TRO/TD

Bob & Christine

”I could just tell in my heart that this is the person I love, who I would love to spend the rest of my life with."

”It truly is remarkable how similar Bob and I think and agree on so many subjects. If you were to separate us and ask us the same questions, I think that most of the time we’d give the same answers.”

How was your dating life before you joined The Right One?
Bob: Mediocre. Without the service, I wasn’t going out that much.

Christine: Since my divorce six and a half years ago, my life has been extremely work and business oriented. I did not want to date anybody. I did not want to socialize with anyone but family and friends. I had a very bad marriage and I was just not really ready to date. It took me six and a half years to join the dating service because I did want a companion and I thought that I was finally ready.

Were you initially skeptical of matchmakers and dating sites?
Christine: Absolutely. I really don’t want to have to post my picture online and meet all of these people if I have no idea if they’re telling me the truth about themselves or their backgrounds. I truly believe in two things; one is that most people don’t tell the truth because they want you to accept them, and secondly, you have to have your own gut feelings when you meet someone. The truth is everything to me. I’ve lived the other way and that’s one reason that I like Bob, love Bob for who he is, because from the first moment we met, I could tell that he just wants to be himself as I do, and it just works.

Most online daters look at photos first, and I don’t really want to be, both Bob and I don’t really want to be displayed. If you look at me or him, and you looked at ten other photos, perhaps you wouldn’t have picked us. I’m just being honest with you. Most men, when they look at online websites, check out how you look first. They know nothing else. They read something and oh great but what they were really looking for, what their first attraction was is your looks, and in this case, I never saw Bob’s photo before we met.  I take Bob for Bob and Bob takes Chris for Chris and that’s the beauty of it.

What inspired you to try The Right One?
Bob: I think they were doing mailings when I joined and so I called them and tried to find out what they were all about. They always invite you in for an interview, of which I’m skeptical. But I believe it was advertisements that inspired me.

If you were skeptical, what made The Right One stand out?
Bob: Probably their sales pitch. I think I was probably just ready.

Christine: I didn’t get a mailer. I actually saw a sign. I decided that this was a big step, but what did I have to lose? I’ll just find out more information about the company. And when I found out that you didn’t have to show photos and that you could just tell your story, I liked that. But what I really liked about their process is the amount of questions that they ask you to make sure they’ve matched you up with the proper person. And that’s why I’m still with Bob. I didn’t want someone showing up with a car that just died out and doesn’t start. I didn’t want somebody showing up with ripped blue jeans. They know what I make and they know what Bob makes and they asked if I had a preference, and I said not really, but he would have to at least have enough money to own nice clothes and to take me out. I don’t want a person who is barely making ends meet when I’m a successful woman. But they really did ask the appropriate questions, and it made me feel comfortable that whoever my mate was going to be had to answer those same questions. And it truly is remarkable how similar Bob and I think and agree on so many subjects. If you were to separate us and ask us the same questions, I think that most of the time we’d give the same answers, except for maybe mechanics. How about it Bob?

Bob: Yeah well, that’s true.

Christine: If you asked Bob about computers and Chris about mechanics, you will get no response from Chris on mechanical stuff and you will get no response from Bob on computers.

Bob, how did you like working with The Right One?
Bob: They were exciting. The questions that you answer are pretty straightforward. They ask you to be honest. I know some people are and some people aren’t. I did answer everything honestly. If I remember correctly, it was a fairly long process but the questions are very thorough, providing you answer them honestly. So they are trying to match you up. Regarding their sales pitch, they’ve got the right person doing it. They make you feel good about joining and that everything is going to work out wonderfully. When you’re going to pay whatever the dollar amount is you’re investing and you better be willing to do this and you’re excited about doing this. And Chris and I both don’t like the bar scene, and let’s see… I tried Jewel. That doesn’t work.

Wait, what have you tried?
Bob: Jewel. The old joke… you stand in the produce aisle.

Christine: And you bang somebody with your cart.

Bob: Yeah, you bang them with your cart “accidentally.” Jewel is our local grocery store.

