Crazy Blind Date
Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to be open-minded, adventurous, and a little crazy! What do you think about being a little spontaneous and going on a blind date with a total stranger? There is an online dating service that offers a “Crazy Blind Date” meet up. You enter your information about who you won’t run from are willing to meet. You are then contacted for a last minute, totally blind date in a public place. If you are a little nervous, you can select for a group outing.
Have you ever been set up on a blind date before? Did it turn out to be successful?
I haven’t been set up on a blind date since last year. After one bad experience, I threatened my friends with bodily harm if they attempted to make me “go blind” again. If there is a guy they think I might like, I tell them to just throw a dinner party and have us both over, with other people. That way, there is little pressure and you can walk away unscathed, for the most part.
Do you think single people need to take more risks in meeting new people? Are we anti-blind date because of the rejection factor or because we are too shallow?
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Lioness- No Alcohol this week including fermented grapes!
June 15th, 2009
8:19 am
Good Morning All
I have ever been on a blind date cause I am not that trusting BUT I have met & liked people I have met online before. Not a dating service but on blogs or forums.. There is nothing wrong with taking chances but I believe you must converse with that person for a WHILE before meeting them to feel them out so you can feel somewhat comfortable with the thought of actually meeting them.
kinderbabe
June 15th, 2009
8:22 am
good morning, all!! don’t think i’ve been on a blind date before. if so, it’ll come to me later. it is before 9…lol.
MissQC
June 15th, 2009
8:40 am
Morning Bloggers – #1 LAKERS FAN IN DA HOUSE
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Turd Ferguson
June 15th, 2009
9:00 am
Refering to them as blind is in appropriate. Should they not be referred to as Sight Challenged or Visually Impaired?
AmazonRed™ - Lakers baby! - We are the Champions!
June 15th, 2009
9:01 am
Morning all! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!
Crazy blind date is a little extreme for me. But I have been set up on a blind date, well, in this day and age, it’s not impossible to get a pic first. So I at least require that.
I don’t have a problem being set up on blind dates. I think people tend to date the same types of people, and I like taking a chance with someone I might not WANT normally, but may NEED. People who set you up tend to have good intentions, so it’s worth a try!
AmazonRed™ - Lakers baby! - We are the Champions!
June 15th, 2009
9:01 am
Refering to them as blind is in appropriate. Should they not be referred to as Sight Challenged or Visually Impaired?
Randyt (aka Been there, Done that, Got a Closet FULL of t-shirts)
June 15th, 2009
9:04 am
No crazy blind dates (insanity generally does not raise its head that quickly)…now “ugly” is another subject…and don’t ever believe your so-called friends when they say “its not really a date” because it isssssss!!!
Frankly one of the best dates I ever had was a blind date (I ended up years later writing a short story on that one). We only were together for a few hours, and unfortunately everything is in the timing and we were both semi-engaged. Tried to find her many years later after my divorce, and discovered she was happily married and living in Tupelo, MS. I wish I had never let her get away. Dayum the bad luck.
AmazonRed™ - Lakers baby! - We are the Champions!
June 15th, 2009
9:14 am
RandyT – is “semi-engaged” like “kinda pregnant?”
Randyt (aka Been there, Done that, Got a Closet FULL of t-shirts)
June 15th, 2009
9:19 am
Morning ARed…lets just say some “verbal commitments”…and back then those sort of meant something…a little different from today
Atlanta Native
June 15th, 2009
9:22 am
I met my wife on a blind date. She was not my blind date, she was the the girl’s “wingman”.
SexyCool - The Original Million Dollar Black Woman
June 15th, 2009
9:31 am
Crazy Blind Date sounds just a bit too crazy for my tastes. (Which means that it sounds REALLY crazy if we’re using my definition as a measure – lol)
Internet dating period from a profile WITH a picture is about as blind as I’m willing to go. I still consider that blind because there is always a chance that the person has posted old pictures, photo-shopped pictures or somebody else’s pictures. Besides, I’ve learned that people do not look like they type from behind a screen nor do they look like they sound on the phone.
I have also learned that a connection online or on the phone does not always translate to chemistry in person.
