FitDarcie Does Speed Dating, Part IV
I forgot to write parts II and III, but in case you missed it, here’s part I. So, back in May, I tried speed dating for the first time and it was a blast. I went a few more times since then, with similar experiences. Basically, out of a group of a dozen or so men, I’d see a few more of them if I had to. I’d always go with a gal pal so really, it was just a night out, except that we had to meet more rejects than usual.
The wonderful people over at Fastlife have a bit of a rating system that I believe I mentioned in my first post, where, if you get 70% of “dates” say yes to you, you become Elite. Naturally, I am Elite. They host events for Elite only members, and the speed dating I went to last week, was one of those events.
And it was phenomenal.
10 women and 10 men, all of whom had been speed dating before, and all of whom had Elite status. I wanted to go to see if these men were any better than the guys I’d met at the previous events. But I was actually nervous. These were men who were voted as elite by other women, and I was competing for yesses with women who were also voted elite. I would have been devastated if I didn’t make Elite again.
Naturally, I made Elite again. Elite of the Elite. That’s like Super-Elite. Oddly, they don’t have a category for the best of the best. I didn’t actually get to move up a level, move on to provincials, then nationals, then the world cup of dating. Though, I’m sure if they had those other levels, I’d be in for sure.
Anyway, it was refreshing. There were 10 guys at this event, and the worst ones at this event were like the best ones at past events. It was refreshing to have actual conversations in the 7-minute time limit that didn’t make me want to throw something. I asked most of the men and women who were at that event, and all of them agreed that it was the conversation that made the difference between this event and the others.
It renewed my faith that there are decent men out there. I actually said yes to 5 of the men. 5 out of 10.
November 9th, 2009 at 11:18 am
If all these people are saying yes to each other, why are they still single?
November 9th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Why am I still single? This is the great mystery.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:33 pm
You aren’t single.
You are just saying that because Fitdarcie would be less single if you were in a committed relationship. Noone wants to read posts talking about doing couple shit. I’m in a relationship and my life is boring. The most excitement I have is when I get to pick out the movie on movie night.
I’m lame
November 9th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
Why the hell would you comment that I’m not single? What if some amazingly wonderful person was googleing me and was about to ask me out, then saw that you posted that? Then he’d never ask me out and I would be single forever.
November 9th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
Sorry. I fail.
I had tacobell for lunch. I think I’m going home sick now. Seriously, how is Tacobell still open? Its terrible.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
i almost went to speed dating yesterday. now that i read this i’m sad that i didn’t.
November 10th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
I highly suggest it. Don’t go expecting to find your soul mate, grab a girl friend and go to have a blast. They serve booze.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
if my first thought after reading that was - “well, then, you can’t go wrong!” does that make me an alcoholic?
November 11th, 2009 at 9:15 am
No, it makes you just like me…really cool.
November 11th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
“Why am I still single? This is the great mystery.”
Hmmm…..girl, your spinsterhood is an enigma, wrapped in a riddle, shrouded in mystery. Nah, but keep guessing, you are bound to figure it out sooner or later.
November 11th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
You wish you were my boyfriend.