Speed dating and were done here

Eventbrite, and certain approved third parties, use functional, analytical and tracking cookies or similar technologies to understand your event preferences and provide you with a customized experience. By closing this banner or by continuing to use Eventbrite, you agree. For more information please review our cookie policy. Start the night by checking in, grabbing a drink at the cash bar and mixing and mingling with other singles as they check in. Every few minutes we rotate the men to the next woman until everyone has met each other. A pencil and paper will be provided for you to take notes on whom you met.

So, that was truly the confidence boost I needed before walking into a bar full of over 80 strangers, half of whom I would have to spend three minutes conversing with. I turn to my best friend Pamela, who is accompanying me because A. The Crompton Ale House in Manhattan is full of dark wood accents, vintage books glued to their shelves, and single people ready to rub elbows on a Saturday night. There are no red and pink decorations, no cheesy indication of what the event was marketed as. I sigh, relieved by the low-key atmosphere. Pamela and I are directed to the back of the bar, where the good people of NY Minute Dating gave us our name tags and pieces of paper to record the people we met. The next day, we will be able to log onto the website and select the names of the dates we felt we had a genuine connection with.

I showed up here with big expectations, curious about what speed dating is really like and hopeful I might at least meet someone intriguing. Now it's 10 seconds into Date One and I fear this was a terrible mistake. I came here tonight with the hopes of meeting my next boyfriend. In truth, I came here hoping for a funny story, something I could joke about with my friends as I recalled the things I do to try to salvage my struggling love life.

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation. The comic became a staple as an exploitable image, typically throwing back to stereotypical elitist behaviors associated with geeks and fandom culture. The original three-pane webcomic was created by Dutch freelance game designer Paul Van Der Meer and issued in the beginning of as part of a comic blog prettylogic. It depicts a man sitting at a table during a speed-date and asking a woman if she likes Star Wars.