The Failed Speed Dating Experiment

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I tried doing speed dating this week. I knew that my chances for success were pretty slim, but I decided to give it a shot.

This is what I have to say:
- Speed dating is TOO speedy. By the time the conversation hits its groove, it's time to move on.
- All the power is given to women. It would be safe to say that men give more yes votes than women do.
- It's repetitive. It got tiring answering the exact same question over and over.
- Not AS friendly. I'm sure I seemed off to some.

Let's it be said, I didn't get a single mutual match, despite me voting "yes" for 2/3 of the women I met (better to spread a wide net and see what happens). Even though I was given the offer to try again for free (as per the company's policy), I think I'm going to consider this experiment over and go back to dating sites.

I would not think of speed dating as a strength for aspies.

On one hand, yes it does get you a lot of contacts (and more contacts are better) but it requires you to warm up quick (not a skill many aspies have)

So when is society going to get real and just have "speed scoring"?

try again man!

I've never participated in Speed Dating, but was intrigued by the idea in the past. My understanding of the principal (10 years ago) is that it affords the participants the opportunity to meet a large number of prospects (as in 10 to 15 members of the opposite sex) in a relatively short amount of time

Meeting & speaking to three does not seem, to me, to fit the criteria nor the intent of speed dating. The odds of being attracted (much-less mutually attracted) to 1 out of 3 seems unlikely.