Single London
Single Londoners Have Never Had It So Good
With over three million single people in London, the singles scene has finally come of age and there has never been a better time to be single. Even ten years ago, singles parties were the preserve of desperate divorcees but now online dating and singles events are a standard way for single people, of all ages and backgrounds, to meet each other. Chris Stannard, who runs Single London, the comprehensive guide to the London singles scene tells his own story: “After coming out of a relationship in my early thirties, I realised that I’d already met all my friends of friends, wasn’t meeting anyone at work and the wild house parties of my twenties were all behind me, as most of my friends settled down. I still enjoyed bars and clubs but they weren’t great places to meet people. Fortunately for me and a lot of other people, the singles scene was just about to explode, with online dating, speed dating and singles parties expanding rapidly.” Speed dating, where you have up to 30 mini-dates in an evening, was the craze that swept the country in 2003 but now there are a whole host of alternative singles parties to try out as well, including Lock and Key parties where guys and girls are given a lock or a key and match them to win prizes, wine tasting parties, dinner parties in the dark and adrenaline dating, where you learn a new skill such as water skiing or playing polo with other singles. For those not so keen on the fancy ice-breakers and games approach, there are also more straight forward singles parties like Just Mingling, where single people just get together and chat and have fun in a relaxed environment. In the past, singletons were at risk of enduring uncomfortable dinner party match ups and pitying glances from their married friends and family. Now they can be out there, going to parties and on dates as many nights of the week as they want to. There’s now no reason to rush into a relationship and with so much fun to be had, it’s worth staying single for!
www.single-london.com - a comprehensive guide to London’s singles scene