If you can’t seem to find Mr. or Ms. Right no matter how hard you try, maybe you need to learn the basics of speed dating and spend less time trying, while meeting more people to choose from. Speed dating originated out of nowhere in the late 1990’s and makes use of a type of ‘round-robin’ or ‘musical chairs’ technique that allows you to meet several people one-one-one for ten minutes (or less) all at the same function. Once the ten minutes is up you move on to your next ‘date’. That really is all there is to the basics of speed dating!
Only ten minutes to find a potential soul mate?
If speed dating sounds pretty rushed and almost impossible to do - remember that the idea isn’t to pick the perfect mate out of the dating pool, but ten minutes is probably enough time to decide if you are interested in seeing them ever again! Speed dating also has the advantage that if you don’t like the other person you can end the date quickly and move on - no embarrassing silences or drawn-out dinners!
Once the Speed Dating Session is over how do you find the person again?
No contact details are usually exchanged during the ten minute speed dates but you will get a chance at the end of the evening to hand in a list of the people you think you would like to meet again. The team that organizes the dating evenings will keep track of potential matches and hand over personal information to each party if the matches ‘match’ so to speak.
