anthonywatts Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 I went on a speed dating event last week and I admit I had a good time! I'm wondering what the "average" results are for speed daters. There were 9 men and women each at the event in our age group: 20-30. The 'rules' were that we could not exchange contact information during the speed dates. We were told that if we were caught exchanging info we could be barred from future events. So instead, we literally checked boxes for the women we wanted to contact. We could direct msg the women we chose only if they chose us also. So I got the results this weekend and I chose 5 of 9 gals that I'd like to contact for a date. 7 of the 9 women chose me as well including all 5 of the women I chose. I called all 5 women and have 4 dates lined up over the next week a (two of the women want to double date me same date). What is the average 'yes' response rate for a speed dater? Is it 30%? 50% 70, 90? I have no idea. I just thought I'd ask here out of curiosity.
PegNosePete Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 I wouldn't worry about it. The only thing relevant to you is the average for you, and that seems to be pretty good, over 50%! 2 of the women wanting to "double date" you seems pretty weird though. What's going on there? No way would I agree to that. Unless you think they are up for a threesome, or something...?
Miss Spider Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) [...] two of the women want to double date me same date.[...] people really do this? Edited July 25, 2017 by Cookiesandough
Erik30 Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 I've never done speed dating myself, but I'm pretty sure your results are way above average, since it's basically 100%... but you probably knew that already. (I'm only counting the girls you were interested in) I also think the double date seems weird... maybe these girls are friends who do this all the time to see who has the better connection with the guy. I wouldn't go for it though, keep the dates separate.
Novz Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 Do you get a long term relationship out of this? If yes, then, great. If no, why go to this type of dates?
guest569 Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 So instead, we literally checked boxes for the women we wanted to contact. Those poor women. I hope they weren't claustrophobic.
SevenCity Posted July 25, 2017 Posted July 25, 2017 I've had pretty good "success" at speed dating (picked by about 90%) the times I went. Most were not my type. If you picked 5 you liked (I only picked 1 or 2) that's awesome. The few I went out with never ended in anything serious so I lost interest in it. I suspect in a different area the selection would be better. Funny about the double date as that happened to me with two girls who liked me (I liked one) and we ended up going out to dinner after the event. The one I didn't like was disappointed but got over it. It was strange to try and be nice to the one I did like and not completely make the other one not feel like a third wheel. I ended up ending things with the girl after several dates because she was too much of a pita. If I liked both I would have gone separately.
max3732 Posted July 26, 2017 Posted July 26, 2017 I went to a speed dating event and didn't meet anyone that was remotely my type. They were all much older than me and the only one physically close to what I wanted was so kind of hippie. I actually enjoyed talking to some of the older women and found myself laughing and just enjoying the conversations since I didn't feel any pressure. Obviously nothing came from the event though. Next time I need to find one that only includes people in my age group instead of 20-50
Author anthonywatts Posted July 26, 2017 Author Posted July 26, 2017 Dating two girls or going out with two girl is not all that unusual. Especially if it's not a 'date' per se but hanging out socially. I used to do this quite frequently in college. I have no expectations as to what this might 'mean' as a result of speed dating. All 5 of the girls are attractive. I'm looking forward to these dates. I live pretty close to a college town and there are plenty of young women locally.
Author anthonywatts Posted July 28, 2017 Author Posted July 28, 2017 I had a great date and three more lined up for this weekend. Speed dating works. Other methods work too but so far speed dating is working great for me.
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