El Brujo Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 I went to a meetup on Friday the 25th. There were between 150-200 singles there. I didn't get a date (one woman I met there was ok, but honestly I wasn't impressed by most of them), but then again I went for another reason. To get into the event, everyone had to give the hostess $10. To go to a speed dating party OTOH will cost you anywhere between $27 and $45, but even at $10 a pop, my hostess made some pretty good money that evening. And she does up to 4 of these things a weekend... you do the math. That's when I thought, "what am I, nuts?" Here I am, wasting my time in a dead-end clerical job that doesn't pay the bills (the only good thing I have to show for it is a 401k with a 6-digit balance in it), when I could be doing event hosting myself, making enough money to do things I want to do with my life and meet zillions of women in the bargain. Even if I do finally get off my lazy butt and tell my boss to hang it, I'm not quite ready to start bringing women over to my house yet... there's a lot of cleaning and repair work I have to do. As far as OLD goes... it can't compare to IRL get-togethers. I'm starting to think all those men and women who still have profiles on dating sites, either don't know about meetups or they don't really want to meet anyone IRL. Oh well... their loss not ours. But as far as IRL groups go, going to meetups as a guest is plenty of fun, but when you're hosting a group, you're in the driver's seat and you can bend the rules the way you want to. Believe me, I'm getting plenty of practice with the chess club I took over (I turned some of them on to 3-way chess)... plus there are some dating quirks that I think need addressing. Being an event host lets you do that. And if some people hate me for that, GOOD!!! It means I'm doing something right!
TheZebra Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Why don't you start hosting these things on the side? I'm sure you'll have to start off small, maybe even use a venue which you'll have to pay for, but the money that you make there is just extra for you. If it grows into something that takes more of your time but makes a LOT more than your job, make THAT your job. Anyway, I've looked up meetup groups I thought about joining but I dunno. Was the meetup you went to strictly for singles? What type of people did you see/hang out with?
phineas Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Well El Brujo, I hid my accounts on POF & OKC. I really don't think the majority of people actually want to meet anyone or are too picky, have issues, ect. I can only tolerate those sites for so long each yr & every yr I go back it's usually the same people & I run through everyone who interests me in about 3 months. I get more interest when I meet people in person.
Mrlonelyone Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 Agree'd on the whole "they don't really want to meet anyone IRL" angle. The majority of people I've came across in online dating seem to only want to chat.
soccerrprp Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 All of my dates over the past year have been OLD. I don't have the time for IRL dating. Nearly every woman that has chatted with me, I eventually met, dated. So, OLD is good for some and not so good for many others. From my paltry experience, I believe that there are a lot of socially inexperienced or uncomfortable people out there w/ all kinds of issues that would rather do it online. And then there are those who simply don't have the time, convenience to go out and do what you can do online....introduce oneself.
Author El Brujo Posted January 27, 2013 Author Posted January 27, 2013 Why don't you start hosting these things on the side? I'm sure you'll have to start off small, maybe even use a venue which you'll have to pay for, but the money that you make there is just extra for you. If it grows into something that takes more of your time but makes a LOT more than your job, make THAT your job. That's the idea. I want to moonlight by doing events for speed dating companies, and use some of the $$ from that to bankroll my own group. That's what my friend Jim did 5 years ago... he started out working for a speed dating company by hosting parties in bar-&-grill joints, then after he went freelance, he was booking fancy ballrooms and raking in over 7 grand a night. I wouldn't even know what to spend that kind of money on. Is it really that easy to make a few thousand dollars every weekend. How much do you think the hostess is paying for the venues? You're saying the hostess themselves pokects over $5,000.00 profit simply for throwing a party on Friday an Saturday night.... hmmm. hmmmmmmmmm. That's a pretty good living especially if people are paying CA$H... oh a ca$h business muahahaha. I might have to test the waters an host something over at the Holiday in soon. 10$ entry at the door, ca$h CAS$h muahahahahhahahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh But hmmmmmm it just doesn't smell right. But maybe it is. Look at it this way: do you think guys who do the pump-and-dump thing are hung up about right and wrong? I'd just be substituting one kind of screwing for another. Except I've learned from experience about some of the mistakes hosts make, and I can do better.
FitChick Posted January 27, 2013 Posted January 27, 2013 I'm getting plenty of practice with the chess club I took over (I turned some of them on to 3-way chess)... Oooh, you sexy devil, you.
Author El Brujo Posted January 27, 2013 Author Posted January 27, 2013 Oooh, you sexy devil, you. Inventive, maybe. Sexy... nope. Asexy, definitely. (asexual inside joke)
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