Before the golden age of the internet, we were left asking our friends if they had any acquaintances who were single, looking, and a good match for them. When they exhausted their friend roster and realized none of their pals knew anyone that fit that description, they changed the search for simply single and a good match for them. Eventually people were left getting set up with anyone that was single due to lack of options.
Let’s face it– Matchmakers very rarely did their job, and when they did do it, they never actually did it well. You ended up in a blind date with a guy you had no real interest in dating, but have to stick the date out because someone did you a favor by setting you up in the first place.
Leaving your love life up to a matchmaker never ends well.
If you’re too shy to meet someone on your own, or simply don’t have the time, falling back on a friend as a matchmaker is never your best option. Their judgment is often clouded by fondness of the person they want you to be with, and usually think about who they would want you to date, and not who you would want to date.
So if you can’t leave it up to your friends to play matchmaker, who can you leave it up to?
In the past 10 years, the most popular matchmaker has actually been a ‘what’, not a ‘who’. It’s estimated that adult dating sites have set up over 40 times more people in the last decade than friends playing matchmaker have. That means for every friend who has put someone on a date, online dating sites have done it for 40 people.
Using your friends as matchmakers hasn’t worked in the past, and it’s keeping tradition by working poorly today. Skip the hassle and skip the matchmaker!
