Observations on speed dating

An observation by Nicole Saint-John, Assistant Curator
Speed dating works. At the next speed-dating event at our museum, on January 22, we will show proof by introducing two married couples, who met and matched at one of our previous matchmaking events.

There is something about the speed of dating. I believe it is one of the social adventures of our fast turning into past, present. Even though, and every woman knows this out of experience, we female dating adventurers know in a nanosecond, when we enter a room, if there is dating material present. The next step in the dating game is much tougher. It takes sometimes weeks, months or in some bitter cases, years to find out we dated a loser. We wasted time just because we did not ask the right questions.

Speed dating makes you ask questions and you can be curious upfront. However, there are rules and you have to be sophisticated at our event. You are not allowed to ask burning questions like: How high is your income? Do your parents have money? How often do you want sex? Still, you can find out a lot if you ask: “What is your favorite color?”, and your soul mate answers: “The colors of your eyes.”

If you are interested in our speed-dating event here are some of the facts:  To sign up for it you have to wait until January 2.  The fee to participate is $ 20. Call in fast, because the event will fill up quickly. There are three age groups. Twelve women and twelve guys in each group will talk individually to each other for about 5 minutes and then rotate to the next person at the table. For those who think that the love of their life is in the other age group – the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - there will be a lot of time to mingle as well during a preview half hour reception and intermission.

So dear single soul, think of some good questions or even better dig up some first-class answers and you might not be single anymore on Valentine’s Day, 2009!