Pre-Dating Speed Dating, Inc.

I’m embarrassed to say, I have done speed dating a few times. I do it whenever I am in a new city or if there is so cheap deal going on. I just think it’s a great alternative to online dating based on seeing the person in person and to see if they can hold a conversation. I have had matches in every city until I moved to Reno!
I went to this event largely because they are on
where you can see pictures of several people attending. There were a couple really good looking guys so it was a given to sign up!
Of course when I went, neither was there. The guys that were there in my age range (mid 20s to late 30s or something like that) fell into at least 1 of these categories:
1. clearly past 40
2. lacked social skills
3. ugly (sorry to say…)
4. blue collar (yeah I know Reno for the most part is a blue collar city)
I said yes to every match just because I want to see how many matches I could get (yeah I have a large ego!!). There were more women there then men which usually happens at these things since most of the perfect package guys are already snatched up. I had 0 matches! I thought I would at least get 3 out of the 10 guys or so that I met. I thought I actually had a lot in common with 1 guy, and the other 2 seemed to really like me. My ego hurt =(
Reno is not a city for singles IMO unless you are a college student, already from Reno and have a social circle in place. I have tried online dating here and it is RARE to find single guys in the late 20s-​early 40s who have a college leveled educations, no kids and a good job which takes brains.
So lonely.