{"id":1687,"date":"2016-05-06T18:26:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T18:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/?p=1687"},"modified":"2016-05-06T18:26:06","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T18:26:06","slug":"dessert-and-discussions-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedoublescoop2.com\/dev\/dessert-and-discussions-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dessert and discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What do you get when you combine a room full of men and women with music, delicious desserts, alcohol, and engaging conversations about relationships, sex and dating?\u00a0\u00a0 You get the event Dessert and Discussion curated by Alex Merritt.\u00a0 Dessert and Discussion is a relationship discussion tour that has been hitting different cities over the past several months. The purpose of the tour is to get men and women talking about relationships so they can learn different perspectives from the opposite sex.<\/p>\n

I was invited to be a featured blogger for the tour stop in Charlotte and I definitely enjoyed myself! The event was held at Red@28th<\/sup> Hookah Lounge.\u00a0 The guests were seated in a small, private area in the back of the lounge which made the setting more intimate.\u00a0 Before the discussion began guests were entertained by DJ Strategy and were treated to plenty of tasty desserts and drinks. The crowd was grown and sexy; I would estimate that most of the people in attendance were in their late 20s to early 40s which was a good age range to get various perspectives from both sexes.<\/p>\n

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Me checking in!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Some of the desserts<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The conversation began with everyone going around the room and introducing themselves.\u00a0 Alex requested that everyone create a hashtag that described their dating life which made the mood more relaxed and fun.\u00a0 My hashtag was #DatingAndHavingFun. The variation in hashtag names pretty much led into the relationship discussion because of course you would want to know why people selected certain names. Some of the hashtags varied from #SingleForLife to #AllTheGoodOnesAreGone. It was too funny.<\/p>\n

Some of the topics that were discussed included: how do you know when a person wants to get exclusive, sex on the first date, and having multiple dating partners. Men and women passed the microphone back and forth giving their input on each topic.\u00a0 I get shy in big groups of people so I pretty much just observed and listened to the conversations.\u00a0 It was very interesting to hear how men and women perspectives differed on certain topics. The conversation went on for about an hour \u00bd and afterwards the DJ took over so that everyone could mingle.<\/p>\n

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Me with fellow blogger Brittany with The Buzz With B.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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After the event was over I caught up with Alex for a brief interview to get more details about how she came up with the idea for the tour.<\/p>\n

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Me with the lovely host and event creator Alex Merritt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amy Nicole:<\/strong>\u00a0 So you\u2019ve been doing Dessert and Discussion for about 7 years now. How did you come up with the idea for it?<\/p>\n

Alex<\/strong>: Literally I wanted to get people over my house to discuss a DVD and I didn\u2019t want to cook! I wanted to get men and women\u2019s opinion about this DVD that I had watched and I wanted to know if men saw women the way that this video portrayed us.<\/p>\n

Amy Nicole<\/strong>: What was the DVD about?<\/p>\n

Alex:<\/strong> \u00a0The DVD was called \u201cDiary Of A Tired Black Man\u201d which was about a black man\u2019s struggle in the dating game. \u00a0I had just moved to California and I expected it to be like a one hour thing but it ended up lasting to 1:00 in the morning. After it was over I would run into people in the street and they would ask me when the next one was.<\/p>\n

Amy Nicole<\/strong>: How many cities have you toured so far?<\/p>\n

Alex:<\/strong> \u00a0We have been in Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, we\u2019re here in Charlotte now, and then we\u2019re back to Sacramento where it all started. This has been going on for the past six months and in the fall when it\u2019s time to relaunch again we plan to do another six months. Everybody needs this because most of us haven\u2019t been taught how to do relationships.\u00a0 Most of our family examples weren\u2019t even good models.\u00a0 This is a way to learn and get feedback.<\/p>\n

Amy Nicole<\/strong>: Well I definitely learned a lot from the men tonight! How has the response been in other cities?<\/p>\n

Alex:<\/strong> It has been great. Everyone is looking for a place to get their questions asked about love, sex and relationships.<\/p>\n

Amy Nicole: <\/strong>So how can people get in contact with you for booking?<\/p>\n

Alex:<\/strong> Dessertanddisccusion.com and alex@dessertanddiscussion.com<\/p>\n

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It was great meeting Alex; she was such a fun and vibrant host!\u00a0 I really enjoyed myself at Dessert and Discussion and I would definitely encourage anyone looking for relationship advice and a good time to check out the tour if it comes through your city!<\/p>\n

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