateswitch website. The good news was I matched with the 2 guys I found to be the most fun (Kristi agreed too) and one guy neither of us could remember (thus my regret about being generous above). My notes on him consisted of "Lexus" and "Southern".
The reason I'm saying this speed dating thing has given me mixed results is because 2 day later, I still haven't heard from any of them. I'm assuming they're all playing cool and waiting the requisite 3 days to email, but if I don't hear anything by Tuesday evening, I may swallow my pride and email the two cool guys.
In conclusion, I like speed dating a lot more than online websites. You meet around the same number of people (normally the speed dating events have around 10-15 guys), spend the same amount of money, and waste a lot less time and energy. If none of these guys works, I'll probably sign up for another event. Plus, it also really helps me polish my Dr. Phil dating do's and don'ts.
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