Three Words Daily – Impossible is nothing.
Page1908
June 15th, 2009
9:41 am
I don’t think I’ve ever been set up on a blind date, but I am not opposed to it. I would hope that the person who is setting it up knows me as well as the other person, so I would trust their judgement.
Blow Me
June 15th, 2009
9:42 am
GOOD MORNING FAMILY ME AND TREE WERE READING THIS….WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS LADIES???
I put myself on the most wanted list of women, I’m a 37 yr old president of the local union at my 9-5 and I’m a small business owner that is doing fairly well. Then I’m a deacon at my church and a devoted father to my son and step-daughter(daughter). Most good men follow the words of GOD and that is where women lose the vision of a good man. Women today have gotten this hunting thing backwards. The bible says that a man that finds a wife finds a good thing, not a woman that finds a husband finds a good thing. Women today are so eager to get a good man that they forget the golden rule…hide yourself in CHRIST!!! allow the man to search for u not u search for him. ALL GOOD THINGS COMES FROM THE LORD, MEANING THAT A WOMAN SHOULD BE HIDE SO DEEP IN CHRIST THAT A MAN SHOULD HAVE TO SEEK CHRIST TO FIND HIS SOUL MATE. AND PSALMS SAYS “A GOOD MAN FOOTSTEPS ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD” AND THE BIBLE TELLS US THAT “WHAT EVER GOD PUT TOGETHER, LET NO MAN BREAK APART.” SO IF OUR WOMEN OF TODAY WOULD SIMPLY HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND SEEK CHRIST AND HIDE THEMSELVES IN THE PROVISION OF THE LORD THE MAN THAT GOD INTENDS FOR U TO HAVE WILL FIND U IN CHRIST. BUT WE WANNA HURRY GOD AND MESS UP EVERYTHING. But men seek GOD in everything u do and u will be a good shepherd for ur wife and children. and we will cut this divorce rate to a single digit percentage. May GOD bless all of u all day, Deacon Tedd Tipler Sr.
abc
June 15th, 2009
9:43 am
Think about it for a minute: is it ever advisable to take unnecessary risks? Does it ever make sense to go on a date with someone you’ve never met, not even laid eyes on?
Blind dates are pretty stupid. Dating on the Internet is bad enough with something as silly as that.
Leggs
June 15th, 2009
9:44 am
Good morning everyone. Haven’t read any comments, but I know this is going to be a day for me to laugh with all the wild stories of blind dates. I’ve never been on one, so I’ll sit back and laugh at your stories.
Tazzee
June 15th, 2009
9:48 am
Morning Folks!
As usual, Monday got here a little too fast.
I haven’t been on a blind date since college. My friend wanted to hook me up with her boyfriend’s brother. I asked her to describe him, she said he was cute, a little on the small side, and a little country. She said he needed a good woman like me….I let that slide. So I met the guy at her house for a movie night. It was a group event and he was across the room and very quiet. He was cute. Finally he opened his mouth and was missing one of his front teeth. WTH?!?!?! Anyone that knows me knows that I’m a teeth person. Needless to say I lit into her.
OK wait, I take that back – I went on a subsequent ‘blind’ date with this guy a friend of mine met on the internet. He was very religious so she told him on their first date that she thought he would be better for me. I figured why not? Come to find out, he word the same Girbaud jeans suit (yes, jeans suit) on our date that he did with my friend and he had crust in his ear. Because he and I went to the same church and knew some of the same people, we decided to be friends (well I decided) – after chatting with him over some time, I found out he was bi-polar and things would happen when he didn’t take his meds. I never really saw him again after that first date, but we would talk on the phone. Well one Saturday, I go to PlayDate in Houston and guess who I see? Yep, the bi-polar guy. I spoke, but I pretty much avoided him the rest of the night.
Off-topic The crank call on Steve Harvey was a trip this morning.
East Point's Own
June 15th, 2009
9:55 am
Wise Diva So let me get this str8… LoL somebody is trying to hook you up and you tell them that they have to sponsor a dinner party on your behalf, just so you can meet the person with no pressure??? LoL dats pretty funny right there… You just gonna make somebody else have a dinner party…LoL & they are trying to help youout… LoL
(yeah I really am laughing out loud)
-W8©-Thanks for the concern, no blogs about it please
June 15th, 2009
9:57 am
I’ve only had one blind date about 3 years ago, never again.
