Speed dating is a good way to meet a lot of people in a short amount of time. The idea is that each participant is given a time limit of three to five minutes to sit and talk to someone and at the end of that time the men will move to the next date. This process can allow you to meet up to 20 people in one night.

Singles dating can be difficult because after someone graduates from college, finding a supply of acceptable candidates is not easy. Dating from your work pool generally is not a recommended method, so if you do not belong to a church, civic group or volunteer organization, that typically leaves only the bar or club scene to find eligible mates.

While speed dating usually capitalizes on a bar or restaurant as a safe, public background, it removes much of the incessant "meat market" atmosphere by allowing people to have a real conversation with each other, instead of getting jostled by other patrons or shouting at each other to be heard. While, admittedly, the initial conversations are short, most people can tell whether or not they are interested in someone after just a few seconds, anyway.

Once the night is done, all of the participants are free to socialize in the bar area. If you do not feel comfortable at that point in time, or wish to ruminate on your choices, it is possible to check your responses later. If you had any matches, you are then free to contact them.

Speed dating is a quality method of getting introduced to as many as twenty members of the appropriate sex, without the need to make a quick decision on any single individual. Best of all, should you genuinely detest the person across from you, you are guaranteed the bell will ring soon, bringing someone new into your life. This is different than random meetings at bars or blind dates.

Indeed, it is impossible to count the number of times "girls night out" have ended early due to some drunken boor. Gentlemen, as the old saying goes, "no means no." However, if you and your compatriots take in an evening of "speed dating", you have a guarantee you all will make it through the entire night without trouble.