Hee-hee.. zashla suda, tak, dlya interesa.. poglyadet' kto tut zhivet.. voobche kak interesno shto hotya mnogie v etix forumax single, SUDA nikto ne zahodit.. As if afraid to showcase your "singleness"... A eche mne nravitsa kak Kostya napisal in the title "SINGLES.. whether by choice or by luck.." interesting wording... :)

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Well, luck can be bad, Alla. Wording kinda makes sense then. I remember when I wrote in the Singles section in the previous forum, someone criticized my message so bad I decided to retreat :) I guess I was too explicit, but well, that's just the way I am (hehe, Eminem's song came to my mind now) Anyway, I think you can poke a finger at almost any guy here, and there is an 80% chance he is single.

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Although I would refrain from poking fingers at guys, Alex is right, the chances of finding a single guy here is much higher then winning the Big Game.

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Poking a finger.. or a thumb rather.. Oh, I just had a good "singles' idea that can be done for a good cause. (Well, it's not really MY idea, but still). It would be fun to organize a "DATE AUCTION', and auction off dates with guys/girls for a limited sum of money. All profits would go to help the children of Israel, for example, shtob Einat tam ne voznikal.

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How about poking a little pretty feminine finger? Does not sound that bad to me. This whole situation with so many people being single is quite curious. What is the reason? Not enough people to choose your significant one from? No time for relationship? No time to meet new people? Big city factor? It's quite a sad situation, isn't it? Life is not meant to be that way.

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So I've thought about alex's questions. Lets ponder, how can russian singles meet each other? Back home, we had cafe's, you could meet someone at a university, or at a party, and depending on where one lived, even on the subway. Here, singles do not have such an opportunity. There is 40,000 russians in atlanta, and i am sure a lot of singles. of course, we have parties but they are very segregated. most likely i don't know any of the members of our forum, but i have my own russian circle here that gets together quite often and has parties. also, lets face it, russian singles are very ashamed to admit that they are single and looking. therefore, we resort to our parents/aunts/ uncles/ hooking us up with somebody that they know who is a really nice person. as i am sure you know, most of these turn out to be a disaster. so, here is my two cents, actually a whole 20, looking at the volume of my e-mail. Done!

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Ok guys.. as someone who actually only recently became single, here's my idea for something fun to do.. RUSSIAN DATE AUCTION - We find a place, for example a Russian restaurant (Crown, Amore, etc.) that is willing to let us have an evening/afternoon - They can sell appetizers/drinks and make some money that way - We find, for example, 15 guys and 15 girls who are willing to be auctioned (all over 18 of course) - We advertise - maybe a small ad in Russia House or wherever.. plus flyers in Russian stores/businesses.. plus Kostya would post it here.. plus word of mouth.. etc. - Then it's simple.. hopefully at least 50-60 people would show up and we have an auction.. bidding starts at $10! We do it with fun descriptions of the people and all that.. "Sleduyuchiy na stsene Vanya Ivonov! Vane 26 let, i v svobodnoe ot bezdel'ya vremya on ubiraet v vannoi i lomaet a potom chinit televizionnie pul'ti.." Whatever! Mostly it would be just a fun thing to do.. people would mingle, hang out.. maybe someone would actually find someone they like. If not - well, at least you had fun.

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well i have to give alla grade "A" for good imagination as although it could be degrading to some people it's not that bad of an idea ("road trip" the movie kinda thing).. I agree with you, natash, too.. all russian circles are kinda closed down and therefore sooner or later you ran out of options. and having a huge party doesnt help all the time. so how change that??? how do you make one cicrle interact with another one? PS. i guess idea of this forum was for us to come together somewhat.. :)

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Alla's idea sounds good, anything fun sounds good to me now, it hasn't been a week since i ended a very serious relationship. anywho, i think that being auctioned off , hmm, not excatly fun for some girls, and guys, too. I would feel really bad. Maybe we should all get together, at crown pizza, for example, and just have some food and dance, a lot of dancing would do me good. no pressures, just having a good time. we could also throw a big party where we could combine our social circles, but it will probably turn in to a very drunk orgy. yeah! lets do that! Any other views?

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Alla i Natasha, vashi slova da Bogu v ushi :)) Singles party with auction (or without one), dancing and drinking - sounds like a plan :)) It would be great to arrange a singles event some time :) Being auctioned off is a delicate topic, of course. I personally don't mind to be auctioned off - never happened to me before, and it seems like a lot of fun, at least something to laugh about together later. Of course there is always a chance to be auctioned off to someone you may not like, but, hey, "risk is our business, risk is what we do" (movie "Free Enterprise"). But even without an auction, a singles party is a great idea. However, we have to advertise it somewhere else, not only on the forum, for the message to reach the widest circle of people possible.

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I am two hands up for the party and we can even do it like i suggested earlier in the clubhouse type building if a lot of people show up but i am actually for a not that big of a crowd (not as "personal") :) but whatever works....

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The problem with the smaller-size singles party is that there will be many guys and maybe a couple of girls or so. The scenario would be like this - for the first hour or so there is a fierce and brutal fighting between guys for girls' attention, then girls basically "make a choice" (meaning they pay most or all of the attention to one guy making it clear for others to stay away) and then the unlucky guys are frustrated, finish their drinks and the party is pretty much over. A few winners and many losers. No fun. Singles events have to PLANNED ahead. There must be a large number of people, with men and women ratio as close as possible. The event has to have some kind of a program to it. Then everyone has fun, gets acquainted with each other, and the whole process of making the choice becomes much longer and more intense. All kinds of combinations arise in the head, like a chess match. That is where the fun is, not in a party of 10 men with glowing eyes and 2 poor girls under pressure :))

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Vot! Srazu vidno - paren' umniy! ;) You're right. "Planned" is a key word. But I AM more for small parties, than big ones. Big ones aren't personal. No one really meets anyone. And Lesh, if I can't play chess, does it mean I can't come? :)

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Thanks Alla, shas kaaak nachnu gorditsa Alla, I actually don't play chess that well - it was just an analogy :) But I am sure you can play your own "chess" very well, at the Grandmaster level :) Anyway, I agree that the number of people may not actually matter, as long as it is planned and, most importantly, the number of guys and gals is more or less equal.

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The auction is interesting idea. How about ebay? :) I have another suggestion that also requires some planning: Speed Dating. I just read about it from AtlantaBuzz. HurryDate is one company that does it -- we can try it as well. Here is how it works (from AtlantaBuzz): 25 Dates In One Night w/ HurryDate at Lava. What the heck is HurryDate? It's a party with 50 single guys and 50 single girls. Talk to 25 people for three minutes each. Indicate on a SCOREcard whether or not you'd like to see each person you met again. They'll then calculate the results and send the email addresses of the people you matched with a few days later. Over 130 matches at the last HurryDate. Throw in a cool bar, great drink specials, and a fun, anything-goes vibe, and you've got yourself one hell of a night out after work! Check out www.hurrydate.com now to find out the full details on how it works. Doors open at 7:00, HurryDating begins at 7:30. Lava - 57 13th St (Midtown). Cost: $24.00. Includes $3 beers, $3 house wines, and $5 Cosmos and Martinis! RSVP and pre-payment is required to reserve your spot. RSVP now! www.hurrydate.com/info/reservations.html

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