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My Awesome Matchmaker Is A Genius – Certainly Not Just A Dating Site

Dear Shannon and Team,

I just want you to know that you guys have true genius in the world of dating for Singles like me, including your relationship guidance and date coaching. I cannot explain enough how my dating frustrations were driving me insane until I found your dating service. I thought a matchmaker was something from an old movie until I found your details and realised I could have a whole team of experts under one virtual roof looking after my most sensitive needs, my heart’s longing for someone to cherish.

I was truly going to give up and just quit all those dating sites and stay single forever. Then you changed everything in a few weeks. A dating agency is nothing like an online dating site where you are alone in your efforts! Not only that, your guidance and feedback helped me understand what ‘dating’ is really all about and to understand that circulating and being personally introduced to likeminded Singles was key to exploring what is out there in a safe environment.

I adjusted my mindset when it was clear nobody can ‘date’ somebody they pick off a website (like buying from a catalogue) and expect love to arrive as a gift wrapped item, until they have explored potential and actually found a spark of real attraction. Game on!! Dating games gone!

Thank you for introducing me to many awesome Singles, and now I have met my “forever after” I also have a great new circle of friends I can trust and enjoy, friends who are still seeking and practical that we cannot love everyone. We agreed to be friends and it is great.

Now I know that love is a divine gift when shared with that Significant Other, between two humans who thrive on love, and that friendship is also a divine gift with others I may never have met. It was a priceless experience meeting everyone even if not totally for me until I met The One!

Thank you for your relationship guidance and bringing lasting love to my heart.

Brian M

I am very pleased with progress, many thanks for changing my dating experience!

Dear Shannon

I hope this finds you well? I am very thrilled!! So far I have been contacted by 9 guys since I joined in May 2020, and still talking to 4……whether there is a spark yet (because of lockdown and not being able to really meet except on video call) we won’t know, and certainly, they are all very super and eligible. I have had no bad experiences and my confidence has grown daily – so I must thank you too for guiding and coaching me on “expanding my framework of reference” on what is out there!! My woes of the past are behind me and I see now I was being a “people pleaser” (or “guy pleaser”) and being played! Now I am using my ‘feminine power’ much better, thanks again!

A Confident Bachelor Finally Understands Women!

Thanks for the input dear Shannon! I cannot begin to explain and thank you enough for all the guidance and fantastic coaching (and awesome intros to the loveliest ladies in SA!) I have received. I now understand why you say we all need a “frame of reference” on the dating game before we go out like bulls in a china shop!! I was the worst bull!! Despite being a scientist and doctor and a man of the world and good standing, and taking 20 years to understand life at a cellular level, I realise I knew little about the female of the species. My dating style at best was a bunch of flowers and, I hate to admit, trying to be a lady pleaser, which got me nowhere most of the time. Please see below what I have sussed out!

The ladies do have their insecurities and trust does not always come easy or quickly at all of course.

One must tread slowly and carefully every step of the way but must make sure you move enough and make the right moves at the right times. They like a confident and strong man who is not afraid.

A lesson I have learned is to be very honest and very communicative very early, talking a lot about steps, respects and the gradual process of getting to know. Know quickly what they require in the physical arena (hands and hugs or a bit of cuddling). With anything more…. if move not right or at all uninvited, they will retract into their ever-present shell quickly again. You can clearly feel with the sensitive ones all are of the opinion that men are just too physically demanding and inconsiderate – obviously from experience.

Communicate, communicate and explain how you feel, even own your insecurities and even laugh at yourself (this shows humility and absolute honesty). I am now starting a relationship with a wonderful lady, and she is the type who definitely appreciates this as she is sensitive and particular about expectations and clarity is great security and predictability for her. You caution always, and is so true “a lady must feel safe” and you sure ensure that!

Our two wavelengths are somehow so much better (well) matched thanks to your careful profiling……. one can just sense it at a first meet… and it provided so much confidence for a better chance of a good and happy match. I am treated like a MAN and not a wimp or a means to an end, and then, even more, I want to be more man!! I want to puff out my chest and I walk tall! I feel already I can take bullets for my new flame!

But one has to be alert and quick and so careful, with the sensitive ladies (who seem so strong and confident to the world and in their work) as insecurities cause things to be misinterpreted by them quickly and then their hurt sensors can trigger a mayor very damaging (in confidence and commitment) shutdown, maybe even immediately permanent shutdown. There are often not any second chances with insecure ladies. Please continue to teach your ladies to understand US TOO!!!

Kind regards

Your protégé

MN

My Dating Agency Rocks!

Hi dearest Shannon,

MY DATING AGENCY ROCKS!!

Dating is hard work!  I realise more and more that patience pays off, if we appealed to everyone there would be no singles dating and no expert matchmakers or date coaches needed!  You truly are the best expert and professional dating agency around – not just throwing dates at me but caring about my every move, thank you.

Thanks so much for your simplistic idea on time and life’s journey, it is a beautiful way of looking at life, so true, every moment in time is taking us to some final destination (because we all have one, one day), and being stuck in one spot after a break-up brings no joy or fulfilment, it is over and done with and needs to be boxed!!  I am back on “the dating train” and not giving up on finding love!

So I am very happy to meet with GE, and I have finally moved on from SJ, I really needed this nudge to get on with life and meet the awesome bachelors you have been introducing to me….here I go with renewed energy!

I want to thank you again for being really expert date coaches and professional matchmakers for our corporate dating world, in my 7 months with you I have learnt so much, see dating, love and relationships through new eyes, and am very empowered now to make better – and lasting – decisions!

