BK MEATUP: THIS SHIT WORKS, PEOPLE [TRUE LURV EDITION]

Ok, so ICYMI, the singles event of the season, the Naughty Office Party themed Holiday BK Meatup, is *this* Wednesday at the Bell House. If you don't already have your ticket, you need to GET. ONE. NOWWWWW.

Why? You might be wondering? What's the rush? Is it really worth it?

YES, MOTHERFUCKERS! IT'S REALLY WORTH IT! DO YOU WANT TO MEET SOMEONE? DO YOU WANT TO GET LAID?? DO YOU WANT TO HAVE SOMEONE TO LIGHT THE MENORAH WITH THIS YEAR?? DO YOU WANT TO SAVE $5? (tix are $10 ahead of time and $15 at the door! You got money to burn??).

BECAUSE THIS MEATUP SHIT WORKS!

Behold: couple A*, who met-n-mingled at our FIRST BK Meatup and are still goin strong today! (*we're keeping things anon because the chick in couple A has a big time, security clearance type job and she doesn't want her bosses to know that):

*she picks up strange men at singles events

*or let's her ass get interviewed for a blog called FUCKED in Park Slope

Anyway. Whatevs...we're not offended.

Couple A (let's just call them Jenny-n-Joe) was nice enough to let me buy them a cup of coffee this weekend and pick their brains about the who, what, why, and when of how all this shit all went down:

Ok, so you guys met at our last Meatup and are still goin strong?
Jenny: Yep!
Joe: Uh huh

How did you guys find each other at the Meatup? Was it a spot each other across a crowded room and lock eyes kind of thing, or more of a "oops, who's this hottie I just started dirty dancing with?--I'm too drunk to care" sort of meeting?
Joe: We actually met early on the evening at the nametag table. I was standing there with my friend debating about whether or not we should write something funny and Jenny just walked right up with her two friends, grabbed a marker and wrote "you know you want me" on her nametag. I loved it (and I guess at the moment I kinda did...want her, I mean). (ed note: FUCK I WANT TO PUT A SMILEY FACE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW SOOO BAD, BUT I WILL RESIST).

Jenny: Yeah, but we didn't really talk then. Unless you count Joe's nod toward me and his follow up "that's cute." I just walked away and hung with my friends for a bit, until an hour or so later when we happened to be standing next to each other at the bar. That's when we *really* first talked. And we totally hit it off right away, so we kinda ended up hanging out together for the rest of the night.

Joe: Not the WHOLE night...I mean it wasn't that kind of night.

Jenny: Stop being a perv, Joe!...I meant the whole night at the Meatup.

Joe: Oh yeah....well, then yeah.

(ed note: these two clearly need to be married...like now).

How soon after did you lovebirds have your first date? Where did you go?
Joe: Well, we exchanged emails at the Meatup, and I sent Jenny an email the next day. I'm not really into that wait two days bullshit and since I really felt like we had a connection, I wanted to see her again right away. So I asked her out for that Friday after the Meatup (which I think was a Wednesday).

Jenny: We went to Shake Shack for dinner in the Park first (cause we're both crazy burger lovers) and then we went for a ride on the Roosevelt Island tram.

Joe: Because we had talked about that thing at the Meatup...and both said how we'd never been on it and how it looked kinda fun.

Jenny: Yeah...and I just thought it was really cute that he remembered and wanted to plan a cool outing for us.

Do you guys live in BK? Where?
Joe: I live in Park Slope and Jenny lives in Carroll Gardens. Though I guess we spend most of our time here since I don't have any roommates.

Did you show up to the meatup voluntarily, or did one of your smart-assed friends drag you?
Jenny: we were both semi-dragged...which is funny b/c the friends who dragged each of us met a few people that night, but no one anything ended up working out with. So now they both want credit.

Joe: And annoyingly remind us of this fact like every time we see them.

Did either of you participate in the wet t-shirt contest?
Joe: Hell no.

Jenny: Hell no.

Had either of you ever been to a singles event before? If so, how did the meatup compare?
Jenny: I had been to some singles things before...even a speed dating thing. The meatup just seemed way more fun and casual to me. Like everyone knew it was a singles events, but also you guys seemed to be making fun of the concept of singles events the whole night and I guess it just took the pressure off.

Joe: I had been to one horrendous, horrible singles thing at some bar in the city earlier this year and swore I would never go to another one again. But the fact that this was in my neighborhood, and the fact that I envisioned the crowd would be mostly Brooklyn based (as well as my friend dragging me) sealed the deal. And yeah, it was an unexpected blast.

Jenny: We were even thinking of going to the Naughty Office Party Holiday Meatup as like an anniversary thing...just for fun.

Joe: Ok, now you are going to make people barf.

(ed note: or swoon...either or).

What's your best advice for all the single-n-ready-to-mingle BKers that will be showing up this Wednesday?
Jenny: Wear a slutty outfit.

Joe: YESSSSS!

Jenny: NO....I'm just kidding. I mean, wear a slutty outfit if you want to, but really my advice would be: be open to meeting someone! It sounds stupid, but my friend who came with me had all these expectations of who she was going to find, and how she wanted to meet them, and in the end it just didn't happen. So I would just remind people to be open to whatever is going to happen...cause something awesome REALLY COULD happen for you.

Joe: Ok, is she adorable or what? Yeah, ditto everything Jenny said. And also for the guys I'd say: go out on a limb. Be bold, talk to people and just try to work it as much as you can. Everyone is there for the same reason, so any bullshit hesitation you might normally feel at some bar on a Saturday night should be out the window.

So you mean: take a chance on you?

Jenny: Oh, I love that line! Yeah, totally...take a chance on you.

Well, you heard it here first people: the BK Meatup is your one-way ticket to a nauseatingly sweet hookup relationship, just like Joe-n-Jenny.

Stay tuned for tomorrow's BK Meatup: This Shit Works edition where we talk to *Lilly...our BK meatup-er who was just lookin to get laid and struck gold x2!

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