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Post by CaryGrant on Nov 28, 2003 12:14:48 GMT -5
Anybody tried speed dating as a way to meet members of the opposite sex and/or overcome shyness?
I'm signed up for Dec. 3rd, will meet ~20 women for 5 minutes each, plus mingling pre, post, and during a midway break. I thought it would be a great way to get lots of practice at small talk and, maybe, flirting or being mildly forward.
Any thoughts or experience?
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Post by Twice-Shy on Dec 1, 2003 5:22:09 GMT -5
I dreamt last night about meeting 20 women for five minutes each! I've never tried speed dating. I sounds like great fun. Let us know how it goes.
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Post by Placido on Jan 30, 2004 20:28:50 GMT -5
You know, I think I'm tempted by the idea - I don't meet single women in my day-to-day life at all, and joining lots of clubs, societies seems a roundabout, artificial way of doing it, when, in the end, I'm only after one thing, a relationship.
I know from conversations with work colleagues that talking to a woman for 3 minutes isn't exactly an impossible task for me.
Plus, you don't have to worry about this 'reading the signals' crap - you know they're looking, because they turned up, and if they tick the box with your name on it, then you know they're interested! That's a whole level of uncertainty removed.
My only concern is that if nobody at all shows an interest in me, then it could knock back my self-esteem a long way. And that's not being negative, it's evaluating a risk - I don't think it would come to that, because I do know that, shyness apart, I'm OK-looking and nice and can be funny if I click with someone. But I want to build my self-esteem up to the point where it could survive a knock like that, if it happened.
Plus I'm worried at never having had a relationship before - at what point do I confess that I don't know what the hell I'm doing???
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Post by spitzig on Feb 1, 2004 22:50:57 GMT -5
Plus I'm worried at never having had a relationship before - at what point do I confess that I don't know what the hell I'm doing??? I tend to think it's best to mention that earlier. I don't consider it that a significant problem, though. You can ALWAYS learn, if you pay attention. And, women like when you pay attention to them. And, hell, guys who are quite successful with women complain about not understanding them.
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