I don’t think it’s necessarily the best way to meet your match (and it can attract some strange people, especially in SF), but it’s a very telling social experiment.įor the next two days, test gazing into the eyes of others-whether people you pass on the street or conversational partners-until they break contact.ġ. If you go to such an event, as I did for the first time last Tuesday night, it becomes clear how uncomfortable most people are doing this. It involves looking into the eyes of each partner for 2-3 minutes at a time.
It is similar to speed dating but different in one fundamental respect-no speaking is permitted. Michael Ellsberg invented a singles event called Eye Gazing, which took off like an addiction in NYC (“NY’s hottest dating trend” according to Elle) and has been featured in media around the world, ranging from CNN to The Guardian and others.