Speed Dating--- Can we really choose the one we might love in a few minutes?
Abstract
Nowadays, more and more people are interest in speed dating. They try to acquire a partner in a simplified way without spending large amount of time to get to know a person step by step. The date in organized in a few minutes, but there are different studies that indicated that a person is able to like someone in just few minutes via the first impression and the communication. Therefore, the speed dating just provide enough time for a person to choose the one who he/she might want to get along with.
Introduction
Speeding dating is a very popular method to look for a boyfriend or girlfriend in the modern society. It aims to provide an efficient platform to
It aims at encourage people to meet large amount of strangers in a short period of time in order to enhance the chance for getting a desirable partner for long term relationship. Each participant will have 4 to 8 minutes to communicate with the other one, when time is up; they have to move to the next one. Different kind of speeding dating lay down different requirements for the participants such as academic qualifications, age, job nature, interests etc., this make them to find a eligible partner easily. For the general, there are not many chance to meet a new friend who is single at the same, therefore, this provide a very efficient platform to meet many single
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