Well I guess this style of dating throws the whole “you’re beautiful inside and out” thought out the door! The UK is trendsetting with a new style of speed dating, talk about an awkward silence. Shh! Dating is the craze in London’s dating world, people show up to these speed dating affairs and have to keep their pie holes shut the whole damn time, not a peep for 2 hours! Shockingly enough these events have been pretty successful, and founder Adam Taffler wants to kick this up a notch and hold events all throughout the UK.
I’d be lost at a Shh! Dating event, do you post up against the wall and shell out the duck face all night!? The brave Lucy Cavendish from The Daily Mail took it upon herself to give it a go:
“As they’re unable to use their dizzying wit or repartee to distract us, I can’t help but make snap judgments based on their appearances – too short, too beardy, too bald,” she said of the 14 men at the event. “But no doubt they are doing the same about us.”
Dating these days is shallow enough, I’m not sure this is helping the cause. On the flip side physical attraction is the first thing that draws two people together, the chit- chat usually comes second, naturally just the tip is third. What are your thoughts?!