Use Dating Cards to find love?
So what do you think about this idea? Please comment below!
From Tesh.com
You Can Find Your Next Love Match With The Help of Dating Cards
What’s the latest trend in online dating? “Dating cards.†Basically calling cards you can hand to a perfect stranger who catches your eye, with printed sayings like: “Looking forward to our first date.†Or “I’ve said ‘what if’ too many times.†The cards also say “Find me,†and provide a code and the address of a Website for singles – like Cheek’d or Flip Me, where the card’s recipient can leave a message, if they’d like.
According to The New York Times, it’s the latest attempt to bridge the gap between real world romance and online romance. On traditional dating sites, members spend hours on the computer writing autobiographies, and scrutinizing profiles. Here, members pay a small subscription fee of, say, $25 a month, and get a packet of 40 cards they can give to anyone they encounter in their everyday lives, whether it’s on the subway, or at their favorite coffee shop. The person who gets the card can communicate with them for free, and it offers safety by letting users keep their names and personal information private.
Members point out that instead of being limited to the people who sign up for a specific dating service, the world is their dating pool. They also say the cards make them bold enough to approach someone who might otherwise have been a missed connection. They enjoy the social aspect, because instead of staying home with their computer to find a date, they’re going out for drinks and coffee. They also like the idea of seeing a potential date in person first, then sending an electronic message, because they already know what they’re getting. They don’t have to wonder if the person’s profile picture is 10 years old – or 50 pounds ago. It also spares them the embarrassment of face-to-face rejection if the person they approach isn’t interested.
i really don’t think it’s a very good idea…it’s a little creepy!
Creepy is an understatement. By the way, folks…dating is not for the weak-hearted person. You need a thick skin. Some will, some won’t…who’s next. That’s all. Dating cards?!–it’s quite desperate I think. If you go to a coffee shop all the time, and someone strikes your interest…just take a chance and say a quick hello. You don’t need to have some stupid opening line or act. Just say, Hi my name is. How is your day going? What’s the big deal. And by the way–any man that is too much of a coward to do that–lacks self confidence…and again…the sexiest and most appealing quality in a man or woman is “CONFIDENCE”! Rejection is part of life. If you are so stuck by “analysis paralysis”…you are not going to go far in any aspect of life at all. By the way those dating cards can be dangerous–especially in a place like NYC! There are sooo many sick people out there. I would think twice about just handing someone a card. By the way, the way things are – everyone now just texts (it seems)–dating has changed…we are not going bridge any gap–by handing out some dating cards. The only way that gap will be filled is if people decide to get more personal with each other, and take the time out to smile and say “hello”–rather than have relationships with their stupid blackberries…and text continuously.
Personally, I think handing out business-style dating cards seems too ‘desperate’ and will come across as creepy for the majority of the people who receive them