Climbing in Skirts

Apparently other people want to join me in the quest. To make things fair, we can't post about the 17 until we are done. If people knew what we were doing, it could skew the results.

I will however tell you the rules on how we plan to get this done.
17 dates will be like Fight Club. From this point on we can't talk about it. We may post stuff about dating in general but because of my 8 second delay rule we will never post any details in order of occurrence until the end.

Meeting people:

1. Dating sites are fair game. You need to be honest about the details in your profile and you can't ever mention the 17 date challenge in the profile.
2. You can't post an ad on Craigslist (it's a free site so you are guaranteed a high response rate), but you can pick people up from Craigslist
3. Speed dating. Those 3-5 minute dates can't count as individual dates. Although you may get a free date pass if you leave speed dating and no one asks you out.
4. Friends. Yes, friends can set you up but they can't ever mention the challenge and you shouldn't use the challenge to guilt them into finding you a date.
5. Picking people up in the real world (Do people still do that?).
   

The dates:

1. Dates must be one-on-one and in person. No phone dates. No internet chats. No group dates. You must endure the date alone and in person.
2. The 17 should be with 17 different people over the course of one year. If you wanted to, you could claim up to 3 dates with one person but you must remember that you are treading in dangerous waters. More than three dates might constitute a "Relationship" which could give the unfair advantage of unlimited dates. If you do start dating someone exclusively during the challenge you will be disqualified from the challenge.
   
3. The dates do not need to be with new people. Backsliding with an ex will count (I'll never go there, but others might). Recycling someone from your past will count. But seriously, this is about trying new things.
4. Booty calls or random hookup could count as a date if you did a date-like activity before or after. If you do claim a booty call or random hookup with a person you can't use them as a repeat date.
   

The record keeping:

1. You will keep a journal of the 17. Keep track of how you met them, name, age, and date details. Also keep a note of who you managed to get another date out of. Once again, it's for the science and it's to make sure that no one cheats.
   
2. If you do pick up someone from the internet, you should keep the profile or the ad because we will need it for research.
3. At the end of the challenge the posts on the 17 go live. The names will be changed to protect the innocent (or not so innocent).
   

Prizes and excitement:

1. Something good has to come out of this. If anything, we at least get some free dinners and good sex out of this.
2. I can tell you that the first person to 17 is not the winner.
   

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