How does the interview process work?
Bob: After you fill out the questions, they have some way of totaling up numbers that are applied to a rating system.

Christine: It has to do with five different categories. One was religion, and I forget what the other categories were. They had to do with personality traits, nationalities, that sort of thing. There were many different kinds of questions.

How many dates did you go on before you met each other?
Bob: I can’t put a number to it. I can remember but quite a few actually.

Christine: None. Bob was the first man that I met.

Do they encourage you to meet more people?
Christine: Oh yes. They actually sent out a survey and asked how Bob was, and then they asked if I wanted another date, and I told Bob that they asked me, and Bob told me that he had put me on hold and I didn’t know what that was.

Bob: I put myself on hold.

Christine: So I did it as well, because I wanted to give Bob a chance. They called again just recently and asked if I wanted to go on another date, and I told them that I’m still dating Bob. They said ‘Okay, we just want to make sure that we give you what we promised. You have plenty of dates left.’ I said that I understand but I don’t think that’s fair to Bob.

Who made the initial contact?
Christine: I think I did.

Bob: Yeah, because you were on vacation and I think if I remember you called when you got back and I hadn’t had a chance to call at that point. I think I had her name a couple of days and I hadn’t had a chance to call and Chris called when she got back from her vacation.

Christine: Actually… there was another person, but we never got to date. I’m glad part of the interview process consisted of talking to each other on the phone, because I think that’s really important. Bob made me laugh. We spent hours on the phone before we met. A couple of phone calls that lasted hours and when I realized this I thought ‘Oh my God, I was on the phone with him for 2 hours. What am I thinking?’ It actually was fun and very enjoyable and piqued my curiosity. How could this happen? I don’t believe this.

Can you describe your first date?
Bob: Oh, tell the T-shirt story.

Christine: We met at Wildfire, a bar and restaurant, intending to have a drink. It was very busy. Bob had my cell phone number and I had his, and he called just as I pulled into the parking lot. He said, ‘Ah, I see you now. Are you in the beige Taurus?’ I said yes and he said, ‘Okay, at least I know what car you’re driving.’ Keep in mind that we had no idea what each other looked like.

So… I step out of my car and I see a tall, scraggly looking guy with holes in the knees of his jeans and sweat under his arms, starting to walk towards me. Then, as soon as he sees me, he turns and walks the other way. I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, at least that’s over with. With all that, I guess he didn’t like the way I looked. I’m going in for a drink anyway.’

I have no idea that Bob is standing at the door. I walk by and he says, ‘Hi Chris’ and I said, ‘Bob??’ I was surprised and happy to realize after that, that this was my Bob.

Bob: I was a step up from the T-shirt man.

Christine: After that, I started chuckling and I told him the story and he started to laugh. We headed to the bar and it was packed and he said ‘Oh come on, I’m harmless, let’s have dinner.’ I agreed but I had a secondary plan with my family who knew that I was going out on my first date. They were all worried about me even though I’m 50 years old. They planned an emergency call to come in a half hour later that consisted of ‘Chris, are you okay? You’d better come home because of <random excuse>.’ At this point, if the date weren’t going well, I would inform Bob that I had to leave. So I had an exit strategy prepared. But we started talking, and when the call did come through, I told them that I was fine. I could tell Bob was honest right from the start. I liked his sense of humor. He was fun to be with and everything we talked about, well not everything, I mean, I may have elaborated on my past marriage a little bit, but that was the anger still coming out. We basically had a good time together.

Bob: And a really good meal.

Bob, what was your first impression of Christine?
Bob: When I first saw Chris, I thought she was very good looking, and I still do. I’m always nervous meeting someone for the first time. What do you talk about? What do you say? I try to be myself. So the whole time we’re initially meeting outside I’m thinking ‘Oh geez, what do I say? Don’t sound like an idiot this time.’

Then it just felt effortless. Her personality was so relaxing. She’s funny, she’s intelligent and everything just flowed together so smoothly. I had felt so honored that I wasn’t the t-shirt guy.

How has your relationship progressed? How long have you been dating?

