Every fire is a lesson learned

Thank you for all your supportive (and humorous) comments on my Speed dating post - and thank you to blogger's meltdown last week that then deleted half of them (!?)

I wont go into all the details, but will instead share a few lessons I learnt from the experience...

1. Don't drink a glass of wine before you go
2. Don't drink too much wine during, and after, the dating takes place
3. Write clearly on your scorecard. Simply writing the words 'dull' and 'Holland' (?!) doesn't help you when you come to review your potential matches
4. DO protest when the dating number on your name tag is '13'
5. Don't take it personally when the guy equivalent who is assigned '13' doesn't show up to the event and you therefore spend the first four minutes talking to only your wine glass when the event begins and everyone is chatting away
6. Don't do a humorous blog post from your vintage boutique about silly outfits to wear to such an evening as its likely one of the men might actually end up seeing it (error)
7. Write down the correct names. Its hard to rate 'Greg' if there wasn't actually a Greg there
8. Just don't drink wine.
9. When a man comments its bad luck that you are wearing a ring on your wedding ring finger don't laugh and retort ' Oh I wouldn't worry - I don't think I ever want to get married anyway..'
10. Go with an open mind. WIDE open.

xxx

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