SPEED DATING IN CHICAGO, IL

Posted by Daniel B. on Sep. 5, 2009 in Questions to our customers

A few questions for our customers...What's the perfect night to go speed dating in Chicago?Would you give up the early part of your Friday or Saturday night to go speed dating? Would you happily go speed dating on a Tuesday night after work? Do you see speed dating as a fun night out, or purely functional? What's the best question you've been asked on your first date?Please send any feedback on this to questions@ChicagoEasyDates.com [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on Sep. 5, 2009 in General Rambling

I have always found speed-dating a fascinating concept from the very beginning. It wasn't just that we knew that it worked as a business model, and helped people find relationships - it was also that it's an immensely interesting social development.Here is the piece that I mind the most intriguing. Where did speed-dating come from? By this, I don't mean who ran the first events - certainly, in the States this is claimed by the Jewish singles group Aish, but I believe I read somewhere that ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on Sep. 5, 2009 in Questions to our customers

We're having a small internal debate - perhaps you can help...Let's say you're at a speed dating event in NYC, or even on your first hour long date for drinks. And let's say you have some things that are "deal breakers" for you. Perhaps you won't date someone who smokes, perhaps it is extremely important to you that your next boyfriend is not religious, or perhaps you know you don't want kids. Should this be brought up on a first date? On a speed date? [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on Sep. 5, 2009 in Speed-dating and events

Let's say that the most important and desirable thing at a speed-dating event is that the dates over the table from you are attractive, articulate, interesting, fun and (of course), they think as highly of you as you do of them. Let's assume that this is the most important thing to everyone - after all, the reason we go speed-dating is to meet new people, feel a connection with a few, and enjoy our dating lives.So, that aside. I've had a go at ranking what I think are the five most importan ... [Read full post]

Posted by Daniel B. on Sep. 5, 2009 in Speed-dating and events

How did it take us so long to work out that both men and women want to come to the "Women Dating Younger Men" events? We've just run our first one on June 10, and we're going to be scheduling a lot more. The feedback we're getting from women is that they love that they have an event "where the men will have the energy to keep up with us!". And from men, we're hearing that they like the maturity that comes with women slightly older, and significantly less game-playing.We've seen that ... [Read full post]