Pals Playing Matchmaker

MERCURY NEWS -- Jan 18 -- Singles on the lookout for a partner are setting aside Internet searches and returning to the matchmaker. Unlike the gossipy Yenta of "Fiddler on the Roof," today's matchmakers are often tech-savvy amateur cupids who run through a range of social circles. Relationship expert Jeff Cohen, author of Dating Inc., says that the diminished novelty of online dating, along with the perception that not everyone is completely honest in their profiles, has prompted more people to put their faith in a matchmaker and try blind dating. "In the last five or so years, online dating was huge, but now you're starting to see a shift back to this way of meeting people," says Cohen.

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Comments

[Mark]

How does Fiddler on the Roof highlight a potential mistake being made by online dating agencies?

In Fiddler on the Roof , Hodel and Chava are excited about the ideas of having a match maker chose their mate. There is a certain thrill with someone potentially delivering a mate right to our door, so to speak. Further, it lightens the burden of having not to make such a monumental decision without the wisdom of someone with experience in these matters.

However, I think that the the question is: what is the determinate criteria for is a wise matchmaker to guide to happily ever after today? And does financial concerns bend partiality in the right direction, for us? Such is the warning of Tzeitel in Fiddler on the Roof.

So what the challenge for dating companies is to find someone what others would trust to help them make their decision. I would not trust people with letters after or before their names, as much as I would trust some one with age and experience. So I think if dating agencies are looking for people to promote as matchmakers they have to consider who a paying member would be happy with. However, I do not think this is what they are doing. For me I would want a matchmaker to be “old and wise” not “hip and cool with degrees”.

[Julie Ferman]

I'm forever telling my Clients, Members, and Students that today is the best time ever to be single, dating, and seeking partnership.

The ability I have now to truly serve my Clients, as a high tech/high touch personal matchmaker is astounding -- Accessible to me every day is a magical combination of:

TECHNOLOGY (the organically grown, ever-evolving software I've designed and continue to sculpt -- What I'm able to do for my clients personally and privately -- it's mind-blowing!)

EXPERIENCE (decades of personal hand-holding, coaching, teaching)

COMMUNITY ("inventory" -- a huge data base of personally screened Clients and Members)

HEART (Sincerely caring about and getting behind the personal goals of each and every person touched by the community) -- THIS is priceless...

Matchmaking? Those of us who can evolve with technology -- we'll be around for a long, long time. I'm thrilled that the chasm between online dating and offline dating is being bridged, and by people who care about the individual being served.

Very exciting times for us all. Rock on!
Julie Ferman
Founder, CEO
CupidsCoach.com

[Debi]

People walk in and expect to meet Yenta from the old country. I'm no kid, but as a personal trainer for more than a decade, I am as fit as anyone who has ever walked in my door. The first impression we make is important. Being successful in a marraige or other partnered relationship is also important for credibility. I wear half-glasses for a matriarchal aura and to help me read.

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