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Speed dating Pizza Party Dating @ Pizza Express Do we need to be validated by other people? A lot of people say that the meaning of life is to love and to be loved. The girls wanted to explore this idea by sending Rhianne to a speed dating session at Pizza Express in Birmingham to see how this scenario would affect her stress levels. The event advertises itself as a cooking class for singles and as a great way to meet new people, have fun, learning new things and have plenty of stories to tell to your friends about. It promises that the cooking classes will be fun, sociable and memorable. After the cooking session, couples will dine together and then rotate regularly to make sure everyone has the chance to speak to each other. Living in this fast-paced modern world means we want to get things done more quickly, but our hectic lifestyles can mean that we zoom past potential partners or friends every day without even noticing – and we have little time to devote to actively seeking someone special. After Terri got in contact with the organisers, they explained how it wouldn’t be fair on those who did not feel comfortable being filmed. We appreciated their reservations and continued to search elsewhere.