What happened when a Christian journalist tried speed dating
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Lauren Windle2025-07-24T08:50:00
Can you find love in just four minutes? Lauren Windle spills the beans
Last night was not my first time speed dating. Just after university, I attended an event with a gaggle of girlfriends. I donned a blue bandeau dress and spent three minutes with each of the dozen men in the rotation. The only one I remember was a fella who followed the band A-ha around the country, insisted that they were so much bigger than ‘Take on me’ and pulled a series of posters out of his rucksack.
If I’m honest, my friends and I only attended because the price of a speed dating ticket was lower than the entry fee for the club in which it was hosted. It was less about the romance and more about skipping the queue for Mahiki later that night. I didn’t match with anyone.
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