Donna's Daily Diary - March 5, 2010

My last appointment on Thursday was a lady, 40, divorced, no kids and her long term goal is marriage. She was in the military for 20 years and she now works for the Army in Civil Service doing the same thing she did before she retired. She is a very strong believer, her religion score is a “9” on a scale of zero to ten. She loves movies, shopping and travel. She has been all over the world with her military career. The most important thing to her is a man who is also a strong believer and would enjoying going to church with her. She is a larger lady and prefers a man who is at least her size. I am always upfront with overweight ladies that their size can be a limiting factor as for as matching is concerned and she understands, but agrees with me that the odds he will walk through my door are better than the odds he will walk into her life. If there are any bigger size men who are open ladies who are bigger, you should give me a call.

My first appointment today is a man, early 50’s, divorced, grown children, educated, fit, active, very funny, and his long term goal is to find his soul mate and live happily ever after. He said “I am a very visual person and I want to be with a beautiful lady. Why would a beautiful lady come to a dating service?” I said “For the same reason you are here, she’s not meeting anyone she’s interested in and she’s tired of leaving it to chance.” He said “But it’s easy for beautiful women. They can always find a man.” I said “Actually, it’s harder for attractive people because they need a higher level of physical attraction than us average folks in order to be attracted to someone. I also think one of my biggest talents as a Matchmaker is that I have a good eye for choosing levels of attraction.” He said “I would like to see a picture before I meet someone.” I said “Trust me on the first one and if you aren’t attracted to her I won’t count it as a match and I will show you a picture on the next match.” He said “You seem pretty confident.” I said “That’s because I have some beautiful women I think are good matches for you.” He said “Your idea of beautiful and mine could be very different.” I said “We will know if that’s the case after one match.” He said “I don’t want to spend all this money to find out you are wrong.” I said “What if I’m right?” He said “That would be great because I can see the value in your matching process and I would love to find someone I am attracted to in addition to all the areas you pay attention to when you make a match.” I pointed out the beautiful women in the pictures I have on my wall of some of my successful matches. He signed the contract and then I showed him a picture of the lady who will be his first match. He said “Why did you put me through all that and then show me a picture?” I said “I wasn’t putting you through anything. I was just telling you how my program normally works.” Now she will have the option to come in and see his picture and he will take the chance that she might pass on the introduction. If he had done it my way he could have been assured that he would at least meet her. Be careful what you ask for. I do think she will be attracted to him. I always consider both sides on the match. I have so many matches for him I am confident he will be happy when all is said and done.

My second appointment today is a lady, early 40’s, divorced, no children, and her long term goal is definitely marriage. This lady is so sharp. She joined the Air Force right out of high school, retired after 20+ years and went right into a Civil Service job. In Colorado Springs I see this often. She has a fascinating job that she loves and she plans to stay in Colorado Springs. She has traveled all over the world, and still travels with her job. She is very financially stable and secure. She is athletic and enjoys golf, bowling (170 average), cooking and entertaining, jazz (there is a place she goes to in Denver that sounds like a lot of fun), and still loves to travel. She said “I loved being married and I am really ready to find the right man and settle down.” She has been seeing my wall ads for years, and with the encouragement of a friend, she decided it was the right time to come see me. She is tall, looks like the picture of health, and I also have some great matches for her. She talked about how scared she was when her marriage ended several years ago. She said “I started over in a one bedroom apartment and I didn’t know how I would make it on my own.” Since then she has bought and sold three homes and is getting ready to move into a bigger home as we speak. All she needs to complete the picture is the right man and I get to help her find the lucky guy!

I have four appointments tomorrow, 34, 44, 45, and 36, two men, two women. I love springtime, it makes people want to meet someone special and fall in love. At Perfectly Matched I have hundreds of clients who are here for that very reason. It only takes ONE right one!

To be continued tomorrow…………….