Can you guess what it is? The most common pitfall that this matchmaker sees single men and women falling into every day? The one thing that folks keep doing that virtually ensures that their next date (and the one after that) will be a waste of time, effort, energy and dough?
It’s related to expectations. There’s […]
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The Biggest Dating Trap Ever. Have YOU Fallen Victim To It?

Is He Interested? He Might Be, If You Gave Him a Clue…
Allen and Christine met for a first date last night. I love everything about this match – they meet each other’s Top Five Critical Criteria, they both gave me the big Thumbs Up after studying the profile and photos, and they were both super excited to meet. And yet today’s post-date feedback from both […]

Go On A Date Think Like A Matchmaker
Here’s how to know if the person you’re dating (or thinking about dating) is really a good match for you for a potential long-term relationship. Whip out pen and paper and make your list. You know… your list. The qualities, characteristics and attributes that you hope to find all rolled up into one nice, beautiful […]

First Dates, Julie Ferman Style, for Female Clients
I can’t manage or control how first dates happen out there in the world, when two people meet up through friends, an online site or a coffee shop flirtation, but here in our personal matchmaking community, first dates are orchestrated with great care, thought, attention and love and we do insist that things be done… […]

Is Dating Bumming You Out? Here’s a Spirit Lifter
Dating is full of little hiccups and disappointments. Not unlike other types of searches — the search for the right job, a new home or car. But the search for love is more personal, and while it’s a good idea not to take the misses or the rejection personally, sometimes the disappointments can and do […]

Real Men Date Their Contemporaries
A really good man, in this personal matchmaker’s esteem, is a man who has his act together emotionally and financially, who’s honorable, with good values and morals, and who’s a relationship-oriented, kind and compassionate person.
And yet here’s a sensitive, somewhat controversial question. How compassionate is a man being when he’s in his fifties or sixties […]