A little boy walks into a living room and goes up to an older lady in the corner chair, who is knitting. ‘Nana’, he says, ‘will you tell me the story of how you and grandpa met again?’

The older lady pulls in the little boy into her lap and begins.
‘Well’, she starts ‘it all started when your Aunt Molly and I went speed dating one night… ‘

Not exactly the fairytale story is it? What happened to meeting Mr Right at a party, having your eyes meet across the room and experiencing the magic of that first glance? More and more, single twenty-somethings (and thirty-somethings and forty-somethings) are turning to alternative methods because Mr Right, or Miss Right, just doesn’t seem to be at the party anymore. Where are all the single people??

I’m here to tell you, I found them.

You can read about where to find them too, on this guest post that I wrote for The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide. I went to Fast Impressions Speed Dating, who provide a range of different event for singles.