At brand new real time occasions, young adults tout the merits of these solitary buddies like carnival barkers.
By Jennifer Miller
H ere’s one or more indication that some adults that are young disaffected with dating apps. On a sweltering Saturday night maybe not way back when, 250 women and men inside their 20s and 30s stuffed into a Williamsburg club without air-con to match-make via PowerPoint. Over a couple of hours, a dozen presenters clicked through slides extolling the virtues, idiosyncrasies and dating criteria of the close friends. The function, called DateMyFriend.ppt, ended up being type of like Tinder fulfills “The Office.â€
Some PowerPoints were hefty on start-up jargon, with “valuation†graphs of suitors’ making potential or sources to “M&A deals,†a.k.a. wedding. Others had a lot more of a class-project vibe, with clip art and embarrassing duckface selfies.
Gabrielle Van Tassel, 25, had come to pitch her friend that is best Katelyn Dougherty, 31, a literary agent with Midwestern roots. Ms. Van Tassel made a benefits and drawbacks list (each of including “loves Bud Lightâ€) and touted Ms.