There was a really dangerous couple of generations in there - most of the 20th century, at least for the United States. Matchmakers are not inherently bad - there are people who cannot make the first move. I know - I'm one of them. I spent 20+ years frustrated and single because I couldn't figure out how to ask a girl out. I could become friends with a girl - that was actually quite easy. But going from friend to something serious - that was impossible.
Then along came the internet, and services like matchmaker.com. I met Irene through matchmaker.com. The good thing about matchmaker.com and its ilk is that you know that the other people are actively looking - so you aren't going to get turned down because they're already involved with someone else, or not currently interested in a relationship, or ...
There were uncounted times in my 20's and 30's when I wished for a matchmaker or an arranged marriage. I'm glad that there is something that can function as a similar service for the general public.
This may be why I liked Shards of Honor (AKA the first half of Cordelia's Honor) so much - in some of Cordelia's interactions with Aral early on, she described herself in a way that was very much the way I would have described myself.
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Then along came the internet, and services like matchmaker.com. I met Irene through matchmaker.com. The good thing about matchmaker.com and its ilk is that you know that the other people are actively looking - so you aren't going to get turned down because they're already involved with someone else, or not currently interested in a relationship, or ...
There were uncounted times in my 20's and 30's when I wished for a matchmaker or an arranged marriage. I'm glad that there is something that can function as a similar service for the general public.
This may be why I liked Shards of Honor (AKA the first half of Cordelia's Honor) so much - in some of Cordelia's interactions with Aral early on, she described herself in a way that was very much the way I would have described myself.