Professional Matchmaker Makes Dating Less Of A Chase

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR -- Apr 17 -- There are 1,500 independent matchmakers in the US, with sales of $250m in 2006. Being good at making realistic love matches takes honesty, sensitivity, social savvy, and intuition. Julie Ferman has a proven track record. In eight years, her business – Cupid's Coach – has paired 100 couples who married or are still together. Decades of matchmaking have given Ferman insight into human nature. But Ferman has been surprised, for instance, by older women determined to date young men, and older men who don't understand why much younger women won't say yes to a date. The toughest clients aren't fat or bald. They're the unhappy ones looking for a relationship to make them happy. FULL ARTICLE @ CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR