It's with massive excitement that we announce our next BIG event of 2016, our Late Summer Offline Dating Party on Saturday, 17 September 2016.
Without wishing to blow one’s own trumpet, we’re already well known as London’s market leaders for speed dating events (toot). Our programme of events covers most areas of London (toot). And we’re proud (toot) of our record of bringing thousands, if not tens of thousands of couples together (toot, toot toot!).
The wonderful thing about meeting someone in person is you know right away if that person is for you. That’s exactly what happened just a couple of years ago for Jonathan and Anna.
In the first of our weekly dating tips for women posts Sam offers up some pearls of dating wisdom to help kickstart your love life.
To some, the idea of speed dating can be a little nerve wracking. After all you are on a timer and everyone wants to make a great first impression in the time they have. To help banish those nerves I’ve put together a couple of go-to questions to ensure your date goes off without a hitch.
One of the most satisfying aspect of being in a relationship is the lazy Sundays. You know, when you spend the morning dozing in bed with the papers (or iPad) before strolling to your local for a Sunday roast and a few pints in the afternoon.
Wherever you are in London, there's always something interesting going on near you. Here are our top 5 picks of places to take your date this week.
We've just confirmed the venue for this year's Christmas Party and it's set to be our biggest event of the year with over 300 people attending.
Quite rightly, most normal people groan when they hear mention of Christmas in November. We, on the other hand, like most event companies, plan our schedules in advance meaning that we’ve been talking about Christmas events since the Summer. Rest assured, Christmas talk in June is much more depressing than it is in November.
We love it when we hear from a couple that got together at our events. Today was ones of those days! Take a look at the email we just received from a client of ours that attended a speed dating event and a party just over a year ago.
It’s the start of another week, so before the phones start ringing, we’re taking the chance to give you run-down of what happened last week along with an insight into what to expect in the week ahead.
With an event taking place somewhere in London practically every night of the week it’s sometimes hard for us to find time to blog. Over the past few weeks, we’ve probably had our busiest run of busiest speed dating events ever. In fact, practically every event we’ve organised has totally sold out and the ones that didn’t were still at 95% of capacity.
We’re at the beginning of a very busy week at Original Dating HQ and we wanted to bring you up to speed and possibly tempt you along to one of our busy events. Dating can only start after two people meet and very best place to meet people is at our busy speed dating events in London. Join us at an event this week and next week, well the possibilities are endless.
Let’s be honest, humans are weird. And never more so than when engaging in the ancient ritual of dating. So many rules and protocols, how are we to make sense of it all?
The kiss. More often than not, the first point at which we publicly and actively communicate desire. And yet the reasons we kiss can differ significantly between men and women. It may seem like a mutually shared attraction and a precursor to further harmonious interactions but scientists (what do they know, right?) suggests otherwise.
As if the concept of online and app dating wasn’t weird enough - spend weeks upon end flicking through pictures only to find half are fakes and the other half have lied about something significant - niche dating apps are taking singledom to a whole new level of surreal.
A Ladies Guide to Dating Rugby Positions John takes a closer look at male dating stereotypes and discovers an eerie correlation to rugby positions.
You’d think that people with a shared interest in literature, no matter how shy, would have a base level of eloquence that would avoid awkward silences. And yet, even the greatest literary minds of our generation find it hard to describe that most intimate of pastimes. You know. The one that begins with ’s’ and ends with ‘ex’.
Not long ago I wrote a short quiz so gents could see how good a speed dater they really were. I promised I’d write one for the ladies so here it is. In the interests of scientific balance I thought it only fair to keep the questions the same.
The beauty of Speed Dating London lies in its no-nonsense approach. You take an equal number of single girls and guys, put them in a room and give them a few minutes to chat with every other member of the opposite sex.
Original speed dating events in London normally begin at 7.30pm. You will need to register with our hosts and to begin with they will issue you with a score sheet. This will help you to keep track of the singles that you would like to meet again and perhaps go on a date with. After a short period of mingling, your host for the evening who will run through detailed instructions and give you your starting position if you are a guy or table for the event if you are a girl.
A London speed dating event is split into two halves, each lasting around an hour, there will be an interval at half time of about 15 minutes for speed dating London. You will have between 4 and 5 minutes with each person, after which you need to tick a box on your score sheet - "yes, I would like to meet this person again" or "no. Thanks but no thanks". Or "friend" if you'd like to get to know them platonically. Make sure that you do this after each date to keep track. Afterwards there is an opportunity for everyone to meet and mingle informally - this is often where the real action begins, so make sure you don't disappear too quickly!
After the event you simply tick who you liked on the Original Dating website and the site works about your matches automatically. If the dates you have ticked as a "yes" have reciprocated you have a match. You will be able to view the first names and message them via our site online without revealing your email address until you are ready to. You'll be having proper first dates in no time.