Entries by Jane Carstens

If Loving a Leftie is wrong, We don’t wanna be Right!

Thursday is International Left-Handers Day and it made me think about a few studies I found.  There is no denying it; southpaws have had a tough run, strange prejudices, taboos, negative mentions in the bible, but despite all that right-handed flack, lefties are a pretty badass group.  After all a relationship is all about balance- […]

LOCAL LOVE – Listen up YYJ, Victoria Singles do Exist

Are you looking for LOVE in all the right places — Victoria? I hear it everyday, where are all the singles?  Well listen up YYJ, Victoria Singles do exist—and they are not hard to find. I think we can all agree that, we are more than ready for a fresh start and have something fun […]

Single Dads can Teach their Kids Healthy Dating Attitudes

Looking for love…… Duh. Looking for a partner…… Absolutely. In essence: Dating is life. Parenting is life. Stop making such a big deal out of the former, and the latter becomes far less complicated. Who would not want their kids to see resilience, and for the single parent it means loving again and not just coping?  Which […]

Love after Lockdown? It’s not looking too bad!

We may not have been able to meet our Mr, Ms, or Mx Right physically over the past few months, but we might actually be making deeper connections thanks to lockdown. Today we are seeing that people are taking dating far more seriously, and people have become aware of how precious life and time is, […]

Getting Back Out There: Dating in this new world

You can still meet that right person, even as we emerge slowly from months of confinement. At Matchmaker for Hire, we’re all about connections while remaining dedicated to the health and safety of our clients. We know how difficult and isolating the past weeks have been for many people, but’s now’s not time to meet your match in […]

First Dates over Phone, FaceTime & Zoom- Do they work?

In some ways virtual dating is a different ballgame from meeting someone in real life – and in some ways it is not.  As someone who can speak with experience and direct commentary on dating today, it’s a well-known fact that dating at any time is not for the faint of heart or those easily […]

ARE YOU DATEABLE?

So, are you ready to hear what he/she said about you personally? We live in a feedback culture today. Where it is normal in every other part of our lives from Amazon, Google customer ratings and reviews to TripAdvisor yet why is so hard to seek feedback from a date? It’s ironic because dating is […]

What interesting and uncertain times we are in!

As the matchmaker who’s been setting up dates for my clients, each day this past week, I’ve been a bit more unsure of what the right move is going forward in terms of presenting introductions to you.  As comfortable as one person feels going out for dinner and drinks with someone new in the time […]

Why is asking someone out such a difficult thing?

Today is National Promposal Day and prompts the ultimate question “Will you go to prom with me?” Which recalls a question I get from most all singles I meet, “Why is asking someone out such a difficult thing” and one that gets angst over even for the most confident.   Well, we live in a “dating […]

Midlife Commitment and Dating – CARPe Diem- Joy TVBC

Today love is triumphant.  Marriage is becoming less conventional, less dutiful and less obligatory—but even more important we find that not all people over-50, single again and dating, find themselves end up technically married.  And because for most couples, weddings are no longer obligatory, they must however be extraordinary. For couples today, marriage has changed […]