I decided I needed dating help. I moved to Las Vegas a few months ago from a small town where dating is almost nonexistent (most people there get married young and then proceed to cheat on each other for the duration of the marriage.Lovely.) I assumed that if I moved to a large city that the dating pond would grow exponentially but my theory did not hold true.
Instead, I found THIS to be true:
Men my age group only want to date nubile young un's and men in there 30's want to test the water with older women, therefore, I was only being approached by the latter. Although I will admit to dipping in the younger man pool a few times,I found it to be tedious and not particularly interesting or mentally stimulating. When you get a blank stare from a date when you mention Bugs Bunny or Tom Selleck or Guns N" Roses a it is a bit off-putting. So I called a matchmaking service and off I went for an interview.
I was greeted by the receptionist at the Matchmaker's office and was given a coffee and was asked to wait a few minutes for my meeting with Nancy- my personal Cupid. I was excited and nervous about this meeting because first impressions are important even for someone that YOU are actually employing. I realized that Nancy potentially held my love future in her hands. I might mention here, that my father joined the very first dating service that was the precursor for internet dating. Instead of surfing the internet to find a date because that had not been invented yet, he went to an office where there were books with pictures and bio"s of women and he perused them just as you would in a library trying to find that perfect book. This took place back in the early 90's and although I was slightly appalled and a bit mystified at his approach, it really WAS cutting edge for that time. PLUS, he actually found his wife of 23 years! I figured if the old man could do it- so could I!
Nancy came out and greeted me and led me to her office. She was a gruff New Yorker and was very straight to the point and no nonsense in her demeanor. I have been accused of those same traits myself so I knew that we would get along.
Boy. She grilled the hell out of me! It ended up being a very intense 2 hour interview that was composed of simple questions like what was my favorite color to probing questions like why did my marriage bite the dust. I was as honest as I could be with her but as I watched her scribbling notes fervently, I became concerned that I was divulging too much information. It was a bit like a first date in the sense that information and opinions needed to be shared but not too much too soon as I did not want to disgust her or shock her and never hear from her again! But in the end , she guaranteed that she would set me up at least 1 time a month, to the tune of a $1000 fee. It was a large some of money when I amortized out that if I only had 12 total dates in a year that they each cost me $83.Not cheap, especially considering I didn't even know these men.
I left her office with a song in my heart and the hope that she would work her matchmaking magic and I would soon be blissfully in love and on the road to having a fabulous relationship with the perfect man...
And the adventure begins.....
