When at parties and social gatherings I tend to have a lot of people interested in what I do as a matchmaker.

Having worked as one for the last 26 years I wear a lot of hats.

My first order of business is to screen the people that come to me to make sure they have a reasonable chance of having a good outcome. We have about a 75% success rate but that drops if you take everybody as a client.

As a matchmaker for the past 26 years, I’m very aware of current trends in the dating scene.

Like many business owners, I was worried about how the COVID lockdowns would affect my business. What I observed over the last year was not only interesting but also a welcoming phenomenon.

As people moved away from meeting in person immediately after receiving contact information for their matches, a kinder, gentler courtship ensued. Everyone had to work a little harder, spend a little more time getting to know each other and make more of an effort to court, charm and disarm.