# davidm tries speed-dating... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 2, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836 "2004-09-02T21:06:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/41 "2004-09-30T03:29:35Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Geez, I’m totally teasing you – I’m with **lezlers** on this, I wouldn’t have the nerve to do the speed-dating thing. I prefer to have the guy fall under the spell of my wit and charm via email, IM, and phone before risking the in-person meeting. My god, I have a twin. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/42 "2004-09-30T04:40:22Z")
Been enjoying reading this thread for some reason. I found this [article](http://www.pre-dating.com/roanoketimes.html) that you might be interested in reading. The writer (a women) didn’t read the instructions properly and marked everyone she met as friend/business contact. :wally I hope “Joan” didn’t make the same mistake! ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/43 "2004-09-30T04:41:55Z")
ahem, a womAn ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/44 "2004-09-30T04:43:04Z")
> [@lezlers](#): > > My god, I have a twin. 😃 Actually you and **twickster** are triplets with me. I used to be able to write quite a scintillating e-mail. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/45 "2004-09-30T12:13:10Z")
Hey – we’re Dopers. Of course we write kick-ass emails. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/46 "2004-09-30T15:48:16Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > Been enjoying reading this thread for some reason. > > I found this [article](http://www.pre-dating.com/roanoketimes.html) that you might be interested in reading. The writer (a women) didn’t read the instructions properly and marked everyone she met as friend/business contact. :wally I hope “Joan” didn’t make the same mistake! Geeze, I hope not. The coordinator spoke about the forms and pretty explicitly explained how they work, and he was speaking to a small group in a relatively small room so I’m sure everyone heard him even if they didn’t bother to read the instructions. He even mentioned that if you really liked someone you should be sure to circle _both_ choices in case the other person only chose “business/friends”. So I doubt that she would have made that mistake but thank you so much for adding to my anxiety. 🙂 (just kidding) 🙂 I sent her a nice email explaining who I was and that we had chosen each other as friends and that I thought that we should get together. I’m now awaiting her response. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/47 "2004-10-11T01:40:57Z")
Update, please? ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/48 "2004-10-11T16:50:18Z")
I got no reply to the email so I phoned her and left a message. She hasn’t called back. Maybe she’s shy, maybe she changed her mind, or maybe **ataraxy22** is correct and she filled out the form incorrectly. I’m trying to decide whether or not I should try to contact her again. I’m thinking about maybe sending her a message asking her to please let me know what’s up one way or the other. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836/49 "2004-10-11T17:08:10Z")
Sorry, kiddo, sounds like she’s blowing you off – who knows why. If she’s out of town or something, you’ll hear from her eventually, since she’s got your email address and a phone number – otherwise, assume she’s not interested. Rude, too, but that’s a separate issue. BTW – search this forum for “Moroccan” to find the thread for the next Philly Doper Dinner – the Moroccan place on Second Street. I’ll let you bump it this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/davidm-tries-speed-dating/262836.md?page=2)