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Speed Dating: Speed Dating is a free dating simulator. Do you compliment the hair or ask their sign? Speed Dating gameplay. CONTENT RATING: Teen+. What is a Virtual Speed Dating Event It is traditional speed dating in your home from your mobile, tablet or computer - anywhere you would like. Just as with in-person events, you’ll have a host to assist you with anything or anyone, be able to privately chat with a new dater every 7-8 minutes and select those whom you would fancy.
All the fun and efficiency of in-person speed dating events brought to your doorstep. Why wait to hear back from potential matches on traditional apps and websites when you can meet a group of singles just like yourself, all from the comfort of your living room. A lovely host to guide you through your virtual event, there to assist you with anything or anyone. As simple as selecting the virtual event you wish to attend from our event schedule, looking your flirty best on the date and time indicated and being ready to explore a whole new way of connecting.
Offering an exciting and innovative way to meet others just like yourself all in an environment suitably yours. The perfect opportunity to have an afternoon or night in, maximizing the number of potential matches you meet all while being your relaxed best. It’s traditional speed dating events with a virtual twist! Fabulous hosts to facilitate the event, assist you with any questions, concerns or thoughts you might have and tabulate your match results. While keeping in our philosophy of offering a civilized, safe and comfortable environment, we continue to reward those daters whom are found to be delightful and a joy to meet. We extend complimentary event invites and fantastic matchmaking opportunities while refusing those whom appear nice-challenged. We place great value in the feedback we receive from daters about fellow daters.
Ready to get your virtual cheeky on? Simply choose the virtual speed dating event from the event schedule you wish to attend. Purchase online and await your confirmation with additional details. You will not be asked to register further on any website, app or the like. Keeping a simple and easy approach to attending.
The night of your virtual event has arrived! Note the start time and don’t be afraid to dress it up. Just because you’re at home doesn’t mean you can’t stir up a fabulous cocktail, create that perfect environment or take it low-key and comfortable. You are your own venue and bartender - just don’t forget to tip yourself! You’ll access the event with the link given in your confirmation. Be sure to have your camera and microphone working on your mobile, tablet or laptop. Upon check-in you’ll meet your host for the evening. They’ll be able to assist you and will be there for you for the duration of the virtual event.
Once all daters have arrived in the virtual check-in room; The fun can begin! Your host will begin to move daters two at a time into their own private room where they can chat and get to know each other. The host will rotate the group enabling you to meet a new dater every 7-8 minutes. As the event progresses - simply jot down whom you fancy meeting again and exchanging contact information with. Once the night has ended, you’ll pass along your choices to your event host. If your selections chose you - it’s a match! For those whom garner matches, you will be notified via e-mail, later the same evening.
Offering our same uncompromising value, unparalleled service and undeniable sensibility - all in a virtual package tied in a Cheeky bow!
For any questions or advice, feel free to email us at info@mycheekydate.com
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR VIRTUAL EVENTS
What is a Virtual Speed Dating Event?
It is traditional speed dating in your home from your mobile, tablet or computer - anywhere you would like. Just as with in-person events, you’ll have a host to assist you with anything or anyone, be able to privately chat with a new dater every 7-8 minutes and select those whom you would fancy meeting again. All in an environment suitably you.
How do I reserve my place?
Simply select the city you wish to attend from the tabs on homepage and purchase online. Upon purchase, you’ll be sent a confirmation and details for how to attend your virtual speed dating event at the date and time indicated on the event schedule.
Can I attend via a mobile phone, tablet or computer?
Absolutely! Simply ensure the camera and microphone are turned on and working.
Will I be able to chat privately with my prospective ‘Virtual Date-Mate’?
Yes. Upon entering the event you will be in our virtual lobby where our event host will welcome you. Once daters have arrived in the room, the host will begin placing daters into their own private rooms, two at a time. From there you’ll rotate in and out of a private room, meeting a new dater every 7-8 minutes.
Will I be on my own or will there be a host there to assist me?
The moment you enter your virtual speed dating event, our host will be there to welcome you and assist you with any questions, concerns or thoughts. You can reach your event host at any time during the event.
What if I meet someone someone who isn’t being the best version of themselves?
We have a less than zero tolerance for any behavior that is upsetting, hair-raising or troubling. If you experience such behavior from a fellow dater, simply notify the event host. Our host will be available throughout the evening and easily accessible.
How do I choose someone I would be interested in meeting again?
Throughout the evening, simply jot down those whom you would like to exchange emails with. Once the event is complete, you’ll have the opportunity to pass along your choices to the event host.
What if I want to exchange information with a dater at the event and not wait for the match results?
We do discourage asking to exchange information during the event. One of the many advantages of speed dating, is not having the awkwardness of declining such requests. Daters should feel comfortable and relaxed knowing if they wish to meet a dater again, they can choose to do so at their own pace by passing on their selections to the host.
What is a MyCheekyDate ‘Virtual Date-Mate’?
