VH1 Pickup Artist 2 Casting

So about speed dating. Three or four years ago I would have never done something like this because I thought it would be a waste of time. Recently, I thought to myself, “What if it isn’t? Is it worth spending a evening meeting new women even if none of them are my type?” Then I decided the possibility of finding a new date was worth giving it a shot.

One session was in Morristown, NJ and the other was in New Brunswick, NJ. It was a lot of fun and I’m glad that I did it.

Here’s how it worked. When you enter the session area you’re given a tag with your first name and a ID # to put on your shirt. You are also given a card with the ID # of every participant with yes and no next to it. At the end of the session you return the card back to the event organizer. You circle yes for whoever you want to exchange email addresses with and no for you’re not interested in.

Each “date” lasts for four minutes, where you sit across from each other and chat. The girls sit in the same spot and the guys move every four minutes from spot to spot chatting with a different girl. You get a 10 minute break halfway through the dating session.

Most of the girls I met were very friendly. It is an amazing experience to be in a room where every member of the opposite sex is there to talk to people. It took away that pit I get in my stomach when I think about approaching a girl.

As soon as I sat down to chat with some of the girls, I could tell they were already thinking "No." But they are were friendly enough to be open for a fun conversation.

The ironic thing about it was that a handful of the girls weren't looking for a date, they just were there to support friends of both sexes that didn't want to go speed dating alone. A lot of girls asked mundane questions such as

What do you do?
Where do you live?
Did you grow up around here?

I had fun putting my own spin on those answer so that our date had the feel of a conversation instead of a job interview. I also got a lot of positive feedback when I talked about my recent trip to Argentina.

So for fun, I circled yes for every girl I dated whether I was attracted to them or not. I did that because I was curious to see who wanted to talk to me again. Two girls circled yes for me! One I emailed and never heard back from, and the other and I agreed to meet for a drink during the week of March 30. I’ll let you know how it goes…