I got divorced at age 44, and for about a year afterward, dating wasn’t even on my radar. But when I was ready to dip my toe back into the dating scene again, my friends talked me into trying a dating app. I was afraid I’d land on a hamster wheel of dates without finding […]

I got divorced at age 44, and for about a year afterward, dating wasn’t even on my radar. But when I was ready to dip my toe back into the dating scene again, my friends finally talked me into downloading a dating app. I assumed it would be exactly what everyone complains about now: being

Tawkify and Kelleher International both offer professional matchmaking for people who want more help than they’re getting from typical dating apps, but each is targeting a different audience. Tawkify works with a broader range of people looking for high-touch matchmaking, while Kelleher is more selective and tends to work with high-profile individuals whose dating lives

Choosing a matchmaker Having decided that professional matchmaking might not be quite as strange an idea as I once thought, I started looking at who I would actually trust to do it. A few names kept coming up, and I found myself circling back to Tawkify and Three Day Rule. They’re both established matchmaking services

If I’m going to pay someone to find me a date… At the venerable age of 40, I’m not particularly interested in going on more dates just for the sake of going on dates. I’d actually like to meet someone who gets me. Someone whose weird matches my weird. I don’t want to waste any

So, apparently I’m dating again. I turned 40 this summer, which makes being single feel a little more daunting than it did at 30. Not desperate, exactly, although my parents may have a different view. They have started asking increasingly specific questions about whether I’m “seeing anyone”, delivered with the casual subtlety of people checking

One of my best friends used to squeeze dates into a schedule that already felt impossible. She was in med school, knew she wanted marriage and kids, and sometimes a first date meant going straight from studying or a long day into dinner because there simply wasn’t another free night that week. I watched her

Dating has changed a lot in recent years. There are so many routes and apps out there that it feels like we’ve almost forgotten that the whole point is meet someone and fall in love. Comparing the quick and dirty apps to matchmaking services makes you realize that getting set up on dates and meeting