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[In-Person] Durham NC Double Feature: Speed-Flirting + How To Be Successful at Play Parties

A Double-Feature Night of Playful Confidence, Consent Skills & Connection Games!

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Ready to boost your confidence, sharpen your flirting skills, and feel more comfortable navigating play-party spaces? Join sex and relationship educator Reid Mihalko of ReidAboutSex.com in-person for a fun and informative two-workshop evening designed to help you create more ease, clarity, spark, and consent-savvy connection in your life.

This event is perfect for singles, couples, throuples, shy folks, bold folks, curious newbies, and seasoned community members. Come for one workshop or stay for both! Meet like-minded adults interested in nerding out and increasing their skills at breaking the ice, flirting, and exploring what they want to explore!

💛 PART 1 — SPEED-FLIRTING

Creating playful connection doesn’t have to be hard… or creepy!

Speed-Flirting is a lively, clothes-stay-on, game-filled workshop that helps you break the ice, shake off awkwardness, and feel more confident meeting new people. We take flirting beyond the narrow “sxxual” meaning and turn it into a joyful tool for connection, friendship, and fun.

In Speed-Flirting, you’ll learn & practice how to:

• Break the ice with ease

• Create pressure-free connections

• Say “No thanks” without feeling guilty

• Avoid mixed signals and misunderstandings

• Handle rejection with grace

• Invite people to make the first move

• Add spark to existing relationships

• Make new friends in a playful, structured setting

We’ll warm up, nerd out, and play simple partner & group games designed to help you feel more alive, grounded, and socially confident.

🔥 PART 2 — FROM FLIRTING TO FCKING

How To Be Successful at Play Parties (Even If You Never Get Naked!)

After we warm up your flirting muscles, we shift into a thoughtful, shame-free, clothes-stay-on workshop on navigating sxx-positive events with clarity, skill, and confidence.

Whether you’re curious about attending your first play party or you’ve been to dozens, this workshop gives you practical tools you can use right away to feel safer, more empowered, and more connected.

Together we’ll explore:

• How to flirt without being creepy

• The 3 biggest mistakes people make when trying to connect

• How to make consent chats sexy and mood-enhancing

• How to tell when you shouldn’t play with someone

• Simple icebreakers for shy humans

• How to negotiate one-on-one or group play with clarity and care

• How to build a reputation as someone people want to play with

• Why success at play parties doesn’t require getting naked or getting freaky

You’ll leave feeling more confident, more grounded, and more prepared for whatever play-party adventures feel right for you.

🌟 What You'll Learn at the Double Feature Friday...

💛 1. Feel more at ease meeting new people

You’ll learn playful, low-pressure ways to break the ice, start conversations, and create connection without awkwardness or guessing games.

💛 2. Understand the difference between fun flirting and creepy vibes

You’ll discover how to show interest with clarity, kindness, and confidence so people feel safe and excited to talk with you.

💛 3. Know how to handle “No” (and deliver one!) with grace

You’ll learn guilt-free, shame-free ways to decline invitations and how to respond well when someone else isn’t available.

💛 4. Avoid the big mistakes that shut down connection

Even smart people accidentally do these three things. You’ll learn exactly what to avoid—and what to do instead.

💛 5. Make consent feel sexy, warm, and wanted

Say goodbye to ruining the mood. You’ll practice ways to talk about boundaries and desires while keeping the spark alive.

💛 6. Build confidence for play-party spaces

You’ll learn how to navigate parties, negotiate pick-up play, and understand the rhythms of sxx-positive events so you feel prepared rather than overwhelmed.

💛 7. How to choose safer, more compatible play partners

You’ll get tools for spotting red flags, understanding green lights, and respecting everyone’s boundaries—including your own.

💛 8. Create a reputation people LOVE

You’ll learn how to show up with presence, kindness, clarity, and courage—qualities that make people want to connect, flirt, and play with you.

🌟 WHO THIS IS FOR...

