June 2015 — Love Life Academy

A great match!

Hi Marie and Holly,

Many thanks for finding Jeff and for introducing him to me. I have had a great time with him. I would like to my membership on hold and really would like to get to know about him.

Thank you again all your support!

Nori

by Matchmaking Team

I would recommend Match Making

Ashlee

Things I appreciate about Nancy: she is very easy to get along with and able to talk with on just about any topic. She is classy and refined which is evident in her demeanor and her style of dress. We get along very well.

Match Making has been fine to work with and the interaction and guidance has generally been very timely. I would recommend Match Making to others.

Tom

by Matchmaking Team

You did it!

Marie:

I thought you and your colleagues might be amused — and even find something useful — in a little chronology of our experience. I may have sent you some of this before, but I’m old and feeble-minded, so bear with me, please.

First, though, to be clear:

I adore this woman.

I had a wonderful woman for 45 years, so felt that I had already hit the jackpot in life.

I have now hit the jackpot twice . I have no idea why God was nice to an old sinner like me, but go figure!

Anyway, the chronology.

Our first date, lunch, was on June 1, 2014. Very pleasant, but I didn’t think we were that compatible, and I had to travel back East during the week to dedicate a memorial to my late wife at the school where she taught anyway. But I thought we might share some pleasant time together as we had some common interests. So we arranged to meet again for lunch the next weekend in Berkeley. About midway through the week my stomach started rumbling and told me that I needed to reconsider and get to know this lady a bit better before making any final decision. On our date in Berkeley, I was a complete klutz (details mercilessly omitted). But Roberta didn’t seem to mind. This was a very endearing quality, as klutziness and nerdiness are a good part of my personna. However, I was still uncertain. At this point, Roberta went away for a couple of weeks on a cruise to Alaska with her family, and I thought she might very well meet the man of her dreams then. She didn’t, and during the interim, my stomach kept talking to me. Before she left, I had asked her if there was something that she would like to do, and she said she had always wanted to go on the Napa wine train and I told her to call me when she got back if she were still available and we could try it. She was and she did and we went.

Here’s where it gets a bit steamy though. We didn’t want to worry about driving after the wine train, so I wanted to arrange a stay at a hotel in Napa. Being a suitably conservative old guy, I gave Roberta the option of one room or two, fully expecting (and being perfectly fine with) the latter. Wrong! “Why pay for 2 rooms?” she said. Be still my heart! I was wholly unprepared for this.

But certainly not unwilling. At this point, good taste and consideration of the sensibilities of you younger folks enters the picture and bids me to forgo details. But suffice it to say that we had a wonderful time together (and not only on the train ride) and my brain realized that my tummy had it right after all. Roberta moved in with me July 1 — we old folks don’t have time to dilly dally around — and we haven’t looked back. Our subsequent year together has only confirmed the wisdom of our choice. And yours.

But get this … while all this was happening, my kids (who live nearby) were away on their annual trip to Japan visiting my daughter-in-law’s family. I had not mentioned to them before they left that I was going to try to meet someone, partially because I didn’t want to worry them and partially because I wasn’t sure I would actually be able to go through with it. And certainly, nothing much could happen before they got back, right?! So here we were, together, and I had to tell my kids that, ahem, while they were gone, their old Dad/Granddad had joined a matchmaking service, found someone and fell in love, and that she had already moved in with me! Talk about high anxiety! But my kids are great, and after they got over the initial shock, have been wonderful and supportive, despite what must have been some tough feelings for them.

We can tell you more when we meet, but the one thing that I have learned from all of this is that I do not know myself — I would never have predicted that I could behave this way, and that Roberta and I could be so happy together based on any list I could make about me or the woman of my dreams. So I don’t know how you guys manage to figure out what might work when the people who you’re trying to match can’t figure it out. But, as Colonel Pickering said to Prof. Higgins (google on My Fair Lady), “You did it” — and we are truly grateful, because it surely wouldn’t have happened without you. (And if it was just dumb luck, don’t admit it.)

Best,

Bert and Roberta

by Matchmaking Team

Witty, energetic and intelligent

Hi Sabrina,

Barbara is attractive, witty, energetic and intelligent. She is really easy to talk with and I also like her work ethic. I would like to be put on "Happy Hold" for a month to see where this goes.

Dealing with you has been friendly and professional. Thank You!

by Matchmaking Team

Your service has been great

Hi Sabrina

Yes I want to be on Happy Hold to get to know Dan better. I think he is handsome, funny, dependable and fun to spend time with. We have similar values, he is a good father and it seems we like to do the same activities and like to be active (like a couple of 40 year olds)

Your service has been great. I was beginning to wonder about the amount of men in this service but you did a great match for my 4th match.

Thank you

Have a great day!

Dana

by Matchmaking Team

Wonderful laugh

Holly,

Thanks.

'Rachel' is intelligent, confident, beautiful, independent and has the most wonderful laugh and sense of humor, also, we just seem to be very compatible in terms of our world views and interests.

Yes, I am putting my membership on hold for a while.

Best regards,

'John'

by Matchmaking Team

Very refreshing

This is to confirm that I would like to place my membership on hold at this time.

I am taking time to get to know 'Bill'. He is kind and respectful. Over time I have come to appreciate what a nice person he is. He brings me beautiful flowers on a regular basis just because I like flowers and we have a good time doing simple things like planting spring gardens and setting up hummingbird feeders. He is someone I am comfortable introducing to family and friends because he is a genuine person who is not out to impress anyone. 'Bill' is very refreshing.

by Matchmaking Team

Instant hit!

Dear Holly,

I met 'James' and it was a pretty instant hit! We could not quit talking and stayed together for hours. We have seen each other everyday since!

Too cool. He is a wonderful man. We had so much to say...I did not think I could talk so much. With each subject, we continued to have more to say.

He is a perfect gentleman. 'James' is genuine, family oriented, hard working, God fearing, loving, kind...oh my..I could continue but you get the picture.

Thank you, Holly, for listening to me and helping me through this process. It was enlightening to meet some of the previous men you matched me with, but totally awesome when I met 'James'.

Needless to say, put me on HOLD.

Life is wonderful. God Bless.

Sincerely,

'Lindsay'

by Matchmaking Team

All is good so far

Hi Ashlee,
Yes, I have been enjoying getting to know Scott, and would like to put a hold on my service for now. Scott is intelligent and we enjoy conversation. We both have a love for music of the same kind. We both sing and he has a beautiful voice. We both enjoy drives and have taken some wonderful road trips. All is good so far.

Sincerely,
Linda

by Matchmaking Team