Page1908
June 15th, 2009
9:58 am
LOL @ EPO. I would think that WD would be happy to accept a blind date, especially if dating on her own is not exactly working out.
SlimDiva
June 15th, 2009
10:01 am
Good morning Everyone! Athough the Lakers have ALWAYS been my favorite NBA team, I was really hoping Orlando would pull it off, but they fell short. ANYHOO…KUDOS TO THE LAKERS for a great season! I’m ready for some football.
On topic…I must agree with Randy T. I haven’t had any insanity involved with blind dates, but when I say ‘bad on the eyes’, I MEAN BAD ON THE EYES!!!! What were my friends thinking of/about?!!? I was NOT desperate to have a man! I know that appearances aren’t everything, but DANNNNGGG!!! LOL!!!!
The person whom I’m with now, I met on a paid website. We’ve been together for over a year. He didnt’ have a picture posted, but his profile was impressionable and we had great conversation on and off line. When we finally decided to meet one another it was in a public setting. We went back there a year later. We have NO regrets!
East Point's Own
June 15th, 2009
10:02 am
It’s not about whether dating is working out or not… but how you gonna require somebody who is looking out for you to do something extra? I mean they are being kind enough to keep you in mind in the first place. Now its different if she said I would rather wait to meet them until the next group gathering or dinner party… If you don’t want them to keep you in mind when they meet “good” folks just decline the offer and tell them thanks, but no thanks…
Not to come down hard on Wise Diva, but I don’t work well with folks who ask me to jump through hoops when I volunteer to do something, or if I do something to help them out out of my own kindness. I guess its one of my major pet peeves.
http://hispointofview.com/2009/06/i-was-raised/
East Point's Own
June 15th, 2009
10:05 am
and let me see I have been on 2 blind dates… the first young lady was a bit extra/deprerate/psycho… I could not get her to stop calling for months… the second young lady was a very good match and we dated for months, until I left town… we stayed in touch for years, but then she had a child and disappeared… never to be heard from again.
kinderbabe
June 15th, 2009
10:10 am
BLOW ME I think those were some wise words spoken. What was stated involves a lot of humility. I’m not sure that too many women would be willing to hide anywhere…lol. There is a certain boldness that is present among us that makes that difficulty. We are proactive in most aspects of our lives. That carries over into romantic endeavors as well. If we don’t “make it happen” we provide an opportunity for it to happen which is basically the same thing…lol. I will be tossing around the suggestions made in your post today. Definitely some wise words.
Tazzee
June 15th, 2009
10:11 am
EPO – it’s not about requiring someone else to do something for you. The convo would go something like this:
Friend: Hey, I’ve got someone I want you to meet
WD: Cool, if you have a function or something, invite us both and we can meet.
No pressure on either party because, unless dude is a scrub, he’s skeptical about the blind date too. Actually, I don’t know any guys that are open to blind dates – so when I want two people to meet I usually invite them both to a function and see if they click. That way they won’t blame me if the relationship doesn’t work nor will they have to worry about the ‘pressure’ of a blind date. They both arrive and interact as their normal selves.
-W8©-
June 15th, 2009
10:14 am
Hmmm, my actual blind date was cool, it was everything afterwards. I am so happy I did not sleep with her.
Ms D
June 15th, 2009
10:15 am
My blind date…met a guy online, we chatted it up for a while, I found out that he had recently been laid off and moved back in with his parents (about 2.5 hours away). One weekend he said he was coming to town to visit friends and wanted to get together, I agreed. The Friday he came he calls me and leaves a message then sends a text that he is passing my exit, I’m like WTH???; he doesn’t know where I live (just the city). That call/test went unanswered. The next day he calls, we meet up (supposedly to decide where to go for dinner) when I get to him he has picked up pizza and is ready to follow me back to my place….needless to say I had to put the BRAKES on and remind him that there was never an inviation to come to my home. We were no where near that level.
abc
June 15th, 2009
10:15 am
The questions posed by the link EPO posted are a bit more interesting than blind dates, albeit not dating related. Yall want to discuss that instead? Or wait around for bad blind date stories for laughs?