This double-feature evening is for anyone who wants to meet like-minded, sxx-positive adults AND feel more confident, playful, and skillful in how they connect with others—whether you’re flirting at a party, chatting with new friends, or exploring sxx-positive spaces.

You’ll love this event if you are…

💛 A shy human who wants simple tools to break the ice

If meeting new people feels awkward or intimidating, you’ll get gentle, playful ways to start conversations without pressure.

💛 A social butterfly who wants better boundaries and clearer signals

If you’re outgoing but sometimes get misunderstood (or overwhelm yourself!), this night will help you stay grounded and connected.

💛 Someone exploring dating, flirting, or casual connections

You’ll learn how to communicate your desires with confidence, clarity, and kindness.

💛 New to play parties or curious about attending one

If you’ve wondered how people move from spark → connection → possible play, this workshop will give you the roadmap.

💛 Experienced in play-party spaces and ready to level up your skills

You’ll get advanced tools for building trust, navigating group dynamics, and negotiating play like a compassionate powerhouse.

💛 Couples, singles, throuples, polycules, and everyone in between

Come solo or with partners. Everyone is welcome, and you don’t need to be interested in play parties to benefit from the flirting and connection skills.

💛 Anyone who wants more joy, courage, and ease in their social or intimate life

If you want to feel safer, more confident, and more connected in your body and your relationships… this night is for you.

🌈 COME AS YOU ARE!

This double-feature is inclusive of all genders, orientations, relationship structures, and experience levels. Attend solo, partnered, or with your polycule. Wear something comfy. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and your willingness to play.

🎟️ TICKETS

Come for one workshop or stay for both!

Early-Bird Ticket $59

Regular Ticket $69

Couple's Ticket $109

📍 LOCATION & SCHEDULE

• Where: Durham, NC - private residence - location sent out along with ticket confirmation

• Doors open: 7pm

• Speed-Flirting begins at 7:15pm

• From Flirting to Fcking follows immediately after: 9pm

• Event ends: 11pm

✨ WHAT TO BRING

• A water bottle

• A notebook (optional)

• Snacks

• An open heart and a playful spirit

• Bring your friends, too! — Invite your friends by sending them to https://Bit.ly/double-header-with-reid so they can secure their tickets and info!

🎟️ Plura+ Member discounts on tickets are exclusively available through the Plura app. Download now to get yours! 🎟️

ABOUT REID...

As seen on NETFLIX' "Chelsea Does..." alongside Chelsea Handler and HBO's "Sex Diaries," Reid Mihalko (he/him) of ReidAboutSex.com is an internationally known sex and relationship geek who helps adults create more self-esteem, self-confidence, and greater health and accountability in their relationships and sex lives using an inspiring mixture of humor, personal stories, keen insight, and comprehensive sexual health information.

In early 2018, some very brave people came forward during #MeToo sharing harms that Reid had caused them. Reid stepped down from teaching and initiated a restorative justice-based accountability process to address his misconduct and make amends if and where possible. The formal, year-long process along with Reid’s apology and resources were shared publicly and can be found at TinyURL.com/reidaccountability. Going forward, Reid’s projects and appearances will include pointing people towards resources and experts on restorative and transformative justice-based accountability processes.

Reid’s workshops and college lectures have been attended by over 60,000 people from all over the globe. He has appeared in media such as Oprah's Our America With Lisa Ling on OWN, NETFLIX, Montel, Dr. Phil's The Doctors on CBS, Bravo's Miss Advised, Fox News, in Newsweek, Seventeen, GQ, The Washington Post, and in thirteen countries and at least seven languages.

Reid is also founder of Sex Geek Summer Camp, Sex Geek Conservatory, and Sex Geek School for Gifted Sex Geeks, which help sex educators learn valuable business skills that allow them to reach more people with greater ease, transform more lives, and make a better living as sexperts.

Follow @ReidAboutSex on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube

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