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I'm a single female in my mid 20s living in NYC. Meeting random people to date here is hard, and I absolutely hate the whole internet dating thing- I've tried it, but have been wildly unsuccessful at meeting quality people. Has anyone ever tried speed dating? I'm thinking about giving it a shot but am skeptical.
I tried it once many years ago when it was first getting popular. It was just ... weird. And i'm cool with strange situations, but speed dating is just very forced and unnatural. The age range was very broad and I was at the youngest end of the spectrum. I remember one guy who I sat down with just smiled at me very kindly and said "you are lovely but you are way too young for me." In retrospect, that was the one guy who would have been worthwhile in that whole bunch.
I'm sure it's changed and that they know how to hone the demographics for the event, but it's just not for me.
It may very well be worht it since you are living in NYC though - my friends who live there say it is a BRUTAL dating scene there!
Thanks for the input. I think I'm going to give it a go. I found a speed dating website that lets you choose exactly what type of people you want to meet- they have it so specific it's crazy. Like limited by age/profession/educational status etc. I guess the worst thing that could happen is I have a weird story to tell afterwards.
Nobody hosts speed dating events in my area for some reason, though I'd try it for the experience. I've thought about getting a speed dating franchise; I bet I could clean up.
I'm a single female in my mid 20s living in NYC. Meeting random people to date here is hard, and I absolutely hate the whole internet dating thing- I've tried it, but have been wildly unsuccessful at meeting quality people. Has anyone ever tried speed dating? I'm thinking about giving it a shot but am skeptical.
I have and it was a terrible experience. One good thing about it was the fact that I had a free coupon for that one time and so didn't have to pay for the event itself. This happened in Boston last year, and I met close to 8 women(I believe) that night. Except for 2 of them, none of them were women I was interested in the least. 4 of them were older than me and they made it pretty clear in the first few seconds itself that they were looking for older men, 2 women were pretty but told me in clear terms that they were Eastern European and so would never consider someone of my ethnicity(I am Indian) and so they were very cold and distant even in those few minutes. 2 of them were nice and all that but for some reason they didn't want to meet me again. All in all I thought it was a disaster and decided to never try speed dating, I never tried it after that experience.
A large unusual number of the ladies in the speed dating event I went to were Eastern European, I don't know if it's because of the fact that it's in Boston but that's what I observed. It's a known fact that Eastern European people are in general against Asian men and consider them inferior(as told to me by some Eastern European friends). Anyway, once bitten twice shy.
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