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I’ve been on so many blind dates, I should get a free dog.
Wendy Liebmn
The dating world can be pretty overwhelming. Especially, since there are many different routes you can take when it comes to meeting the right person. Whether it be at a bar, a friend setting you up, or an online dating site.
The struggle is real. However, it is good to have some insight on what dating approach may work best for you. Or what may not.
Check out this scenario…
You are tired of hitting dead ends when it comes to dating, so you ask your happily married bestie to help hook you up with someone that may suit. A cousin, a friend or maybe even someone her husband knows, because, ya know, they are so happy, right?
Your bestie immediately accepts the challenge and returns later with a blind date proposition. A dinner date with a friend-of-a-friend. It takes you zero seconds before you foolishly, accept.
Fast forward to date night with mystery Man. You are picked up and taken to a beautiful Mexican restaurant. You probably would have been very impressed if you would have only liked Mexican food.
However, it’s a blind date, so shattering his ego over something he should have no knowledge of, would just be plain rude. So you stay quiet and order shredded lettuce with a smile.
Dinner has yet to be served and his idea of an enlightened conversation is what the next episode of How It’s Made will be. You would be more than happy to engage in the seriousness of the conversation if only you gave a shit about how sandpaper is created.
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He knows the weekly schedule for all of his favorite shows + even has the passion and drive to keep up with his Clash of Clan stats during your date. And here you are, only able to have caught up on maybe a piece of one of those ‘housewife’ shows and constantly resigning on Words w/ Friends because, well, you don’t have time for that.
You tell him you love to volunteer and love working with kids. He expresses his disinterest by putting on a lame front of engagement as he continues to talk about himself. You can’t help the resting bitch face as you look down at your watch and realize only 20 minutes have passed, and your lettuce has still not arrived…WTF.
Been There? Or know someone that has?
I bet you do!
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Now consider this…
You are floating around one of those popular dating websites such as eharmony or match. If you fill out your profile open and honestly, you should have a few great candidates to start with.
Now imagine you are on a date. You get the nervousness out of the way because for the most part, you have already been chatting online. So the initial awkwardness should be at a bare minimum. The restaurant you meet him at is perfect because you both have been getting to know each other online, so the Man already knows you are not a fan of Mexican cuisine. Score.
The conversation seems to flow easily because you already know what your common interests are. He volunteers as well and works with children. But you already knew that. Before you know it, you both have been eating, drinking, and chatting for hours…Straight Bliss!
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See the difference…
Let me play both sides here. There are millions of people who have had successful + loving relationships that were connected via Blind Date. Just as there are plenty of unsuccessful relationships that were started online. This is purely just to open your eyes to a new perspective when choosing your ‘dating’ avenues.
Years ago, we did not have the many advantages in the online dating world as we do now. Shit, we didn’t even have internet not too long ago. So blind dates or being ‘set-up’ was a sure way to possibly meet your person.
Now that we do have this incredible force called technology helping the world to become more knowledgeable, why not use it within our love lives as well.
So now that we see the difference between a friend, with good intentions, setting you up on a blind date. And choosing a man for yourself whom you met online, which shares your interests and tastes. Which Would You Rather?
