Just for fun: speed dating age range (woman, singles, attracted)

[NWGirl74]

Since I currently have nothing better to do tomorrow night, I'm thinking about going to a speed dating event. The age range for the event is 40-58. Quite frankly, I think the age range is too vast as someone in their early 40's (such as myself at 40) and someone in their late 50's are potentially going to be in different stages of life (one still has a long way to go before retiring, possibly still raising kids, the other possibly already retired and spoiling grandkids). I'm not saying it couldn't work; however, I'm not interested in someone that much older than me. I emailed the organizer to find out what age ranges the men attending are as it's advertised on sites other than Meetup-the three signed up on Meetup are mid-late 50's.

This got me thinking about what ages I would select if I could customize my ideal speed dating event. My preferred dating range is 35-45 so I'd set it at 33-47. There actually have been two 35-45 events planned in this area recently but they ended up being cancelled due to not enough people registering for them.

So if you were going to attend a speed dating event and could pick an age range, what would you select?

[LS Jaun]

At 41 I would say 35-45, but that would be ball parking it. If I'm attracted to her, we get along and she's not crazy I'm going to look at age as just a guideline.

[intelfan11315]

I honestly didn't know speed dating was real, I thought it was just from the 40 year old virgin. I don't like to date girls younger than 23. Older range, I'd say 29 or so, but I'd consider going out with someone a little older if they were good looking enough and skinny. I'm 26

[oh-eve]

I went to a speed dating event last Friday.

7 guys didn't even show. So it left me with 5 "dates".

Age range 37-47 for men. I am 37.
It was called PREMIUM SINGLES. NO, they didn't prescreen or match us, you sign up if you think you are premium and meet likewise people the opposite sex.

One guy was 65+ (WTF???), one was mentally challenged (okayyyyy), one was wayyy to short for me (okay, not his fault), one was just WAY too stereotypical Indian looking and sounding (ok, not his fault) and ONE was okay - we already met for dinner the day after.

[timberline742]

At 42 I would say 40-50.

I've never been to one though.

[krieger00]

the youngest girl i should be dating is 22 and how i go to that number is take your age divide it by 2 and add 7 to that number.

30/2 +7= 22

for me 22 to 30 is my age range.

[funymann]

I think walking in a room would be all I need to scan for someone I would be interested in meeting if I were single.

A long drawn out program with people you know in your heart and gut you can't see yourself with would be a waste of time.

Of course, as you exit the building you then notice a hot, tall girl rushing into the building and you think...I shudda stayed.

It's babble Thursday I guess.

[willow bear]

Originally Posted by krieger00

the youngest girl i should be dating is 22 and how i go to that number is take your age divide it by 2 and add 7 to that number.

30/2 +7= 22

for me 22 to 30 is my age range.

Soo what's the calculation for age range of men for a woman? Just wondering.

[Lilac110]

Originally Posted by krieger00

the youngest girl i should be dating is 22 and how i go to that number is take your age divide it by 2 and add 7 to that number.

30/2 +7= 22

for me 22 to 30 is my age range.

By that rationale, rounding up to an even number on my age, I should be okay with a 31-year-old.

Ain't happening.

Anyway, honestly? I can't imagine going to a speed-dating event. OLD, maybe, for the heck of it. But speed-dating is an introvert's nightmare.

And then there is this:



If I'm going to meet people en masse, I'd rather just do it in a situation that is not specifically for dating, like a meet-up for a common interest.

[NWGirl74]

Lilac, I'm actually introverted myself.

I've done it once before. I want to say the age range was 23-37, and most were early- to mid-30's. I was 37 so one of the oldest there. I didn't get any matches (I only selected 4 of the 11 I met). Despite that, it was a good experience in that it gave me much needed practice in making small talk with strangers, which is not something I'm good at due to the abovementioned shyness which tends to come across as aloofness.

Since then, I thought if I did it again, I'd like to try one where I'm in the middle of the age range, but I'm finding those are either hard to come by or when I do look to see if one's coming up, it's on a night I already have plans.