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What if no one picks me? Who at team tryouts hasn’t feared that? Speed daters are no different. But some speed dating companies are.

At A Match Made in 7 and Inning Dates we try to be more proactive than reactive. We don’t just make provisions for those who don’t get any matches when they attend one of our events. We also help the matchmaking by expanding the pie. By recognizing that people relate to others on many levels and offering them the opportunity to see that as well, we actually help increase their chances of matching.

For example, suppose two people discover in their match round that they have a common interest or passion – say, for kayaking. At our events, we offer them the opportunity to indicate that to us on their scorecard. Even if at their initial meeting neither sees any sparks of another sort, they have at least opened the door to a friendship and perhaps, eventually something beyond that. Sometimes romance is a journey.

It creeps up on you. How long has it been since you met someone new? Mirror mirror on the wall, how did my social world become so small?

Most of us lead busy lives. So it’s easy to find oneself confined by existing work, family, church, community or other networks. For example, in some work environments, there’s little exposure to those of the opposite sex. That makes you more dependent upon other outlets that can provide an opportunity to expand your social network.

Many people look to speed dating as an untapped network. Even if you’ve been to a previous event with us, the next provides a whole different group of people with whom to network.

Single and determined not to spend the next holiday dateless? Resolve to do this for yourself. Sign up for a singles networking event like our Inning Dates.

Eventually even the most well meaning friends and relatives run out of Mr or Ms Wonderful’s to introduce you to. Recently, my new bank manager, upon learning that I run speed dating events, told me that she could think of several people whom she’d like to refer.  But she admitted to me that she didn’t know if they’d do it for themselves. I reassured her that though her heart’s in  the right place, as grown-ups, it is their own responsibility to follow through.

As we say at Inning Dates, “If you don’t step up to the plate and take a swing at the pitch, you can’t hit one out of the park!”