You have probably seen this in TVs, movies and so on. The image that is displayed out there is that speed dating is an awful thing. However, it is a good thing, and it makes a lot of sense. It is not a hard thing to make a quick joke to someone you have never met before, and come to think of it; it is an exciting experience.
How the process works
An equal number of men and women sit down at a table, armed with a name tag and a piece of paper. You meet someone, you talk for 5 minutes, and afterward, you circle “yes” if you liked them or “no” if you didn’t. If you both circle yes, you get each other’s’ contact information in an email the next day. Sounds relatively painless, right?
Digging dipper
When you date online, you pre-screen. You scrutinize over little things. “This person’s profile looks awesome but… oh. They love to watch reruns of ‘Making the Band?’ It can never work.” Speed dating gives you the chance to meet people who are also looking for a date, but instead of learning everything about them up front, you have a conversation with them and see if you get along.
Is there any benefit of speed dating?
Totally! You get to make snap judgments on people (we’re humans, we all love to judge and you know it), and you also get to meet a ton of interesting people you never would otherwise. Last week I went speed dating, and I met two Australians who had only been in the country for five days, a soldier who finished his service in Afghanistan three days earlier, and a man who works for Time Warner and was afraid I would hold that against him.
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