Speed Dating, round deux!
Hi kids! How was your night?
Mine was great, thank you for asking…
I was compulsive yesterday and signed up for a last-minute speed dating opportunity tonight with the same company (FastLife
) as I’d utilized during the last speed-dating adventure.
This time was much, much better.
Perhaps it was was because Vern wasn’t there, this time? Just kidding… It was actually a lot of fun with Vern there last time, and seriously was one of the only reasons I had a good time during that particular evening.
But, I can say, mindset is everything. This time, although I wasn’t feeling 100%, I was feeling confident and I’m certainly enjoying life a lot more. That means everything at events such as this. And, this time, I went into the night hoping to gain some insight on interaction with other like-minded singles, rather than a means-to-an-end to find Mr. Right.
And, that, I must say, made all the difference.
Oh, and it certainly helped that I had a built-in PR firm beside me! Thanks Erica for ‘greasing the guys’ that I met right after you… She was a woman I met with Vern during the last FastLife event I went to, and had far too many nice things to say about me during her 8 minutes with the guys before I corrupted them. 
I think that speed dating events, ultimately, open your world up to not only potential mates, but also to other friends who are also in the same boat. I am really looking forward to heading out with Erica again in the not-so-distant future to other events we’d both have fun at. She’s really great.
So, you know, all in all… I have to say this was a very positive experience meeting many people I’d like to get to know better. I hope they felt the same way.
Wish me luck at my Neuro Opthalmology appointment in the morning… Good times.
Oh, and I’ll leave you with a question… When you find yourself in a situation where you don’t know anyone, do you feel overwhelmed, or do you take the bull by the horns and see this as an opportunity to meet new people?
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Hi Tanya!
Glad to hear that Speed dating was fun. I never did it, and sometimes wonder what it’s really like when I go by a place where people are doing it (in Boston, we lived near a bar that had it once a week and we saw them set up and also saw the daters (contestants? participants?) as they began to arrive.
Ah, the answer to the question (which I suspect is close to your situation earlier this evening):
When I find yourself in a situation where I don’t know anyone, I do feel overwhelmed, but I try not to let that stop me from meeting 1 or 2 people. Sometimes it can work out, sometimes not. When we were fist visiting Vancouver and looking for a place to live, I went to a tech conference (Massive, in fact). At the Beer Garden at the end of the event, I started talking some guy there, and mentioned that I was looking foward to moving here. “Are you sure you want to do that?” he said with a trace of bitterness. Turns out he was moving back to Toronto after breaking up with his partner, and was looking to sell his condo. We took a look at it the next day, and (long story short) ended up getting the place.
The moral of the story? No matter how hard it is, try to talk to a stranger in those situations; it may change your life. You just never know.
PS: Hope your Neuro Opthalmology Appointment (man, that sounds impressive without even seeing the machinery or doctors) goes OK.
My question: Have you ever began a conversation with a stranger and had everything go terribly, horribly wrong, and wish you’d never started talking to them in the first place?
Oh YA. That said, I usually don’t regret making the ‘first move’ to talk to someone, who usually looks like they’d LOVE to talk to someone if only someone would just make the first move.
It’s amazing the friends we find when we take a little risk to get to know new people!!
Glad you had a good time, Tan.
“Impulsive” maybe?
Hi Jan!
Actually impulsive, too. But compulsive, certainly… as per dictionary.com: “Compulsive: a very strong impulse to do something, strongly motivated to succeed.” — So, I’d say those definitions would suggest that the particular word I chose works as well.
An opportunity if I’m up for it. At least with strangers it’s guaranteed my stories are fresh.
Hope your doctor’s apptm goes well.
Oh Erica was so much fun! I think I wrote her an email after a while to see how she was doing. You two should hang out.