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Spend Money to Find Love? were no smartphones. And so it began--the evolution 20/20, or any news channel. Online dating is dangerous
of dating went from a kind introduction or set-up like and quality people either don’t like it or cannot be seen
By Kelly Leary, M.S., THE our grandparents and parents to everyone jumping on online for privacy reasons. It’s embarrassing.
Florida Matchmaker the alternate bus of online dating, which began around Enter Modern Matchmaking: My business was
The answer is simple: We 1995. The theory seemed sensible, but there has been a designed as an online dating remedy and for those who
have always invested money big trade-off in recent years. It is now super easy to cheat simply can’t or won’t go online looking for love (like
to find love regardless of our or “next.” The divorce rate is up. What started as a way a doctor, judge, or CEO). We are private, friendly, and
gender. We pay for dates, we to increase your options has become completely corrupt local. We serve South Florida and the Treasure Coast. I,
pay to look good, and we since its inception. Too much. Too fast. Too easy. Now, personally, have 28 years of experience and a master’s
pay in the form of time and it’s too hard. The online dating system has been severely degree in Clinical Psychology specializing in Forensic
emotional investments too. We handicapped and there is no fixing this inherent fatal flaw. Studies (profiling). During my graduate studies, I was
pay for our wins to celebrate Online dating will only get worse--especially in Florida. lucky enough to find my calling by happenstance in 1991
love in the form of a wedding Was there a time when online dating had better in Boca Raton. I worked at other dating services over the
and sadly, sometimes, we pay odds? Sure. My cousin met her husband online in Maine years and quickly noted what they were doing wrong and
for divorce when love ends. 12 years ago. Get it? In Maine and 12 years ago. Online what they were doing right. I kept the best and forgot the
We always pay for love one way or the other BUT the dating hit an all-time low in 2009 in Florida, which is rest. I still cringe when I recall what other bosses of mine
payoff is the best feeling in the world. We all want and when the local daily newspaper did a very positive story had done in the past. Many of them still exist but they
need love. Yet now, more than ever, we have been forced on my work. Off-line dating services hit the maps BIG have changed their business name multiple times.
to get smarter because of our potential losses. Dating is at that moment and so did I. We were presented as an To save you time and money, I have also included a
riskier today--and sometimes even scary! The times have alternative to online dating. Take it from someone who price list of random options. We researched many of these
changed and we must change too. As much good as the is an expert. It is an enormous gamble and you will risk prices to double check...all in the name of love and all
Internet has brought us--it has come with a VERY high losing time, money, headache and heartache--not to for YOU. Since “matchmaker” is now a household term
price. People are so programmed to look down (at their mention your safety--men or women--when you look for like doctor or lawyer, I thought I would bring you up to
screens) and communicate via social media and texting love online. Men can be hurt too--and definitely in the speed! Thank me later!
that many have lost the art of socializing in person. Just wallet. It is a gamble just like in Vegas, and you can lose What Finding Love Could Cost in Dollars:
look around at the beach or at a restaurant. People are EVERYTHING. $0 Free dating sites or sit home alone with no one.
obsessed with their smartphones. Look up documentaries like Dirty John who met an $25+ Some online dating sites. Ex: Bumble, Match,
Enter online dating: Being an encyclopedia on upscale woman on OurTime.com. He pretended to be a OurTime. See above article for your odds.
this industry, I remember when online dating first hit doctor but he was a very BAD guy. Predators love online $449+ Per month/3 month minimum -- for one date
the circuits. Not everyone had a computer and there dating! You can see online dating disasters on Date Line, per month. No local office/often in temporary or virtual
offices. Often no photos. Ex: Tawkify (California
“Service is our number one priority” Address).
$5000+ Sometimes per month, per year, or per number
561-743-0070 of dates. Sometimes no photos. Ex: Three Date Rule (no
Florida location) and many others.
www.palmspoolservices.com $25K to $45K+ Per year -- to work with a representative
at a “elite” service that may or may not have a rooted local
office in Florida. Matches could be national. Ex: Kelleher
International.
(Reference for price section and amounts: Cosmopolitan,
June 2019)

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