The Relationship Tip

At least according to this matchmaker:

Indeed, he has been promoting polygamy for the past 17 years, believing it beneficial to Jordanian society, where many women have remained single as a result of the high cost of marriage, and now he is hoping to make a living out of it.

“The reason women are not getting married is not because they abstain from marriage, but it is because the dowries are high,” said Mr al Ghanem, 44. “Stability is important, and marriage is a religious obligation.

Not surprisingly men don’t agree.

Connie Law got a lot of encouragement to open her matchmaking agency. She knew she could be successful but there were certain expenses holding her back.

Not anymore. The location is unusual but may turn out in the long run to be a very smart business decision.

In order to find the perfect online matchmaker, you need to find out what you prioritize the most in a person.

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Or at least Devan Scott

Helen Hong thinks it has potential:

Actually, it’s more refined than that: it’s speed matchmaking of singles in the audience of a comedy show. Actually, it’s even more refined than that: it’s speed matchmaking of singles in the audience of a comedy show that has been packed with Asian-Americans.

Ms. Hong often does the matchmaking, and she brooks no demurrals once she, or one of the four other comedians with whom she performs, has made an instamatch. “Just drink and have a good time,” she ordered a young woman who looked as if she might bolt after Ms. Hong walked her over to the table of a young man Thursday night. “You’re not going to die if you do a shot together.”

Susan Dominus has more.

It’s going to be reality something in this day and age.

News of eligible prospects is no longer brought by helpful priests or family aunts. In the past couple of decades, as Indian communities fragmented and families scattered, people looking to marry had already begun using other means, such as classified newspaper ads, marriage bureaus and the Internet.

Now, India’s booming television industry wants to play matchmaker, expanding the universe of arranged marriage with three wedding reality shows.

Luke Chow talks about his new matchmaking service.

von Joe Leahy, Financial Times Deutschland:

In a country in which young people used to outsource the business of finding a spouse to their parents, workers in India’s growing outsourcing sector often look for partners themselves among their nearest colleagues.

Far from discouraging such relationships, their employers are happy to play matchmaker, according to a new study by the Indian School of Business, the country’s prestigious MBA college in Hyderabad.

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.

“I own the minds of men; I’m not kidding.” Those are the words of matchmaker extraordimaire Janis Spindel. And no I’m not kidding.

Pop Castro is not going to like this:

Over eight months their romance blossomed online, each subsequent exchange in chat rooms or via email becoming more passionate and sexually charged.

But like so many relationships forged in cyberspace, all was not as it seemed. Claudia Valencia was really a prankster in Miami named Luis Dominguez, whose public humiliation of the communist dictator’s Lothario son has caused much merriment among South Florida’s sizeable Cuban-American community.

Okay. So what happens now? The only thing I can figure is Pop forbids Junior to surf the net looking for a date and starts playing matchmaker.

Maybe Marla could help him out.

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Has science unlocked the secret of a perfect match? Charlotte Hunt-Grubbe – The Times Online:

Dr Brown, an elfin 32-year-old, has thought a great deal about what she calls the “chemistry of attraction”. “Somebody might not be Brad Pitt-good-looking,” she says, “but there’s just something about them and you can’t put your finger on it.

Matchmakers and online dating sites often have people coming back after a first date saying, ‘We had a great time, he’s a great guy, but there’s no spark.’ So I figured that there’s a need to let people know the chemistry before they meet.”

I hope not.