Speed dating not for the faint hearted!!

Have you tried it? Had any success? I have to admit I have tried it twice, once when it was all the range...a time when 300 people would gather in the ballroom of the Alexander Hotel with the hope of meeting "the one"! One of my gal pals who came with me that night actually met her husband. The same night one of my guy friends fell head over heels for a girl named Siobhan, he promised her breakfast the next morning and cycled to Dun Laoghaire with it to discover she was a happily attached journalist doing a research piece! She wrote about him in the Sunday Indo that weekend. For me, the night involved meeting 20+ men, just as I started to warm up to the one that had just sat down, a fog horn would go off and he had to move on. You then get to sit there and painfully watch the one, out of twenty-something that you just "clicked" with, clicking with the next girl along. If you go, here are some tips: if brave enough to go alone...GO alone, or go with a male friend... if not, discuss with your gal pal what will happen if you both like the same guy. Good luck with that one!!! Secondly, think of insightful questions to ask...avoiding, believe it or not, questions re occupation. Men perceive it as gold digging! Your aim is get a good feel for the person, and if you have enough in common to date. Thirdly, go open minded, have no expectations and you should not be disappointed!! I’ll save my second experience for another day! xoxo