All the date tips helped prepare me, and your “in the moment” coaching is better than getting a PhD in dating, if there was a place to even get this! LOL!

My fondest wishes to you all, and keep up the good work – you are the best dating site ever!

Fond Regards
Miriam

Response from Shannon

Awesome angel, you rock as always!!  Proud of you and honoured to be your date coach and matchmaker!!  I empathise after your break-up, but please see it as a way to make the next “trial” even better……..what is meant to be, will be!  Dating sites abound and it is a minefield, keep to your “selective” matches and save energy and time, we are always looking after you with eligible bachelors to meet. I have never looked back since using a dating agency and you are the best!

It is so necessary to keep with the flow when us singles are dating, and the rhythm of life when single and dating on your road to find soul mate love is what it is…..and so easy to stagnate, we get into a bit of a comfort zone and it just is so less hassle and my dog is still my best friend, so who needs a date, LOL? But there is plenty time to do that one day when we arrive at our destination, even if it is a pit stop …….life is full of gifts!!

I have a very wise relationship mentor/guru and he asked me a while back “where do you see yourself down the line?”…….”down the line” was quite descriptive because time and the future is relative and infinite….as a dating agency it is up to keep the momentum going. We do the work, you have the fun!

I said my life is this train and it is headed to the end of the journey as surely every journey has an end, sure as nuts, when or where is to be revealed one day.

In the meantime, the train stops at little stations along the way and I get off and explore, and once ready, it is hop back on the train to the next stop down the line…..and every stop is the “now” that I revel in, enjoy, “feel” and just appreciate ……….better even for the next stop!  Successful dating is the same, forward momentum, stop to explore, if love does not find you, you move on to the next stop!

One day you find the “stop” which you do not want to leave, just yet, and only time will tell when …….until life forces you back on the train ……J  (not exactly rocket science, hee hee, but that is how I see it!  Momentum never stops!). And then we keep in mind, there is a terminus and it all ends, so never waste a moment.

Great then on SJ …….he too is so wrapped in his journey….maybe he will get off his juggernaut and also stop to appreciate the “now”, with some encouragement! J

Brilliant on GE …….believe it, if successful, the rewards are beyond imagination!  If not, our train moves on angel!!

Have the most awesome day, and BIG HUGS!!

Lotsa love and light until next time!

Fond Regards
Shannon

Fabulous Dates - Dating Tip - How to Exit with Grace

Thanks so much for being so gracious with me precious Shannon. I cannot thank you enough for your constant dating advice and hands-on date coaching.

I have met some truly wonderful guys, just a pity we seem to only be “friend material” so on we march as you say!  You are rocking matchmakers always!  I don’t know where you find these great bachelors!

As we all know it’s a particularly crazy time of year & I don’t expect anything ‘new’ to happen- I just remember you telling me that AD has a round bottom & rolls away easily, but bounces back, hahaha, you really can make me laugh VERY loud all by myself.  Somehow though, he honours his commitments and is a man of his word. I did like him the most so far!  Your match making skills were spot on, even if you cannot make magic happen!

I’ll think about your suggestion to maybe drop in with a ‘hi’………!

I’m not in the least bit peeved about BH making up his mind the following day after our first meeting to commit to a lady he had been seeing, I’m just really sad for him that it didn’t work out. I do indeed understand he owes me no explanations, I would be an unreasonable silly billy if that was my expectation, but I am flattered he would like to rekindle and go on more dates. I also realize there will be times when one is simply someone else’s ‘litmus test’ and I think it best to move on.

I expect everyone I meet to be seeing other people anyway……as you say so often, love finds us when it is our time!

Even if that weren’t the case, I didn’t really feel at the time that I liked him enough to meet again, I feel horrible saying it, but I still feel the same, there’s something that doesn’t gel.

Now I just have to find a kind way to tell him. How do I exit with grace in a kind way without hurting his feelings?

I feel I should do that before he calls again.

I am enjoying getting to know TP and hoping MQ calls again soon, maybe my love match will happen soon!

Thinking of you & your wonderful team with everything on your plates to wrap up this year

Plenty lotsa love & virtue!

xxx

Kind Regards

 

Response from Shannon

Thanks for the great feedback dear HW, indeed AD is a fabulous guy and we hope he does call again! He is a man of his word ….at worst he may just call and “gaslight”………even if it is next year or next decade, hahaha, we never know when he is free! He does try hard …….ten out of ten!

Your decision not see BH is acceptable, although there may have been much potential, and thank you for the excellent and positive feedback on your brief dating experiences and your compliments on all being good matches, we move on with our seeking and selected dates – your love match will happen as long as we keep up momentum.

The code words for “I do not think we are suited” are:  “Thanks so much for the meet/contact and sadly I just am not available at present, so wish you the very best in your search, some lady will be very lucky when love finds you ……….the last bit clearly says “I’m outta here, ‘bye!”……LOL!

I do think you will enjoy TP …..and I am not sure where MQ is but he apologised today…..he owns a factory and madly meeting order deadlines before they close …..so he may make an appearance…….this time of year is a bit like a lucky packet……..so we just stay prepared…..(-:

Fact is, all these most eligible bachelors have been most impressed with your warm nature, great sense of humour and integrity, style and integrity, and they rate you as a most eligible date too – all we need is that magic to happen!

Hugs, more hugs and always in love and light!!

Fond Regards
Shannon