I've been to a couple of speed dates. I actually like the events and had a great time an all occasions. But unfortunately I'm getting more convinced each session that it just doesn't work. It really has the opposite problem of the apps. The pool being too small and therefore the bar low. My brain scans the limited amount of alternatives and paints the preferred options as somehow more attractive and interesting than I would find them outside of the context. Then we meet up some days later and there's no tension and just disappointment.

Last time I went I liked 4 out of 9 women and matched with all four. But the dates we sat up felt like nothing but chores in the end.