I was watching one of those investigative report shows today and one of the topic was about certain matchmaking services and how people pay a lot of money in hopes to find that special someone. While I’m personally not an expert in the matchmaking and dating service industry, it is pretty apparent that it generates a lot of revenue for various companies. While I have read stories in the past about people spending big dollars for such services, the examples that were given in the report were dollar figures within a five figure range. Can you imagine giving someone $50,000 to try and find you a compatible person to be with? As surreal as that sounds, it happens all the time.
Out of curiosity, in the past I did some research on matchmaking services to see whether or not it would be a viable alternative in finding a match. What I immediately noticed in most services is that while it seems inexpensive at first, there are sure are a lot of ad-ons and premium services that promises to enhance your ability to find a good match. Considering a lot of people are probably in a “I’ll try anything” type of mindset already, it is easy to see how one’s bill could easily accumulate. From my experience, the whole matchmaking thing was more like a phone directory as most of the matches would often seem like a random pick. To me, that doesn’t really seem any different than just meeting random people through events and networking. Sure is more cost effective too.
While I’m sure these types of services have worked for many, I personally think matchmaking is a luck of the draw type of situation and it would be better if one mostly relies on themselves when it comes to things like this. A situation that is very personal like this can easily influence you to spend a lot of money solely based on an emotional decision. Like running a business, if you really want something then you can’t just throw down a lot of money and then rely on someone else to hopefully accomplish what you are looking for. Sure, time is money and it would probably be more productive if I spent the money to get some assistance, but it would be kind of silly if I expected things to magically happen just because of that.
Like the lottery, there are many people who have won a lot of money because of it. So does that mean the way to solve your financial situation is to simply spend thousands of dollars in lottery tickets? How is that any different than paying a matchmaker a lot of money to then expect them to magically find you your perfect match without any effort on your part? If the service sounds viable to you in both price and quality, then maybe it is a good idea to use it. Just be sure to protect yourself from creating a financial disaster by not buying into these types of things emotionally and expecting it to make things happen for you rather than making things happen for yourself.