I went to a professional matchmaker to find love, here's how it went


One of our resident singletons tries out professional matchmaking: here is her experience.

In this era of multiple opportunities to meet people – school/university, work, friends and dating apps, among them – is matchmaking still even a thing when it comes to finding that special someone?

Well, at a certain point last year (2019), an opportunity came up for me to explore this heretofore totally-unconsidered option for my love life (or rather, lack thereof).

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