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Online dating apps are a great way to discover a new squeeze but eventually the two people have to meet. How can dating sites do a better job of in-person meetups? PlentyofFish already conducts a lot of events. So he bought a company called FastLife, which puts together "speed dating" events in cities worldwide. Speed dating is where singles briefly talk to everyone that attends an event, in the hopes that sparks will immediately fly. It turns out that it's a very profitable part of the dating world, too, Frind says. We believe FastLife is the biggest speed dating company in the English speaking world.

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Matt Paoli, who launched Flare Events right before the onset of the pandemic, explained the rules of speed-dating. Thanks to online fatigue and safety concerns, some singles in the city have found another way to meet potential dates. After months of dispiriting lockdowns and a recent breakup, I decided to date eight men in one night. And I did it all in two hours. This was actually a journey back in time, before swiping left and right became the norm.

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Toronto speed dating lures women with cops, firemen. When I sat down Libra Lounge on Thursday night for the Men in Uniforms charity speed dating event, I didn't meet the chest-baring model in a fireman jacket that accompanied their webpage, but neither did I meet the cliched balding policeman with cheetos stains on his mouth and donut crumbs on his fingers. Instead, my first date of the night was a full-time fireman who was just as nervous as I was. Turns out that he, like me, had never been to a singles event before, and laughing at our mutual discomfort became a starting point to what was a whirlwind of eight-minute dates with 10 interesting and charismatic men.

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I arrived on the singles scene in with an aching heart and a lot to learn. Seemingly overnight, dating apps had shifted from the desperate domain of the overs to the new normal. Every man and his dog were on Tinder — or every man and his sedated tiger, all dumb grins and flexed muscles bulging out of Bintang singlets. Initially hesitant, I got into the swing of it soon enough; window-shopping for boys from the comfort of your couch sure has its benefits, and amongst the beefed-up bodybuilders and BDSM buffs, there seemed to be a few potential suitors.

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