SPEED DATING 101: Advice to Make Your Next Speed Dating Event a Success

Speed Dating is a very fast paced social event, not for the timid or faint of heart! but it has many advantages over traditional dating, because you get to meet many singles in a short period of time, thus upping the chance that you will meet someone you really click with, and reducing time wasted on duds.

It also helps singles develop their character and identity because you are faced with a new person asking you personal questions every six minutes or so, and by getting this exposure, you have the opportunity to really get to know yourself a lot better too!

Those of you who have never done it, (and some of you who have been there already...) may be asking: "What is speed dating?"

Well, it's very simple. Prior to the event, you are asked to come up with 10 questions to bring along. (See the Speed Dating Tips section for some very popular ones) These questions should be geared toward finding the person of your dreams, or at least you will finally get your chance to ask those questions you've always wanted to ask of the opposite sex, unless it is a gay or lesbian speed dating event of course, and if you were expecting to meet members of the opposite sex, you may in fact be at the wrong event.

I know that a thousand questions are probably going through your head right now...

* Will I meet my future spouse there?
* Will I be scared?
* Do I need to bring a pencil?
* What should I wear?
* What if I see someone I know there?
* Will I make a fool out of myself in front of a crowd of strange people?

The answer of course is maybe, yes, no, clothing, act natural, and not if you take our advice.

Seriously, everything will be fine, we promise you will survive, if not have fun! Just be yourself, but do wear clothing, preferably business casual or the like. You might see your boss there, so don't dress like a slob! And you won't meet strange people, at least some of them will seem normal (usually you can spot a zombie at one of these events really easily. If you get stuck at a table with one, just cover your throat with your hand and politely tell the zombie that you need to go to the bathroom, then run!)

No offense to the zombies out there, Heh heh... I am sure that there is another zombie made for you! As they say in the car sales business, there's a butt for every seat!

When speed dating, you will have a chance to meet with lots of different potential partners / dates for a TOTAL of 3-10 minutes each (depending on the "rules" of the particular event). During that lightning session, you will try to find out as much about the person as you can. After time is up, you're on to the next person in line. Just like that! In the course of the evening, you will meet everyone at the event (or in some cases, where there are many participants, you will meet everyone in your particular age category.)

Speed dating is an event that every single person owes it to themselves to try out at least once! If you don't you may miss out on meeting the person of your dreams, or at least meeting a few good friends that you would not have met otherwise.