-W8©-
June 15th, 2009
10:18 am
Hey does it count as a blind date if you leave that person 5 minutes into it? If so I need to add another to the blind date column.
Page1908
June 15th, 2009
10:19 am
EPO and Tazzee, I see both of your points.
DJ Demi (having a rough monday)
June 15th, 2009
10:25 am
It’s just one of those days
Where ya don’t wanna wake up
Everything is fugged, everybody sucks.
You don’t really know why
But you wanna justify rippin’ someone’s head off
No human contact
And if you interact your life is on contract
Your best bet is to stay away mother fugga!
It’s just one of those days!
It’s all about the he said she said bullish
I think you better quit lettin’ ish slip
Or you’ll be leavin with a fat lip
It’s all about the he said she said bullish
I think you better quit talkin’ that ish…
Ms D
June 15th, 2009
10:26 am
I sent an email apologizing for any mis-communication or mis-leading on my part but hanging out at my home was never an option. He responded basically going off on me stating he was not trying to come over to get at me, try to stay the night or anything like that because he has his own money, car, yada yada yada; ended with it was cool and that after he left me he got a room and ate his pizza!
-W8©-
June 15th, 2009
10:30 am
@Demi- I’m with you
RelldaRake
June 15th, 2009
10:33 am
looks like we need a solid dummy book on how to online date…lol…folks are getting in more ish than a lil bit…i might have to do that..
@blow me….deacon is banging er thing in the pews…folks love to pimp god out for relationship purposes
Tazzee
June 15th, 2009
10:35 am
Ms D – you managed to avoid a good one that day. The fact that he went off on you shows his true intentions.
AmazonRed™ - Lakers baby! - We are the Champions!
June 15th, 2009
10:36 am
Morning W8. What did you do this weekend?
RelldaRake
June 15th, 2009
10:37 am
RULE – Most out of town or long distance INTERNET relationships dont work…
M'
June 15th, 2009
10:44 am
I am not a big fan of blind dates…in fact, I prefer that other ppl not set me up with another person…what they seem to infer as a goo match never is…lol…but I think a lot of that has to do with how “well” ppl think that they know me…and that is relative to what,how where and when I interact with ppl.
But there was one encounter that my cousin set up for me to meet a friend of her boyfriend…well actually, I met him one day when I stopped by to use the phone and he was at their apartment but I was so preoccupied that I totally ignored him…lol…he ask Brian to introduce us…so they invited me over for Xmas dinner…when I found out that I was being set up to meet someone…mayne, did I sling a tude…well, the doorbell rang and Mari ask me to answer the door… I was all prepared to be Miss Indifferent to the cat…but lo and behold, I opened the door and there was 6′2″ of the PHINEST PANAMANIAN MAN evuh!!!!…and I was like how in the hades did I miss seeing that…lol…it was like playing the game Dream Date…lol…and we kicked it for almost 2 years…but never such luck again.
-W8©-
June 15th, 2009
10:47 am
@Ared- Hello! I worked this weekend very interesting stuff. Congrats on the Lakers.
Lioness- No Alcohol this week including fermented grapes!
June 15th, 2009
10:53 am
Blow Me- What’s up? I was wondering where you have been
Cee- Hey Mama
RRake- I do agree! I can’t do long distance relationships because my attn span is not good!
My friends know better than to try to hook me up someone because they know I don’t settle for NOTHING! They also know to leave my personal dating life to me and only me
Leggs
June 15th, 2009
10:54 am
I wanted Orlando to win just because they were the underdogs. I watched the game while flipping channels watching the “original” Taking of Phelam 1 2 3.
Ms D
June 15th, 2009
10:55 am
I was thinking the same thing Tazz.
Wise Diva
June 15th, 2009
10:56 am
Morning!
East – What is so funny, LOL. No, I would not demand a dinner party to meet a man. If they brought up a guy, I would say, ok how about, the next time you guys have a get together, invite us both. If we gravitate towards each other in a normal social setting, it’s cool. If we intro and don’t get a vibe, he can mack on someone else and I can too, and nobody makes a big deal out of any of it. All clear now?
