SPEED DATING

So I went speed dating last night with my friend Danielle.

It was a “Fit and Active Singles”  themed speed dating event. 

I’ve been on a “Professionals in the City: DC” e-mail list for like a year and have seen all of the speed dating events they do, like 4 a week. I’ve been intrigued by speed dating, since chemistry is something that you can’t get from an online profile (that and lots of cute guys pick terrible pictures of themselves). Anyway it’s 2014 and I’m single (I ended things before new years with the guy I was seeing) so I figured…let’s do this. I want to put myself in new social situations and this is certainly new. I reached out to a few single girlfriends and my friend Danielle was game. 

So we registered and there is a site you can long into and upload a pic and very brief bio that becomes public after the event for 10 days. We were curious about ratio of guys to girls and also who the heck would be there. Danielle and I both decided to wear “cute work attire” and we drove to the restaurant/bar where it was held together. We checked in and then B lined for the bar to down a drink before the speed dating started and then were able to order a drink to have on hand during the dates themselves. 

Turns out there were 17 guys and 13 ladies. Holler! Out of the 17 guys I actually was interested in 5 of them, although would probably only want to go on a date with 4 of them. There were only 2 super awkward dates that made the 4 minutes seem like forever, but the 4 minutes FLEW by for the good dates. It was cool having being fit and active as a conversation starter. 

So because there were more guys than girls, guys had some breaks, but girls didn’t. Well towards the end well some guy messed up or something so I got a break. One guy that I was really intrigued by from a few dates before was also on a “break” and since I was without a date he came over for round 2! I really enjoyed that second conversation. 

After everyone cycled through the speed date they wrapped things up and them some people left and others chatted. I had one guy who was nice, but I wasn’t interested immediately come over to me. I was pleasant and chatted. Plus it was interesting to see who was looking for you after.

I actually had a few guys say some very flattering things to me during the dates. I also felt like I was on my game. I mean it was 4 minutes, and I had nothing to lose. It was pretty awesome. 

Annnnnyway. I went to the bathroom to end the conversation with the guy who had cornered me right away. On my way back from the bathroom I find my friend Danielle and quickly say hi because she is talking to someone. I end up seeing the guy I had two mini-dates with and we lock eyes and he invites me to sit next to him at the bar and buys me a drink. Which which led to us talking for nearly an hour and exchanging numbers. 

This guy is super intriguing. He’s from Russia, moved here for a grad program like 5-6 years ago and has been here ever since. He has a cute accent and the cultural differences are intriguing. Like he told me I had dazzling eyes and a great american smile. Which if a regular dude said that, I may be creeped out, but from him it was charming. He asked me some great questions…including asking me for my phone number. So we shall see how things play out…