{"id":538,"date":"2025-01-16T13:51:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T13:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/update-events.nl\/?page_id=538"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T10:51:38","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/update-events.nl\/nl\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Ons verhaal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-1597c353 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/update-events.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Speeddating-2-1024x683.jpg ,https:\/\/update-events.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Speeddating-2-scaled.jpg 780w, https:\/\/update-events.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Speeddating-2-scaled.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/update-events.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Speeddating-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-542\" width=\"4272\" height=\"2848\" title=\"Speeddating (2)\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Op een dag werd ik wakker en realiseerde ik me dat mijn dating leven werd geregeerd door paradoxen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>De datingapp paradox: iedereen zit op datingapps, maar niemand wil daarop zitten.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>De uitgaansparadox: als ik uitga, dan wil ik gewoon tijd doorbrengen met mijn vrienden. Later vraag ik me wel af waarom ik daar nooit iemand ontmoet...<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>En door me bezig te houden met zelfontwikkeling door boeken te lezen en veel te sporten, ontmoet ik zelden nieuwe mensen...<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ik miste iets. Een plek zoals een van die avonden waarop je moeiteloos nieuwe mensen ontmoet omdat je gewoon met de stroom meegaat en plezier hebt! Daarom ben ik samen met mijn broer Pieter gaan zitten om UpDate-avonden te cre\u00ebren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wij geloven dat de beste manier om nieuwe mensen te ontmoeten is door plezier te maken en elkaar in veel verschillende situaties te zien. Daarom draait het bij onze evenementen niet alleen om praten, maar kun je ook veel verschillende activiteiten verwachten.<strong>. <\/strong>Kleine spelletjes spelen, uitdagingen als team oplossen en nog veel meer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sommige activiteiten zijn \u00e9\u00e9n-op-\u00e9\u00e9n, andere worden in kleine groepen gedaan. Soms bieden wij de structuur en soms ben je vrij om de interactie aan te gaan met wie je op dat moment interessant vindt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je bent op je aantrekkelijkst wanneer je plezier maakt. We vinden anderen het interessantst wanneer we hen in verschillende situaties zien. 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