Wednesday, February 01, 2006

I'M SO OUT OF IT

The dating scene, that is.

In today's Newsday their "Survival Guide" features a story on "Eye Gazing." This is a new way for singles to meet. You get a roomful together, and each person gets 3 minutes to stare into the eyes of each person of the opposite sex--no talking (and presumably no touching) allowed. (There was no mention of whether there's a same sex version.) At the end people decide who they want to meet up with, and if two people want to meet each other, contact information is given.

One phrase in the article, er, caught my eye. It contrasted eye gazing to "traditional speed dating." Traditional? I've been out of the dating scene for nearly two decades now. Has speed dating been around so long it's traditional?

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