Yes, the concept of speed dating is older than 20
years and was introduced by Rabbi Yaacov Deyo somewhere in 1990 as a
way of encouraging young Jewish singles to find more singles to mingle
on a common community platform in a safe environment for the purpose of
matrimony.
Ever since then, speed dating has taken off in a
popular and racy way in the US and other parts of the world with even
night clubs and party boutiques taking to the concept in a big way and
lots of big advertising bucks being spent on this idea that allows
singles to check out anywhere between 10 to 50 partners for dating in
less than an hour.
Mostly equal number of men and women are
invited to such speed dating venues that are often backed by corporate
sponsorships or restaurants or other such business community outfits
that benefit from couples dating, wherein a specific time of say 2, 5
or 10 minutes is given to each person to approach and impress the man
or woman they are interested in and make a date for themselves.
During
this timed session, the potential partners need to impress their good
qualities and fun aspects to the person sitting across them and check
out their compatibility in a quick-time question-answer session; a
record sheet may be kept with interesting facts and points the person
checking out the dates and this is used at the end of the session for
calling back the most probable partner.
This means there are
quick moves to be made since it is very limited time span for checking
out and choosing the right dating partner for yourself and thus, snap
judgments are the order of the day in speed dating venues.
So,
appearances matter and so do communication skills besides an attitude
to match the one of the person sitting across you: analyzing you and
either passing or failing you mentally based on the way you approach
them. Do remember to keep a check on your grooming, conversation and
tone besides basic manners that can make or break your date potential
with the person.
Ask pertinent, but not too probing personal
questions so you too can choose or eliminate a match for yourself; e.g.
if you are a strict vegetarian, you may not quite fall for someone who
is a voracious meat eater or advocates something you don't like smoking
or alcohol. Do remember to check out these points whether going in for
speed dating in person or on online dating websites.
Thus,
remember that checking out speed dating adverts provide an easy and
cost-effective, not to mention time-saving way to find a date or even a
potential matrimonial alliance. You can attend these in person or by
surfing the site offering various profiles of people looking for
partners; it goes without saying that their popularity is not something
you can judge their security by and so you need to be discreet about
yourself also without appearing unfriendly. Attend a few venues to know
their potential - speed dating is fun, frivolous or even exciting if
you are open to its potential!
Syndication
It is an irony that people get involved with more and more social networking as their spare time shrinks because of their long working hours and hectic lifestyle. There is no free time people have these days, still they are trying to network with their long lost friends of school days through various social networking sites. A substantial amount of time is devoted by most people trying to network with as many people as possible even if they may not find time in their whole life to meet that person or …… possibly may not even send them more than two or three insignificant e-mails.