The first thought that crossed my mind was “This has to be some sort of a scam,” but I soldiered on. One of the women I was paired with did admit she was a friend of the organizers and a “fill-in” to make up for an uneven number of “sign-ups,” but all the other women seemed genuine in their desire to meet someone.
The second revelation of the evening came from the realization that I do have a set of standards for a potential date that extends past checking for a pulse. All of the women I met were nice and none truly rubbed me the wrong way. Again, I’m not being nice; my intolerance for people’s stupidity and self-absorption probably has a good deal to do with my inability to meet new people.
Still, while I could easily see myself being friends with some of the women I met that night (and maybe more, given some time to gel), only one of the eight dates really bowled me over to the point of checking off “interested” on my tally card. Sadly, according to my online results, the feeling wasn’t mutual.
At the end of the night I couldn’t help but wonder if I was just extremely picky or just had a solid grasp of the kind of person I wanted to date and hadn’t found them yet. I’m still a bit undecided, but in the end I think I’m just a hopeless romantic looking for that one person who I really click with. I felt like a learned a lot about myself, and while I don’t envision paying someone to set me up on a blind date again in the near future, I had a good time and feel just a little bit better about the possibility of finding that special someone.
Article comments
1 - Elsa
I feel disappointed there's no picture in your bio. I am curious to check you out! :P
2 - Triniman
Interesting article.
In my city's main newspaper, there was a story about the dating scene in which single events were organized. You had to bring a single person. For her birthday party, the originator of the event decided that since most of her friends were single, to have an event with friends in which they also bring single people. Eventually, she ended up getting married to one of people who attended after putting on several events.
A new pair of singles took over the event and they are now called "Hitch" parties, after the Will Smith movie. The last event had 150 people.
3 - Triniman
Oh, this is their website: hitchparties.com
The concept may not be new elsewhere, but I think it's new in my city (Winnipeg, Canada.)
4 - ProudBison
Just checked the website... As a Winnipeger, I'm glad to see that there are some people willing to do something about our limited nightlife. As a single young 30-something, its nice to know that I have other options of meeting single women.
The women at the last party are definitely a good reason to check out the next event.
Great job to the two guys that are organizing it!
Unfortunately, I won't be in Winnipeg for their next event. Can't wait for the next Hitch party!