The Mating Game

I was talking to fellow reporter Hibiscus Hastings about dance places the other day. To be more precise, high class establishments where you have to dress in evening wear to get in.

We were talking about the ladies who go to these places to wait for men to ask them to dance and if this is humiliating for the ladies to do this. I suppose I had never thought about this before, but then again I have never been a lady who stands and waits!! And I suspect, neither has Hibiscus! Just like in real life you will get the SL wallflowers and it all seems a bit sad. But then again where do girls go to meet men and why shouldn’t they pick somewhere posh where they can do themselves up to the nines and enjoy an elegant SL night out.

I decided to go undercover and take a look at a couple of really nice venues, the first one was Bogarts and the second was Frank’s Place. You have to admire the people who own the sims, they have done a great job to create such a romantic atmosphere and the two places were very busy with avatars.

There were quite a few people dancing in Bogarts and some stood chatting, a man sat by the front entrance, on his own, and a girl in a blue dress stood, prettily but wistfully, near by. She looked like she had gone along hoping to meet the man of her dreams. Who knows, the guy sitting behind her may talk to her in a while. Couples on the dance floor hugged while dancing, romantically close and whispering sweet nothings to each other in IM.

I noticed that there seemed to be as many men as women turning up looking for a partner. It was the same with Frank’s Place, a very popular Jazz Club, a real mixture of men and women who seemed to have arrived alone. Do men have the upper hand in their role of picking women to dance with? Or do some women, these days, have the confidence to pursue the men and ask them to dance? I don’t know why, but I felt that the women still turned up hoping to be asked, and therefore it seemed a little sad for those who just stood and didn’t dance.

Lots of couples arrived as well, and these two venues are wonderful if you want a romantic place to go with your loved one. If you do want to go there alone it’s ok too!! Get your posh outfits on and mingle with the other avatars, you never know you might meet the girl or boy of your dreams!!

Janey Bracken