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Palm City Spotlight, Page 5
Dating

The Singles Scene Column © Was there a time when online dating had better What Finding Love Could Cost in Dollars:
odds? Sure. My cousin met her husband online in Maine $0 Free dating sites or sit home alone with no one.
Spend Money to Find Love? 12 years ago. Get it? In Maine and 12 years ago. Online $25+ Some online dating sites. Ex: Bumble, Match,
By Kelly Leary, M.S., THE dating hit an all-time low in 2009 in Florida, which is OurTime. See above article for your odds.
Florida Matchmaker when the local daily newspaper did a very positive story $449+ Per month/3 month minimum -- for one date
The answer is simple: We on my work. Off-line dating services hit the maps BIG per month. No local office/often in temporary or virtual
have always invested money at that moment and so did I. We were presented as an offices. Often no photos. Ex: Tawkify (California
to find love regardless of our alternative to online dating. Take it from someone who Address).
gender. We pay for dates, we is an expert. It is an enormous gamble and you will risk $5000+ Sometimes per month, per year, or per number
pay to look good, and we pay in losing time, money, headache and heartache--not to of dates. Sometimes no photos. Ex: Three Date Rule (no
the form of time and emotional mention your safety--men or women--when you look for Florida location) and many others.
investments too. We pay for our love online. Men can be hurt too--and definitely in the $25K to $45K+ Per year -- to work with a representative
wins to celebrate love in the wallet. It is a gamble just like in Vegas, and you can lose at a “elite” service that may or may not have a rooted
form of a wedding and sadly, EVERYTHING. local office in Florida. Matches could be national. Ex:
sometimes, we pay for divorce Look up documentaries like Dirty John who met an Kelleher International.
when love ends. We always pay for love one way or the upscale woman on OurTime.com. He pretended to be a (Reference for price section and amounts:
other BUT the payoff is the best feeling in the world. We doctor but he was a very BAD guy. Predators love online Cosmopolitan, June 2019)
all want and need love. Yet now, more than ever, we have dating! You can see online dating disasters on Date Line, Here is the bottom line: When you find your dream
been forced to get smarter because of our potential losses. 20/20, or any news channel. Online dating is dangerous man or woman you will be glad you took the plunge
Dating is riskier today--and sometimes even scary! The times and quality people either don’t like it or cannot be seen and you chose the best service available to you. Upon
have changed and we must change too. As much good as the online for privacy reasons. It’s embarrassing. enrollment (hopefully in person in a real office),
Internet has brought us--it has come with a VERY high price. Enter Modern Matchmaking: My business was consider your investment a down payment on your
People are so programmed to look down (at their screens) designed as an online dating remedy and for those who wedding or on your dream vacation and just live it up
and communicate via social media and texting that many simply can’t or won’t go online looking for love (like with your new love life! You will be glad you started
have lost the art of socializing in person. Just look around at a doctor, judge, or CEO). We are private, friendly, and this July by the time the holidays roll around! It is a
the beach or at a restaurant. People are obsessed with their local. We serve South Florida and the Treasure Coast. I, couples world! Our matchmakers are standing by 7
smartphones. personally, have 28 years of experience and a master’s days a week if you have more questions for us. We are
Enter online dating: Being an encyclopedia on this degree in Clinical Psychology specializing in Forensic happy to oblige.
industry, I remember when online dating first hit the Studies (profiling). During my graduate studies, I was Looking forward to meeting you soon in my office!
circuits. Not everyone had a computer and there were no lucky enough to find my calling by happenstance in 1991 Much Love and XoXo,
smartphones. And so it began--the evolution of dating went in Boca Raton. I worked at other dating services over the Kelly
from a kind introduction or set-up like our grandparents years and quickly noted what they were doing wrong and #CallForMoreScoop #SummerLoveIsHappeningNow
and parents to everyone jumping on the alternate bus of what they were doing right. I kept the best and forgot the #LeaveYourComfortZone #Yolo #TellYourFriends
online dating, which began around 1995. The theory seemed rest. I still cringe when I recall what other bosses of mine Kelly Leary has 28 years in the dating industry and
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sensible, but there has been a big trade-off in recent years. had done in the past. Many of them still exist but they a Master’s Degree in Psychology. She has been profiled
It is now super easy to cheat or “next.” The divorce rate have changed their business name multiple times. by ABC News, The Palm Beach Post, PalmBeacher
is up. What started as a way to increase your options has To save you time and money, I have also included a Magazine, South Florida Business Journal, The Stuart
become completely corrupt since its inception. Too much. price list of random options. We researched many of these News, and other publications. All Revolution Dating
Too fast. Too easy. Now, it’s too hard. The online dating prices to double check...all in the name of love and all members are prescreened first, including background
system has been severely handicapped and there is no fixing for YOU. Since “matchmaker” is now a household term checks. Professional member photos are taken by the
this inherent fatal flaw. Online dating will only get worse- like doctor or lawyer, I thought I would bring you up to staff. Revolution Dating is NOT online dating or blind
-especially in Florida. speed! Thank me later! dating. In addition to providing matchmaking services
that make singles “UN-single” through their exclusive
membership, Kelly also holds private singles mixers. For
more information, please call 561-630-XOXO (9696) in
the South Florida area or 772-932-HERE (4373) on the
Treasure Coast or visit us at www.revolutiondating.com.
All inquiries are confidential.

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