Posted on January, 17th 2023.

If you are on the fence about speed dating, these advantages might just help convince you that speed dating could be ideal for you:

1. You’ll Meet a Lot of Singles in a Short Amount of Time Saving you time, money, and the stress and anxiety of weather or not you have to impress or meet any expectations, it is like an interview but you are the one doing the hiring.

2. You Don’t Need to Match with Anyone since there isn't any pressure you can be yourself have fun, and if you don't like someone you can plan your next speed dating event and meet new friends. You don't have to worry about rejecting anyone to their face.

3. Dates are Very Short If you met someone on a date, you would have at minimum a couple of hours of having to endure bad conversation, or lack of interest, or even bad hygiene before your night ended. Either that or you’d have to make an escape by having a friend interrupt your date with a phone call!

You are not going to like every person that you meet during speed dating event but, thankfully, if there is someone you don’t like the date will be over before you know it and you’ll be meeting someone new. The worse case scenario you will meet some really nice new friends. 

4. You’re in a Safe Place dating can be a little scary at times – especially when you’re meeting someone off of the internet or a dating app. Which is exactly why I created Let's Connect Speed Dating in the first place. In this instance you will be meeting in a venue run by professionals with lots of others around you.

5. You’re Meeting People Face-to-Face You never really know if you’re going to like someone until you meet in person. Even if find each other’s photographs attractive with filters, and all the different ways people change their photos it is one of the biggest issues when you show up on the date and people are not what you expected. Not only that how many times have you not selected someone who you met in person later only to find they were really amazing yet you missed that opportunity.
Meeting in person gives you a better feel of who a person is. Yet there really is no guarantee of there being that spark between until you meet. By trying speed dating, you get to see if that spark is there from the moment that you both meet.

6. It’s a Fun Experience Yes, it’s true that speed dating can be a intimidating especially if you are a little shy. On the other hand, it can be extremely great practice on how to break out of your comfort zone and practice your social skills, practice pick-up lines, and meet some really great new people. Consider it networking for friendship... especially when you consider that everyone is in the same boat. Relax and ask lots of questions, you’ll soon find you’re having lots of fun with your dates.

What Are the Disadvantages of Speed Dating?

Of course, nothing is perfect and there are a few disadvantages of speed dating that you should know about before you decide to book into an event:

1. You Only Have a Short Amount of Time to Get to Know Someone A speed date will only last around 3-5 minutes, which is a very short amount of time. Especially when you’re looking for the love of your life! So, you might find that you could have a lot in common with someone but you just never had the chance to find out due to time constraints. Is this a big problem in speed dating? 

Not really, as most of us know from our gut initial reaction whether or not we’d like to see someone again and potentially date them. The short date times tend to bring far more advantages than disadvantages for singles.

2. You Might Not Get Any Matches just because you’re meeting a good few singles, it doesn’t actually guarantee that you will find someone who would like to go a date with you – which could be quite disheartening when you’re looking for love. However, try not to worry about this too much as you’ll most likely find a few matches on the night. Nor should you focus too much on someone you really liked not matching with you – it simply wasn’t meant to be.If you are worried about getting matches, it can be worth researching tips on how you can be your most successful on a speed dating night. This could be from getting yourself a new outfit, planning some questions or not making any speed dating boo-boos, such as being on your phone or drinking too much.Like everything in life, speed dating has its ups and downs. The thing is, there are far more pros than there are cons, so if you are looking for love, you should seriously consider giving it a try! That is why we also have a mixer following and provide your information for friendship.