Speed Dating
You've been trying (1) find that certain someone for far too long, Debbie,' they
said. 'Can't you feel (2) getting older? Don't you (3) it strange
to be 25 and not married yet?' they asked. They recommended (4) to check out
something called 'speed dating'. Two days later I found (5) sitting in a club in
central London with 100 other people with name badges on.
The idea with speed dating is that you have three minutes to chat, then a bell rings and you change
partners. You keep (6) going like that all night, making a note of anybody you like.
So, I sat there as 50 young men passed before my eyes. I didn't (7) tell them
that I worked for a young women's magazine, so I pretended to be a hairdresser. Everyone obviously
found (8) hard to know what to say - well, what do you say to sell yourself in three
minutes? The Kevins, Jonathans and Michaels came and went, and I (9) to feel
like I couldn't (10) to hear another potted biography. Speed dating might work for
some, but I think I'll stick to traditional methods to find Mr Right.
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