Speed dating...the final frontier

Well, we did it...we dated...at top speed

Our finding:
Number of men we met - 11
Median age - 42....not bad in general, but the median age of H, L & myself - 28
Most interesting job - Pete - the meat guy - who works for the Boar's head meat packing company.
Least desirable living situation - Scott, who lives with his mother and sees no reason to change this situation.
Man with the most kids - we lost count quite truthfully - they all had kids except one guy.
Total number of marriages among the men - 14 (only two had never been married)

The men we met...
Scott - Lives with mom, no sense of humor (surprise) and was a slight man with a very weak handshake. We will not be talking to him further...
Rob - 44, in real estate, likes to take road trips, has fun outdoors, likes to golf, has a cat and has potential...we all will be chatting with him further.
Joe - 43, Our little stud - by far the most good looking of the bunch, but also the shortest at 5'6". Funny, smart, likes the outdoors and this was his second round of speed dating. We all agree that it might be interesting to see what else he has to offer, so we will be chatting further with him.
Tom - 45, a.k.a. The Lexus guy - works as the service manager for a Lexus dealer, been there 16 years. Has a 22 year old daughter!! T had beady eyes and bad breath. He is off the list...
John - 43, works at wachovia in their securities dept. He was a close talker...a bit too close if you ask me, he leaned all over the table. However, he had a good sense of humor and was easy to talk to. H and I will be pursuing him further.
Adam - 42, aka - Mr. I think I'm Wonderful - Adam has done so much speed dating that he is very close friends with the coordinators...red flag anyone?...he is a chef, has a boat, has friends that have yachts and hangs out with them every weekend on their boats for floating parties. While Adam seemed to have so much to offer and wasn't shy about telling us what it was...he is not to call us, we won't call him, next...
Pete - 36, the meat guy. Now, I am a camp of one on this. I believe he is just interesting enough to go out with once. H & L think I'm crazy. Peter works at a meat packing plant, likes to ski, has no kids, and was drinking white wine. He has so many contradictions. my curiosity has been peaked. I will have to investigate a bit more on this one...
Tim - 39, never married, a tax attorney originally from Pittsburgh. We are all in agreement that he was a good catch. H & I will be talking to him more.
Mike - 34, works as an excavator and landscaper and has built his own house - 3 times, with 2 different wives, has a son, as well as some ex-step kids. How do I know he built his own house 3 times - he told me, in detail, and included how much over budget (by the dollar) he went on each build. Poor for to discuss $$ in the first 6 minutes!!! Next....
Don - 44, in IT, loves biking..a little too much I think...and has no friends (his admission, not my assumption)...no friends? not 1? That tells me a little something...as did the divorce, the 2 kids he rarely sees...he also had beady eyes that seemed to undress me...and not in a good way...Good luck to him in the future...on America's most wanted....

Overall, we had a fun time, probably more fun at dinner afterwards comparing our notes!! The guys seemed decent enough. The one thing to note - we were supposed to be taking notes on each other and circling a "Let's Talk" or "No Thanks" after each name so we could remember some things about each person. The men, on every sheet I snuck a glance at, had circled "Let's talk" for all the women. This seems a bit on the desperate side to me. I know that we were all there to meet lots of people, but that seems a bit over the top to me. The other women that showed up though seemed to be out on the prowl!! On the other hand, though, the other women that were there - they were dressed to the nines and I believe had every intention of finding Mr. Close Enough. So maybe we were just in it for the wrong reasons. We wanted to have fun and meet some people. They maybe wanted to have a drink and get married by month end...Good luck to them!

In the end. we all agreed that there were a few that we wouldn't mind getting to know a little bit more, so I will keep you all in the loop on how those chats progress....