How to Go Speed Dating With a Friend

Speed dating with a friend is perhaps the best way to try out the event. Speed dating with a friend can be rewarding because you have something the two of you can share, plus you have someone else there to support you during the event. This allows you not only to have someone who can also meet a love interest at the same time you do, having a friend there also gives you a sense of security.

Instructions

1. Show up with your friend and be friendly towards her but don't appear as though you can't be detached from her. While the speed dating night out with your friend is a fun time, you need to remember that you just might meet someone interesting at the event and you want to appear as though you are able to be detached from your girlfriend on that night. Many people go speed dating alone, so going along with someone might be intimidating to others.

2. Compare notes but be polite. In between dating sessions, visit briefly with your friend to talk about what you've experienced. You want to make sure you compare notes quietly in a corner and be polite because you don't know who is listening to you. Wait until after the event to reveal your entire true feelings about each date.

3. Be willing to separate at the end of the event. Drive separately to the speed dating event, because you never know if either of you will meet someone new and will want to continue the date after the initial event. It's not uncommon for someone to meet someone new and exciting and want to go to dinner after a speed dating session.

4. Make your own dating decisions. If you and your friend dated the same person during the speed dating event, you might have differing opinions about someone. Be polite about the people your friend likes and tone down your excitement for someone if your friend didn't have a favorable experience with her.

5. Be flexible with your friend during the speed dating event. This is not the night to have expectations for your friendship and expect your friendship to come first. You or your friend might meet someone she may want to spend time with, so you need to put your friendship on the backburner and allow a new romantic relationship to develop for your friend.