WHAT sex and WHAT City???

After watching Sex and the city back-to-back-to-back, season-to-season-to-season, it kinda makes me ponder about the dating scene back home, in Singapore. Or should I say, the LACK of dating scene. But then again, I guess it's unfair for me to make such a comment since I have not been home for the past year or so... Nonetheless, from the complaints that I gathered from my girlfriends, it seems that it is rather difficult to meet anyone interesting back home.

Some of them joined Salsa classes to meet people but complained that most guys can’t dance for nuts. Some go to bars and lounges to hang out but end up hooking up with sleazeballs or slimebags. Others go online to chat with strangers who might be rapists, perverts or murderers. ;)

Then one day, while I was just surfing the net, I came across "Lunch Actually" (anyone watched the movie Love Actually? Cheesy right?)

http://www.lunchactually.com.sg/

Basically, it provides dating services where professionals can meet up for lunch in the CBD area in Singapore. And I thought that it's a really good idea! If I am single, I will definitely sign up for it... In fact, I am just wondering can I sign up for such a service although I am NOT single??!!! It's a really fast, convenient and stress-free way to go for a date.

Isn’t it awesome to have a service that arranges pre-screened lunch dates for busy professionals or professional-wanabes? Lunch dates that fit into our hectic weekly schedules. And since these dates are pre-screened, which means that they are less likely to be disasters and most probably, someone whom you can easily relate to.

And so I began to tell all my friends, who are single to check out this website. However, most of the responses I got are negative.

“What??? Dating service? Do I look as if I need dating service to get myself a date?”

“I might as well join SDU then, at least it’s free!”

“What if my colleagues saw me during the date? It’s embarrassing!”

So it seems that most people have the perception that dating service is for those Single, Ugly and Desperate losers who need to PAY for dates. (Thus, the stigma of joining SDU huh?)

C’mon!!! What’s the big deal of going on blind dates? Isn’t it exciting to meet someone new? To learn about someone’s ocupation, beliefs and life experiences?

So I come to this conclusion that one needs a certain level of self confidence to go on a blind date, so it is not the concept of paying a dating agency that turns people off, but the idea of “selling” yourself during that 1 hour to make an impression and the rejection that one may faced.

Well… no pain, no gain. Your one true love might be there waiting for you. And he or she might be just a lunch date away. So what are you waiting for???

p.s: I am not affiliated to “Lunch Actually” nor received any monetary payments for mentioning their service in my blog.