Another Grand Adventure!

Yesterday I was able to mark something to the "First Time For Everything" list. My friend Kathy and I went Speed Dating! It is one of those things you see in movies and wonder if anyone actually does that. Well I have become one those people.

For those of you who have never experienced such an event, here is a brief overview of the evenings events. Kathy and I arrived at the restaurant around 6:40. It had been rented out just for this occasion so there were no other people around. We received a name tag and a clip board with the names of all the males we would meet listed. Under each name was a simple Yes or No. At 7 all the girls were seated at individual tables. Then the guys came in and sat down in an empty chair. Every seven minutes a bell would ring and then the guys would rotate around the group to the next table. After you talked with a guy you would mark on your sheet yes or no. Yes if you wanted to get his contact information and no if you didn't want his contact information. After the evening was over and you had talked to everyone, you turned in your clip board with your yes' and no's. Then the facilitators took all of the cards and matched them up. If both parties said yes then they sent you an e-mail with that persons contact information but if either one of you said no then they didn't give you their information.

During the course of your 7 minute dates you were allowed to ask anything you wanted except for contact information. I had all kinds of questions from the general "What do you do for a living?" to "What is your greatest passion in life?" It was quite interesting to see every ones personalities and exactly what kind of questions they asked. There were all kinds in the midst of our group. It ranged from the socially awkward, to the average Joe, to the player, and everything in between. Who knew there would be such diversity in only 10 guys.

I had so much fun getting to know each one of the guys. I never had a moment when I thought "I wish this would hurry up!" Really 7 minutes isn't a very long time, especially when you are a talker like I am. :)

So I know you are all wondering how many guys I got matched up with. I actually said yes to 6 guys and no to 4. Though I wish I could have changed one of my no's after hanging out with a group of people after the whole shindig. Well amazingly enough out of the 6 I put down as yes all 6 said yes to me as well. Now I haven't had any contact with any of them as of yet. Don't worry Gail I will keep you informed! :)

Really I don't expect anything to come out of this than maybe a few friendships. But if nothing else I had a wonderful evening and I would do it again just to meet new people.