Benefits Of Speed Dating Los Angeles

By Aimee Schwartz


Speed dating is a formal process carried out by organizations whose purpose is to facilitate people to meet a large number of new people and matching them eventually. The practice originated from the Jews where it helped single people to meet and marrying. There are some people who feel that the events offer better meeting places compared to others such as clubs. Speed dating Los Angeles events are thus undergoing acceptance in many countries.

These events are best for single people as they are fabricated for people to meet suitors hence no one will feel out of place. It conserves time as the people taking part are put into compatible age groups and the need for introductions is done away with. Unlike many other meeting venues, the event offers a comfortable environment for talking.

One does not have to select or reject someone in the process of the event as matching is usually done afterwards. The organizers put a time limit in every dating session to reduce the chances of getting stuck with one suitor for a long time. Additionally, for a couple that discover their compatibility earlier on in the event may sit together until it comes to an end.

The feedback of the matches is not readily available immediately after the event and participants have to wait for a day or two to access it. In most speed dating events, the matches are usually randomized so that people will have an opportunity to meet different types of people that may not be there in clubs. This does away with the signals that people use in clubs to preselect each other.

Every participant whether male or female is required to register themselves prior to the event. The people taking part are usually rotated to a series of short dates that may last from three to eight minutes depending on the organization involved. To indicate the end of one session and switching to the next, the organizer rings a bell or blows a whistle.

At the end of the event, the participants submit their list of the people that they would prefer to give their contact information to. The organizers then forward the contact information to them in case a match occurs. However, the same information cannot be exchanged during the short dates to avoid the possibility of having to reject another participant to their face.

The requirements of this arrangement vary from one organizer to the other with most focusing on groups and communities like that of the LGBT, Christians and Muslims. Graduate student events take place more often as single youngsters are looking forward to meeting their life partners and probably settle down and start a family. These arrangements are mainly organized in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.

Many participants have been found to make decisions within the first three seconds of communication according to a study. In addition, issues such as religion, previous marriages and lifestyle are expected to affect these events but they do not according to a research. Online speed dating is now becoming common although suitors cannot actually meet each other.




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