AmazonRed™ - Lakers baby! - We are the Champions!
June 15th, 2009
10:56 am
Congrats on the Lakers.
Thank you! I’m so happy to silence all the haters that said Kobe couldn’t win a ring without Shaq.
Lioness- No Alcohol this week including fermented grapes!
June 15th, 2009
10:57 am
Ms. D- met a guy online, we chatted it up for a while, I found out that he had recently been laid off and moved back in with his parents (about 2.5 hours away). <– That should have been the END of the conversation!
Jamoca
June 15th, 2009
10:57 am
Whew!…it’s too early…oh and good morning you all
On Topic: I don’t recall ever going on a blind date. However, years ago, I remember setting a good friend of mine on a blind meet & greet. Mind you, I had not seen him myself. At the time he was best friends with the fellow I was seeing at the time, who resembled Malik Yoba (without the dry lips)…lol. I had to admit, my guy (at the time) was a looker. However, I do remember one afternoon, he came to pick me up after work and who did he have with him? You got it….the guy that I had mentioned to my gf but let it be known, that she gave me permission to do somewhat of a prescreen, so to speak. I must say that I was impressed with his “personal resume” myself, before meeting him and I immediately thought about my girl and how it would not be a bad idea to at least introduce them. But when I informed her that I had not yet met nor seen a picture, of course she looked at me sideways. Lol So the guy that I was seeing, surprised me one afternoon and the way he presented him, caught me off guard. So much, they died laughing at my response…because I was obviously speechless; sheeeeeuuuuttt, the man was Fiy-yi-yi-iiiinnne! Lol
Heyal, I was laughing myself after awhile, because I knew my facial expression spoke volumes. So needless to say, we drove out to the base (where she lived at the time) that evening and that chick was all smiles – from ear to ear. A beautiful man with a stellar personality with a hint of humbleness about himself. It was obvious that he was definitely confident, so with him being so relaxed within himself, just topped it all off. I believe her face was stuck that way all evening. It was hilarious watching her, like she had a new toy in the form of a big hunk o’ man!….and all that I remember her saying to me over & over was – “Chick!….you did guud!!!” LOL I was so happy for her and we all had a good time.
…hmmm, now I do have a particular scenario involving an ex friend of mine asking me to go along with her to meet someone, whome she had never met nor seen in person (never really got the story of how they found about each other in the first place)…but less just say, neither of them were happy about their “findings”…and I sat there for a moment with the WTF moment written all over my face. Never again, I say. Never again.
Wise Diva
June 15th, 2009
10:58 am
oh and I think the crazy blind date idea sounds like a fun idea. I might even sign up for it, of course I would have personal protection covered. That’s what mase spray and burly, bossy, big brothers are made for!
George Bush Jr. (not DJ Demi)
June 15th, 2009
11:01 am
And now, a word from the former President!
Dayum it felt good to be a gangsta
Gettin voted into the White House
Everything lookin good to the people of the world
But the Mafia family is my boss
So every now and then I owe a favor gettin’ down
like lettin’ a big drug shipment through
And send ‘em to the poor community
So we can bust you know who
So voters of the world keep supportin’ me
And I (made false) promise to take you very far
Other leaders better not upset me
Or I’ll send a million troops to die at war
To all you Republicans, that helped me win
I sincerely like to thank you
Cuz now I (still) got the world swingin’ from my nuts
And dayum (it)felt good to be a gangsta
Lioness- No Alcohol this week including fermented grapes!
June 15th, 2009
11:02 am
I don’t date family members of any of my friends . No family members of their boyfriends either.
Mo (aka Moeisha)
June 15th, 2009
11:05 am
wassup Party People!
Im with you Demi, I am sooo not feeling this Monday stuff. Time for me to put the headphones on til lunch.
Never been on a blind date so I’ll lurk on this one.
AmazonRed™ - Lakers baby! - We are the Champions!
June 15th, 2009
11:05 am
WiseDiva – you aren’t dating the younger guy anymore?