A woman threw a house party with 65 men she matched with on Tinder and Hinge and connected with the man she's been dating for a year
(Cassidy Davis created Chaotic Singles Party after five years of unsuccessful dating on apps like Hinge and Tinder.Taylor Wong Photography)
- Cassidy Davis threw a house party with 65 men she matched with on dating apps, calling it a "chaotic singles party."
- The concept was a hit, so Davis keeps hosting at venues in Los Angeles despite meeting her now-boyfriend at her first party.
- The welcoming atmosphere includes ice breaker games and heart tokens for guests to give crushes.
On dating apps, Davis said she would match with seemingly compatible magicians, actors, writers, and musicians, but became tired when their in-person connections were mid or outright disappointing.
A dumpster fire is how I would describe it," Davis, who works as an actor, said. When Valentine's Day was approaching last year, she decided to delete her dating apps and try something completely different.
She instructed her girlfriends to invite dating app matches they had yet to meet to her apartment for a mixer. Worried no one would show up, Davis invited 65 men she'd matched with on Tinder and Hinge. Davis made a TikTok of the event, which she named "Chaotic Singles Party," that went viral with 1.7 million likes and over 1,000 comments, many from users who said they wanted to join or throw their own. And after Davis received rave reviews from her own guests (including one who would soon become her boyfriend), she decided to keep throwing the lively parties at venues in various Los Angeles neighborhoods. The concept remains: If you're attending, use it as an opportunity to invite someone you matched with on an app but is still a stranger.
Davis said that her millennial and gen Z guests, who typically learn about Chaotic Singles Party on TikTok or Instagram, often tell her how refreshing and welcoming the in-person experience feels after years of relying on dating apps to find love. She hosted 17 parties in 2022, mostly in Los Angeles, and wants to expand to five new cities this year as her social media followers from across the country beg her for their own parties, she said.
Davis connected with her now-boyfriend at her first-ever mixer, but she still throws them
When Davis planned her first party, she said she broke her own rule and invited a handsome man she'd met at a bar, not on dating apps. She knew she had a crush on him, but didn't know if the feelings were mutual, so she hatched a sneaky plan involving a video confessional."Everyone, tell us who you're crushing on," Davis told her guests after propping up her phone in her bathroom, a makeshift private booth for a confessional-style video she later uploaded to TikTok. In it, she and her now-boyfriend of one year admitted they liked each other.
Even off the market, Davis decided to keep curating the parties for her single friends and social media followers who loved the concept. She said that focusing on her guests, rather than her own search for partnership, has been an unexpected benefit.
"It kind of lets me be everyone's wing woman and buddy at these events," Davis told Insider.
Since her first party, Davis has found ways to make the experience more welcoming. She added ice breaker games, like question cards that ask "What's the worst date you've been on?"
Each guest also gets a "gold heart," a sticker they get to give to their top crush before the night is over.
"And then there's always that one hot guy covered in gold hearts by the end," Davis said.
This year, Davis estimated between 250 and 350 singles attended each Chaotic Singles Party. She's hosted social media influencers and spotted a few contestants from Netflix reality show "The Circle" there too. Ticket prices have ranged from $10 to $85, depending on the specific party.
(LA brehs seen pawging out of control: Taylor Wong Photography)
