A group of singletons
in a private room in a bar passing notes to each other! Mate
Or Date who used to run Silent Dating events have recently been bought
out by Slow Dating (June '05)
We have no idea
yet on whether these events will run again.
How
does it work?
I
arrived at the venue at 7pm and spent about an hour having drinks
with people beforehand as despite the advertised time, events tend
to get going at about 8pm. Once everyone had arrived and were labelled
up with name badges, the 'dating' began. The tables are full of
pens and paper and the hosts act as postmen so you can send notes
to people on other tables.
In
reality my table spent the first 20 minutes handing notes to each
other saying "this is bizarre!" It only begins to get
interesting when you start getting anonymous notes from across the
room...
Unsurprisingly
it didn't take us long to start making paper aeroplanes and attempts
at Oragami!
Who
does it attract?
People
who've tried speed dating and want to do something 'different'
What's
different about it?
Passing
notes can be more intimate than
other types of dating, you can't be overheard and people tend to be
a bit cheekier... though
not sure I like being told a complete stranger can see my pants..
What
does it cost?
£20,
but discounts
apply to group bookings
What
makes it special?
There is something
about the inforced silence and note passing that makes it just like
being back at school! There was a lot of giggling going on and it
was less hard work than speed dating can be.
What's
the down side?
It
was hard to work out who people were because you weren't always
able to see there name badges and there was no speed dating style
rotation of people going on
There's also
no form to tick people after the dating has finished, so if you
want to keep in contact you have to ask them yourself for a number
Any
tricks I need to know?
Be
aware that those people you are sitting with at the start of the
evening are the ones you'll be with once the 'silent dating' starts.
Bearing
in mine the pant thing, you might want to get a seat with your back
to the wall, so you don't flash your thong for the world to see.
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I
arrived at the venue at 7pm and spent about an hour having drinks
with people beforehand as despite the advertised time, events tend
to get going at about 8pm. Once everyone had arrived and were labelled
up with name badges, the 'dating' began. The tables are full of
pens and paper and the hosts act as postmen so you can send notes
to people on other tables.
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what other people thought of Silent Dating... Read their comments
