Donna's Daily Diary - November 13, 2009

A client just called to say she is going to meet a man I matched her with today, Friday the 13th. When they set the time and date to meet she did not realized today was Friday the 13th. She is wondering if I thought that would be bad luck. I said “No. It doesn’t matter when you meet or where you meet, it either clicks or it doesn’t.” I encouraged her to think it could be good luck and if it does click, they will always remember they met on Friday the 13th. She said “I can just see us having our first argument and one of us saying “I should have known this wouldn’t work when we met on Friday the 13th!” She was kidding, of course. I think.

My first appointment today is a lady, early forties, divorced, no children. Her long term goal is marriage and she is not interested in having children. She is highly educated, very pretty, smart, fit, funny, the whole package. Men ask her out all the time but she is not meeting anyone who interests her. She has not had a serious relationship for two years and she said her friends tell her she is too picky. I told her there’s nothing wrong with being picky as long as you have as much to offer as you are looking for in return. I also shared with her that my experience has been that people who are very attractive and have a lot to offer have a harder time finding the right person because they are looking for so much in return. Then she asked a question I always love, “Why would the type of person I would be interested in go to a dating service?” I said, “You’re here.” I shared information with her on some great, quality, compatible men and already have her first match set up.

My second appointment is also a lady, early 30’s, widowed and has two preschool children. Her husband lost his life in Iraq two years ago. She has not dated since she has been widowed but she feels like she is ready now. Her long term goal is marriage and she can go either way as for as having more children. Because of his military service they only lived together for a total of two years of the five they were married. She said “This time, I want a man who comes home from work every night, someone to share all the day to day responsibilities of taking care of the kids and the house.” She has total respect and admiration for her husband and the fact that he gave his life for what he believed in but marrying someone else in the military would be too difficult. However, before the interview was over she said “If you do have a really good match and he is in the military I guess I would want to hear about him.” I said “Good, because you aren’t agreeing to marry him, you’re just agreeing to meet him for an hour.”

To be continued tomorrow…………………………