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Dim Sum Dating

Tuesday December 18, 2018

Dim Sum Dating is the new hot and steamy dating event for London.

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Our FIRST EVER Speed Dating Chocolat

Tuesday November 27, 2018

It was a momentous day on Sunday, 25 November and this day shall be remembered from here on as the day that brought us the delicious new dating event Speed Dating Chocolat.

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Our FIRST EVER Vegan Speed Dating

Wednesday November 14, 2018

Last night was our FIRST EVER Vegan Speed Dating at the gorgeous upstairs of The Coach & Horses and I must say it was possibly one of our best ever speed dating events yet!

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Speed Dating Oxford

Friday October 12, 2018

Original Dating continues to grow and one of the our more recent cities is Oxford.

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Swingers Dating

Wednesday September 5, 2018

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The importance of listening

Tuesday August 14, 2018

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand, they listen with the intent to reply. - Stephen R Covey.

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Swingers Dating

Friday August 3, 2018

It's not quite how it sounds, or maybe it is? You'll certainly be doing a lot of swinging, of your golf club that is because Original Dating have teamed up with Swingers West End to bring you Swingers Dating.

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Summer In The City Offline Dating Party

Wednesday July 11, 2018

It's The Summer In The City Offline Dating Party – Saturday, 14 July! And the words of The Lovin' Spoonful - 'Hot town, summer in the city' have never been more appropriate because this is going to be one hot party, slap dab in the middle of The City, at the beautiful surroundings of The Otherist.

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Questions to ask speed dating

Wednesday June 27, 2018

'How do I stand out from 20 dates back to back'

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Another success story

Tuesday June 26, 2018

There's a verity of ways to meet someone in these modern times, anything from down the pub to dating apps, higher education to the work place and of course speed dating.

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Dating advice from fictional characters

Friday June 8, 2018

Life imitates art far more than art imitates life – Oscar Wilde

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Does speed dating work?

Friday May 4, 2018

Does speed dating work? Will I meet anyone I like? People don't take it seriously though, do they? It's just a bit of fun? You name it, I've heard them all. And the answer to all of the above is, yes.

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Original Dating is back in Balham

Friday April 20, 2018

Original Dating is coming back to Balham. Many moons ago when Speed Dating had just been dreamed up by a Rabbi in New York, there was another not so Jewish young lad the other side of the pond, who thought London deserved Speed Dating. This young lad grew up to be the MD of Original Dating and where did it all begin....Balham.

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Original Dating as seen on TV

Thursday April 12, 2018

Not too long ago Original Dating teamed up with Nat West to create a short video about online banking security.

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The Spring Fling 2018

Wednesday April 11, 2018

With the beast from the east making two stops in London it certainly doesn't feel like Spring weather-wise but there is one thing that happens every year in London to mark the transition from winter to spring.

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Original Dating Vlog #3 - The March Mixer

Friday March 2, 2018

In this episode Stuart explains why you need to be at our next big party - The March Mixer. There's also a blooper reel at the end for you to enjoy!

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Valentines Week

Thursday January 25, 2018

With Valentine's Day fast approaching, here at Original Dating we've decided to spoil the singles of London with a full calendar of events!

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Dating in January 2018

Thursday January 11, 2018

January, the aftermath month. We've all been running about daft with Christmas shopping, parties, catching up with friends and family and now all we're left with is this sudden lull.

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New Year Offline Party 2018

Tuesday January 9, 2018

With Christmas out the way, we've all had time to catch up with family and friends, now it's time to start focusing on ourselves again.

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Date Ideas - Ice Skating

Monday December 18, 2017

Christmas is by far one of the best times of the year to be dating and you're never short of Christmas activities in London over the festive period.

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HOW IT WORKS

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.

When you get there

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.

Meet & Mingle

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!

Complete your score sheet

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.