A ‘Date-Mate’ means you have a match! You selected each other as daters you would fancy meeting again. The email address you registered with will be exchanged with this person 24 hours after the event. Only daters that garner matches are notified approx. 24 hours after the event. Should you wish to be notified if you do not garner matches or have any inquiries after the event - feel free to email us at info@mycheekydate.com. We’re here 24/7.
How do I get invited to complimentary virtual events?
By being as delightful and lovely as you can. We don’t judge by looks or your match results; Instead, we look at your interactions with our staff, hosts and fellow attendees. When daters stand out for being the best version of themselves and found to be just what others fancy in a mate - the world of cheeky is theirs! They can expect complimentary events and matchmaking opportunities at no additional cost to them. It is where lovely meets value - MyCheekyDate style.
How do I get banned?
While we appreciate dating is highly emotional, we have zero tolerance for any behavior that upsets your fellow daters, our hosts or our staff. We place a great value in the feedback we receive from daters about fellow daters. While singles may have differing opinions in whom they find attractive, what they are looking for in a mate or their personal goals - finding someone nice and lovely is universal. We don’t tolerate any less and don’t believe you should either.
What happens if the event is sold out?
We wish we could accommodate everyone! Unfortunately, the fun goes quick! You can email info@mycheekydate.com for information as to the process of being added to the wait list. Also, it is a good idea to keep checking back on our website as sometimes reservations become available at the last minute. We are continually updating our event calendar.
How many people will I meet?
MyCheekyDate Virtual Events vary in size, anywhere from 14-24 singles register for any given event.
Will I be recorded?
You will absolutely not be recorded. Daters can feel secure in knowing any information or details exchanged are private and at your discretion.
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“So, what do you like to do for fun?,' my date asks and I immediately panic. I showed up here with big expectations, curious about what speed dating is really like and hopeful I might at least meet someone intriguing. Now it's 10 seconds into Date One and I fear this was a terrible mistake. Five minutes per person can’t be that hard, right? He looks at me expectantly as I clutch my $5 house white wine and take a sip.
“I really love to... eat? Oh, and running. I enjoy that, too, sometimes.”
I came here tonight with the hopes of meeting my next boyfriend. Or, well, that’s what I was supposed to expect. In truth, I came here hoping for a funny story, something I could joke about with my friends as I recalled the things I do to try to salvage my struggling love life. I’ve developed a habit of reporting on dating culture — the good, the bad, and the ugly of trying to navigate love in your 20s. You’d think I’d have it figured out by now, but the truth is that I have a horrible track record in practice. Apps are exhausting, life is hectic, and I can never seem to attract the type of men I want to meet.
The natural solution to this? Attend a speed dating event. In theory, it’s an ideal format for busy people: seven dates, five minutes each, two hours of my night, max. As it turns out, speed dating is a bit like the old-school version of dating apps. It gives you the benefit of meeting several people in a short amount of time, which ups the odds that you’ll find someone you click with.
Michelle McSweeney, linguist and expert on digital relationships, says that speed dating can work well simply because of numbers: “It’s the Tinder idea. Get your face in front of as many other faces as possible,' she tells Elite Daily. Apparently it’s also important to make yourself stand out from the crowd. “The quality of relationship-defining memories predicts relationship satisfaction, so really good, emotionally intense and meaningful early memories can fuel a lifetime of love,” McSweeney says. “So if you do go speed dating, make sure it's memorable!” Challenge accepted.
I find NY Minute Dating online and sign up for an event called “Single Professionals, 20s and 30s,” which sounds more promising than others on the list like “Halloween Singles Party” or “Cougars and Cubs.” It’s $35 per event, which feels steep, but I take the plunge. I am a sophisticated Single Professional, and I intend to get my money’s worth.
I show up to the Muses 35 karaoke bar in Midtown Manhattan on a Friday night, dressed in a gray sweater tucked into a dark skirt with riding boots. It’s the same thing I wore to work, which feels very Single Professional and therefore makes me proud. The Girl in Charge greets me with a name tag and a slip of paper to write down everyone’s names. Apparently the way this works is that at the end of the night, we can each go online and submit the names of people we want to see again. Then we’ll find out in a few days whether we have any “matches.” This feels unnervingly like a real-world dating app where you’re sorting through men sitting there in the flesh, trying their hardest to make you swipe right on them.
The first people I meet are two women who showed up together. They’re adorable and good-natured about the whole thing, which makes me feel better immediately. One of them tells me she attended one of these events a year ago and met a guy she dated for a while. Having zero expectations is key, she says. You just have to have fun.
A few minutes after 7 p.m., Girl in Charge rings a bell, signaling the first date to begin. Date One is in a blue-and-white checked button-down and works in transportation. He looks like he’s probably in hisearly 30s, and he’s definitely nice enough, but I'm not super into him right off the bat. What really throws me is that initial question about my hobbies and my surprisingly pathetic response.
Wait, what do I actually like to do for fun? Am I THAT boring?
We chat for a few minutes about how he’s lived in the city for over a decade, so he knows it pretty well. I tell him I’m still new here, I’m from the South, I’m a writer, everything I can think of that would make me seem Interesting and Witty.
