Can You Bring a Plus One to a Tinder Event?

Sometimes. Tinder says some Events allow plus-ones, and that these guests may not be on Tinder, so they will not necessarily appear in the event's Interested list. Tickets are handled by an external partner site that you reach from the Tickets button on the event, so check what the one you want allows before you buy.

The key word in Tinder's answer is "some". Plus-ones are allowed at some Events, not all, so there is no general yes.

A plus-one does not need a Tinder account. Tinder says these guests may not be on the app at all, which means you can bring the friend who would never download a dating app, as long as the Event takes guests.

Tickets are sold through an external partner site, reached from the Tickets button on the Event. Buying is the moment to be sure. Sort it out before you pay rather than hoping to talk your friend in at the door.

If you cannot tell from what the Event shows you whether guests are allowed, assume they are not. Then either go alone or pick a different Event that plainly allows them.

Tinder says plus-ones will not necessarily appear in the event's Interested list. So the people scrolling that list to see who is going will see you, and may not see him.

That is fine, and it is worth knowing for one reason. A woman who noticed you on the list will not be expecting two of you. Introduce him early and easily, so she is not left wondering who the extra man is.

Bring the friend who is good company in a room full of strangers. He talks to people, laughs easily and does not need looking after. The friend who sulks in a corner or drinks too fast costs you more than he adds.

dating advice makes a practical point about going out with a friend: it works best when he is likeable enough that both women in a pair can approve of both men. Women often come to these evenings with a friend of their own, and a plus-one who can hold a conversation with her friend is a real help.

Avoid bringing a friend who likes exactly the same women you do and competes for them. Two men angling for one woman is the fastest way to lose her and the evening.

The case for going solo, as a dating coach's site puts it, is that it removes the pressure of having a friend watching you. With nobody beside you, there is no worrying about how your conversations look to him. You can try things, get some wrong and learn from them, and you stay more relaxed for it.

A Tinder Event is also one of the easier rooms to walk into alone. Everyone there chose to come to a room full of singles, so nobody finds it strange that you turned up without a friend.

If you do bring someone, agree on one thing beforehand: you are both there to talk to people, not to each other. Two men who spend the evening chatting in a corner might as well have stayed home.

Split up now and then, and bring him over when you are talking to two women, so her friend has someone to talk to as well. That way neither woman feels like a spare part, and the conversation lasts long enough to go somewhere.

The Event is where things start. Before it ends, tell the woman you enjoyed talking and suggest something specific for just the two of you: a place, a day, a reason.

If the chance does not come up before the lights go on, the evening itself gives you something to write to her about the next day. Plus-one or not, the point is the same. One good evening in a room beats a week of messaging strangers, as long as you actually talk to the people in it.