speed dating

I had arranged to go to the speed dating with one of the women I had met at the first pub meet I went to a couple of weeks ago. she is a taxi driver so I offered to drive to give her a night off (she's driving on saturday when we go to the pub quiz). she was extremely nervous, I don't really know why .....no thats wrong I do know why, But I just figured that I was going to enjoy myself and have a good night out whatever happened.

there were not many of us there and some of them didn't join in. considering there had been more women than men signed up for the evening it was suprising to find that there were more men than women there. Anyway we were given a card to write down the name and number of each man we chatted to. we were then supposed to put a tick for one of the following against each man. Y N F obviously we all knew what Y and N were for but none of us could figure out the F until someone suggested it was fuck off.....it turned out to be friend.

the first man I chatted to was very nervous and neither of us knew what to say. We did manage to speak but it was very disjointed. It was obviously not going well which was emphasised when he said 'these four minutes are taking a long time!' I gave him a big N

man number two wasn't bad looking quite a bit younger than me as was number one, but this one had a bit more about him. he spends a lot of time at sea, as an officer on his ship. I gave him an F

man number three omg this man has done everything and been everywhere and knows everything!! I found this out through talking to him in a group both before and after the main event. I gave him an N

man number four was fine a little older than me he has worked in my town so we talked about the town and one of the pubs he used to go to. we talked about our reasons for being there and wanting friends to socialise with. I gave him an F

man number five was slightly older than me I think. we got on fine. again he has worked in my town we again talked about that and the road works around the motorway juntion near his home. we talked about honesty and the need for women to hide behind an alias but it not being so important for men. at the end we were still sat chatting wondering what happens next. I asked him if he was glad he had come to the event. 'I met you didn't I?' he said I also gave him an F

I chatted in agroup with my new friend and a few others until it was time to go home as the pub was closing. last night I got an email informing me that I had 2 matches, man number 2 and number 4.

the next event is the pub quiz on saturday. then there is anothe pub meet on the 27th followed by a motorbike ride and bbq the following sunday 30th september.