The Relationship Tip

Or at least Devan Scott

That’s what Etienne Nestor wants to know

by Allan Tan

Have you thought about playing the matchmaking game and trying to turn one of your female friends into a girlfriend? Is this feat even possible? If so, how can you work through this situation?

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From The BBC:

Almost 400 South Korean men have entered a competition to marry a businesswoman with a fortune worth about $18m (£11m).

The men were responding to an advert on the Sunoo matchmaking website.

The woman, 49, is described by Sunoo as “elegant, slim, feminine and active” and is looking for a “soulmate”

She’s looking for a soulmate. I suspect a few of the contestants are looking for the winning lottery ticket.

Leena Rao at TechCrunch:

For those guys who are looking to meet a lady but don’t have the time to devote to the due diligence, outsourcing the job is the obvious option. Trolling Match.com, eHarmony and other dating sites can be a time-consuming and frustrating task.

Even setting up an appealing profile on these sites can be daunting. To help these dudes out,VirtualDatingAssistants.com has launched a service allow busy male professionals to fully outsource their online dating experience.

I guess if you got the money…

Apparantly things are tough out here for a millionaire:

A female millionaire’s public announcement to seek a life partner is becoming the talk of the town. It is rare in Korea for rich female singles to publicly seek a future husband through a match-making agency.

The businesswoman has asked matchmaking company Sunwoo to find her future husband. The agency posted an open proposal on its website on May 21.

I’m shocked that some of the guys in the agancy didn’t put in an application. Although getting fired during this economic downturn for um… insider trading is not the best idea.  

Still this is an weird trend. 

This may be the solution to dating after college.

Jane Han at The Korea Times:

Tuition reimbursement and free late night taxi services were as exciting as most employee benefits went so far. But now some companies have decided that they will help their single staff find romance at work. Through employee-to-employee matchmaking events, employers are turning to play the role of cupid. According to Duo, a Seoul-based professional matchmaking firm, local companies signing up to hold dating events for their staff have jumped more than three-fold in the past year. The reason?

If people wind up tying the knot do the employers pay for the wedding? Just asking.