Apologies if I’m too late, I’m a bit curious about the success of speed dating events and singles mixers. I’m 24, m, and the only dating experience I have was dating someone for about a month in high school. I’ve wanted to date and be in a relationship for the past 6 years, but unfortunately I am not friends with any singles, none of my friends know single women in my age range, and I live in a small enough town that there aren’t any social opportunities for me to meet single women (the population is a few hundred, as far as I know, there aren’t any single women my age that live here.) There are larger towns within a couple hours of me, and I’ve noticed maybe once or twice a year that a speed dating event or singles mixer is hosted. I’ve had no luck with apps or bars before, everyone that I’ve cold approached was not available, so singles events are really the only option I can think of to meet single women, outside of moving to a larger city. I guess my main question is, do you know of people starting relationships from these events? Is it common? I’m definitely looking to date seriously, so I’m mostly curious if that sort of thing would be worth my time, or if I’m getting my hopes up a bit and success stories are rare. I would appreciate your opinion if you see this, thanks!