Blind dating

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How do you feel about blind dating? Do you find it utterly stupid, or does the thought of meeting a mystery person who could potentially become your lover thrill you?

I think I'm way too paranoid to ever be able to do such a thing. Sure - there's a chance I could meet someone awesome . . . but what if I'd meet a total douche?

 

[superboyian]

To me, that would be really scary so personally I wouldn't do it or take the chance especially when you don't know who the person is going to be like (in personality) since that's the thing that I tend to focus more on.

 

[Geordie]

I'm open to blind dating...

 

[juffur]

I could not do it. That sounds terrifying.

 

[Geordie]

You never know a date until you see him/her

 

[kasmanaft08]

. Sure - there's a chance I could meet someone awesome . . . but what if I'd meet a total douche?

Logically, the chance of a first date with someone you know vs. a stranger ending up as a total douche is the same. The chances of meeting someone awesome stand to be the same as well.

Look at it this way- the whole point of a date is to determine whether said person meets the approval for further steps in whatever desired relationship may be. Otherwise we'd all pair off like penguins when the mood strikes. Unfortunately for humans, we're a shade more psychologically and socially complex than that. People change (both in situation and in time in different degrees), people are picky, etc., and so forth...

To lessen the changes of meeting someone horribly douchey or horribly boring, would be to at least have some conversations with them first. A hardcore blind date would be unsettling in my opinion. I'd have to at least have a vague idea what they're about and if the date will stand a chance of at least being decently pleasant.
E-mails or chatting online seems to be a good way to feel it out.

 

[Geordie]

Added with online psychoanalysis techniques, we can better analyze our dates