Blind date

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A blind date is an appointment between two people who have not yet met and who know nothing or very little about each other. In a narrower sense, a blind date refers to a rendezvous in which no one has seen a photo of the other in advance.

functionality

Before a classic blind date, the two participants receive - mostly in writing - only the name and an identifier that they can use to recognize each other at their rendezvous or to arrange one. This can be, for example, a flower (in the buttonhole), a newspaper, a book, eye-catching clothing or a pocket square . In cases in which the location of the blind date has been precisely agreed, an identifier may also be superfluous.

Before the spread of the Internet, classifieds, telephone flirting lines and partner agencies were the main options for finding blind data partners . Contact was mainly made by letter or telephone. The introduction of dating agencies and flirting platforms on the Internet has expanded the options for meeting up for a blind date: participants can exchange information very directly in advance via Internet chats or contact exchanges and, for example, ask whether they have common interests.

Speed ​​dating is often a professionally organized form of blind date . This is where people meet who have previously registered with a corresponding service without knowing beforehand who is still taking part in the meeting. A fixed framework is often given here, within which certain getting to know rituals take place.

Social importance

Since the partners involved in the blind date voluntarily engage in this type of contact, they have usually made a close pre-selection of possible partners. Long-term, social and genetic selection criteria for partner choice, in the narrow sense even criteria such as external appearance, are hidden in favor of the lowest common denominator, namely "is interested in spontaneous acquaintances", or only considered later. Even if, in practice, a further pre-selection takes place before a meeting, it remains characteristic that those involved want to maintain their "blind openness" for the potential partner until the moment of the first meeting. As with flirting , playing with sexual tension can play a role.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.misterinfo.com/publish/flirt-und-part Partnerschaft/singles/blind- date
  2. ↑ http://wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/ressorts/unterhaltung/index,page=1064684.html
  3. ↑ http://www.misterinfo.com/publish/flirt-und-part Partnerschaft/singles/blind- date
  4. ↑ http://wissen.de/wde/generator/wissen/ressorts/unterhaltung/index,page=1064684.html
  5. ↑ http://www.misterinfo.com/publish/flirt-und-part Partnerschaft/singles/blind- date
  6. ↑ http://www.nice-2-date-you.com/speed-dating/faq.php