Doing Something Blatant

by Patrick on March 21, 2009

a70-671I first heard of the idea back in high school.

Ms. Gabriel, an English teacher and co-advisor to the CHS Theatre Guild would mention how she booked 3,4,5 straight days of dates. She’d boasted of having an afternoon date followed by an evening date. She reasoned the mass dating was just a way for her to jump back in the dating scene when she felt the urge to get back out there.

Flash forward to this week and I was talking to my friend Katie:

Me: I need to meet someone.

Katie: i agree

Me: HAHAHA Why? Do you agree?

Katie: cuz everyone needs to meet someone, that and i think you’re ready

Me: thanks Katie, that’s very kind to hear that

Katie: well it’s the truth, how are you going to meet someone? what are ya doing to get out there
and meet people?

Me: that’s the big question,I haven’t done anything blatant

Katie: well do you want to do something blatant?

We left the conversation at that and I thought about that question as I went to the gym with Adam. I wonder what she meant by that, pimping myself online? speed dating? crazy blind date? I’ve always secretly felt awkward about meeting people online but I do it and I realized that it really is less of a stigma in today’s high tech world. Getting over that hurdle recently made me think about this crazy idea.

I pitched Adam the idea of my own mass dating experience- but to the extreme. What if I just went on a binge of dates? How interesting would it be if I did something like 31 Dates in 31 Days? If I just went crazy for a month this summer and wrote about it. I think it would be great fodder and I’ll probably end up with some crazy stories (like I don’t have enough.) I think it’d be fun to try and ask my friends and my readers to help me line up a bunch of dates, it’d kinda be like the Bachelor except nobody is really fighting on me (like anybody would.)

I’m talking to Katie right now about it and she thinks it’s taxing and expensive- which is the first thing Adam told me at the gym. What do you think? Cost issue aside should I pull off a crazy dating stunt?

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Tagged as: High School, My Dating Life, Theatre

  • http://francobeans.com f.B

    I’m pretty reserved personally. But I fully support crazy stunts. Well, some of them. And meeting as many people as you can is definitely one. Now I feel bad we didn’t get you to happy hour last week…

    • http://www.dmbosstone.com Patrick

      Well I’m sure I’ll meet all you famous bloggers sometime soon! I feel like doing crazy stunts- and getting all of you involved!

  • D.M.P.

    I feel like if you pulled 31 dates in 31 days, you’d be very hung over, and possibly cranky by date #25….

  • Meg

    you know – i did the internet dating thing…and now i’m getting married in 20 days.

    so go for crazy stunts. maybe not 31 dates in 31 days, but just something you wouldnt normally do.

    :)

  • http://thelittlethingsthatmakemesmile.blogspot.com/ RachelSmiles

    it would definitely be expensive but there a ton of free fun things to do around town that would be perfect places to have a conversation in a casual atmosphere. i think it would be fun… id love to hear about it! :)

    • http://www.dmbosstone.com Patrick

      Diana – I don’t think I’d get shitfaced on 31 first dates… but I may have to for the occasional bad one. I’m thinking a smaller number might work…

      Meg- Congrats and your story gives me a little hope out there in the world

      Rachel- It would be a lot of money but if I do this I’d plan it right.

  • Melanie

    I know the point is to meet and get to know a bunch of women, but my concern is that by focusing on your stunt you might miss the chance to really get to know any of them.
    I think you should try speed dating and the internet. Maybe by the end of the summer you could come up with a “Rules for Dating in a Social Networking World.”
    Alternate Option: meet girls on the premise of interviewing them to get a range of opinions for the article.

    • http://www.dmbosstone.com Patrick

      Melanie,

      Valid concern- I do like your idea about learning lessons and writing about them. It’s very easy to concentrate on the numbers and not the goal.

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