*** The OFFICIAL Weekend Singles Thread *** September 21-23, 2007 - National Singles' Week

September 21, 2007 | WFTR

[WFTR]

I can't say that I notice a real difference in the hotel beds from one place to another. I generally enjoy staying in something much smaller than a Hilton or Hyatt. My favorites are motels like the Comfort Inn along the interstates.

Bill

[DollyCali]

Oliver is taking care of Corky, Cali & Boo.. til you & I get there !

I think it would be nice to see a tribute of sorts. I still have a lot of cats here of varying degrees of friendliness & affection. But none come close to what Cali & I shared. I think the past years I was just to busy with life, an invalid mom & 2 dogs & Cali to have much time/energy to develop more with the others. A few are getting closer over the past few months.

[Froufrou]

Hubs and I were robbed at a Comfort Inn, the one by Six Flags in Arlington, TX. The cops said it was an ‘inside job’ and happened frequently. It’s a bad feeling knowing someone was in your room while you slept and could’ve shot you dead.

I generally prefer hotels to motels for that reason. They just feel safer.

[WFTR]

The article was interesting, but their process is very different from the process at American speed-dating events. In their process, five men and five women sat at a table together. Personally, I can't imagine many things in the dating world more awkward than sitting at a table with nine strangers knowing that we were all supposed to be evaluating one another as potential romantic partners and knowing that we had only five minutes to accomplish this goal. I would certainly never agree to this kind of situation. Furthermore, they must then exchange contact information in front of the others at the table.

In American speed dating, each couple sits at a table alone for five minutes. They are able to converse without an audience. When someone asks a question, he or she doesn't have to worry about the other person being embarrassed to answer the question in front of a group. Furthermore, no contacts are made at the table. Each person takes notes and then submits a match sheet to the organizers. The organizers then inform everyone of mutual matches.

The weakness of speed dating is that everything is based on first impressions. Anyone who can put on an act for five minutes can do very well. Those whose qualities don't show except with time do poorly. However, there's sense of competition while trying to hold a conversation, and one guy can't dominate every conversation at every table as he could with the system used at this event.

Bill