Next bell rings. Date Two wears glasses and works in I.T. He’s been to several speed dating events before. He gives me advice on the process, telling me it won’t do me any good to overthink it, the best thing to do is just let the conversation flow. This is also the point I remember this is a karaoke bar, as a girl 20 feet away starts screeching “I Will Always Love You” at a fever pitch so loud I can’t hear Date Two tell me about his hobbies. We pause for a moment and look at each other as we let the song play out. Great song, I comment, he agrees. The bell rings and I’m grateful.
Date Three is from Ukraine, but he’s lived in the States since he was 4 years old. I decide this is the perfect opportunity to tell him about my recent trip to Budapest, which I know isn’t really all that close to Ukraine, but of course, I’d love to visit Ukraine one day if I ever have the chance because it seems like a beautiful country and of course, I loved every moment of my time in Eastern Europe this summer.
He nods in silence. This is the moment I realize I’m going to be talking to myself for the entirety of the next five minutes. The music is only getting louder, so I’m leaning in until I’m about two inches from his ear and screaming about how much I love to write and can he tell I’m from the South because usually people can’t detect my accent. I think he tells me what he does for a living, but I can’t quite make it out, and the one piece of information I manage to gather is that he goes to a lot of concerts and is losing hearing in his left ear as a result. Thankfully I’m leaning into his right.
To my immense relief, Date Four wants to talk at me while I listen intently. He’s a native New Yorker, believe it or not, and his suit jacket tells me he probably works in finance (this assumption proves to be correct). The music seems to have calmed down a bit, which I later discover is because Girl in Charge asked the venue owners to please lower the volume because there is a serious event happening. My date decides to take full advantage of our brief five-minute window together:
“So, Sarah, why are you single?”
Well, then. Let’s just cut to the chase. I tell him I haven’t met anyone I really jive with, and his natural follow-up question is, “Well, what are you looking for?”
“Umm, I don’t know. Someone to hang out with?”
Jesus. I’m horrible at this. The biggest epiphany I’m having is that I’m incredibly bad at marketing myself in this setting. Put me in a job interview and I’ll dazzle you with the hard skills on my resume, but ask me about my hobbies and the best thing I can squeak out is, “I really love to eat!”
How very Single Professional of me.
Date Five wears a puffer vest and loves that I’m a writer. He’d be a writer full-time if he could, he says, but he’s really let his creative side go lately. He works with the homeless and he’s a DJ on the side, but if he had the time he’d write a whole book about dreams. The group behind us has moved on to belting out 'I’ll Make a Man Out of You” from Mulan, a classic, and I comment that it’s an excellent karaoke song choice. He asks me what my favorite Disney movie is, and the best thing I can think of is 101 Dalmatians. “Well, that’s a first,” he responds (for the record, I stand by this choice — it’s a quality film about familial loyalty and I refused to be convinced otherwise).
By Date Six, I’m most of the way through my house wine and have almost no voice left. At this point I’ve really embraced the “I love to eat” persona, and Date Six and I are thrilled to discover that we both enjoy Puerto Rican food. He says he can hear my Southern accent, which I find terribly offensive, but he assures me that he doesn’t think it’s a bad thing.
The final date of the night works in HR. He’s somewhat of a regular at singles events, and he’s apparently quite comfortable in this setting. He asks me if I’m into comedy, at which point we both quote John Mulaney’s famous sketch about getting lost in New York: “It’s a grid system, motherf*cker, where you at?” I proceed to tell him that he simply must go to more comedy shows and there are so many in the city and really it’s quite cheap if you know where to look. I’m talking a lot, but truthfully I’m quite ready to be done with this and retreat back to my phone screen, where I can swipe away in silence without having to invent lame hobbies for myself.
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The moment the event is over, I make my exit. Exhausted, I start venting to my roommate the moment I walk through the door. When I tell her about the “I love to eat” debacle, she can’t stop laughing. What Dates One through Seven didn’t know about me — what I never bothered to tell them — is that I have a veritable army of food allergies, meaning I don’t exactly qualify as a typical foodie. As I tell her about it, I start to realize how ridiculous I must have sounded the entire evening.
“Seriously, I wouldn’t even date me, I had nothing interesting to say!” I bemoan.
“So what you really learned is that you’re boring as hell,” Hannah responds. Thank god for honest friends.
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The lesson I learned here wasn’t what I expected. I confess that I showed up thinking my dates would be the story, but the real narrative was my realization of how exceptionally uninteresting I must have sounded to these guys. Selling yourself as a potential partner is a lot different than selling yourself as an employee, and I’ve approached my dating life like a job interview when it has to be a lot more organic than that. For some reason — be it the manufactured setting or my own insecurities — I both oversold and undersold my interests in a way that made me seem totally unlike myself.
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Maybe the moment I stop forcing it will be the moment things fall together. Until then, I’m giving speed dating and apps a break so I can get back to what I really love… food.