Christine: We’ve been dating for eleven months and we’re going to Vegas for our one-year anniversary. Bob suggested that we go. We’re going to a couple of comedy clubs and will just enjoy a couple of days in Vegas.

Do you have like a defining moment when you fell in love?
Bob: I don’t know if I can personally name an exact day and time. You just feel something in your heart. You just know that the person that you’re sitting across from is that special. I came from a marriage of 18 years; It’s hard to get back into the swing of things and find someone who makes you feel the way I was feeling with Chris. I honestly haven’t had that feeling, and I say this honestly, in my entire life, including my married life. I can’t say exactly when, but I could just tell in my heart that this is the person I love, who I would love to spend the rest of my life with. I want to make this work. I’m going to work as hard as I can, hopefully not making the previous mistakes that I've made. I’ve also learned that I have to be myself. She lets me be myself. Honesty and trust are the two most important things, and everything between us just clicked so smoothly, so wonderfully. I’ve met her family and just really enjoyed the family too and they accepted me,  hopefully. Chris’s personality and everything just brought out the love that I have that I’ve been wanting to give to somebody.

Christine: I actually mentioned this subject to Bob in conversation, just to feel him out, asking him hypothetically ‘What if someone were to fall in love, and if the other person wasn’t in love, how would you react in that situation?’ Remember that, Bob?

Bob: You got me there.

Christine: We were at the bar having a drink, and I said, ‘You know, the most uncomfortable thing is when you find that you’re in love with someone, and that someone isn’t in love with you and how that’s always difficult to deal with.’ It was on my mind. I did fall in love with Bob; and oh, it didn’t take very long either. I’m going to say it probably took about six weeks - there wasn’t a special moment for me. I just felt happy, passionate; I felt everything a woman feels. I felt sexy, I felt wonderful, all of those feelings, and I knew that it was time to tell him. And he actually said, ‘I’m glad you said it first because I’ve been feeling this for a while.’ So it didn’t take very long for us, and I felt comfortable that he said that. It’s been a long time since I’ve said those words to someone and meant it, and to this day I still do.

What do your friends think about how you two met?
Bob: All my friends know we met through the club. I think some are surprised at first. They, like myself, are probably skeptical about organizations that they aren’t familiar with. But all of my friends are long married anyhow, so they were just glad that I’d found someone special.

What are your future plans? You mentioned Vegas. Are you staying anywhere special?
Bob: Paris.

Christine: I always stay at the Paris Hotel. What are our future plans? I think Bob and I are just living and enjoying things day by day. We do plan events, we do plan things together but as far as anything other then that, and I don’t think that there is going to be anything different for a little while anyway. Bob?

Bob: What are my plans? What are my intentions? I think right now we’re at a good steady pace. We enjoy everything together. Personally I’m hoping down the road that we can make this a little more permanent. We’ve talked about that in the past a bit but right now we’re comfortable where we are.

Christine: We do talk about moving in together, but with the economy the way it is and trying to sell both of our houses cause I don’t want to move in his… it’s too little. I mean if I had to I would, and vice versa with Bob. But I think we would like to make a new start together. And we’ve talked about that, but with the way things are, who knows when we would sell our houses and what we would have to do in the transition? But I am committed to Bob.

Bob: And me, also.

Do you have any advice for others searching for love via The Right One?
Bob: I say be yourself. I think both men and women make up a lot of stories to make themselves sound better. Just be honest, be yourself, and treat the other person as you would like to be treated. That’s my opinion.

Christine: I have to agree with Bob on that. Be ready. If you’re a person who hasn’t dated in two and a half years because you were with the biggest jerk in the world, just make sure you’re over it and are now ready.

Sherry & David

"The first time we talked on the phone I felt like we had been friends for years but had been apart."

A woman is in a local karaoke bar hoping to find a little happiness. Her marriage is going through a ruff patch and she needs some inspiration. While listening to the local armatures belting out Barry Manilow hits, she sees a happy couple sitting together. They look like they have never been apart a day in their lives. Seeing their contentment with each other’s company, she can’t stop herself from going over and speaking to them. “I just want you two to know that seeing the two of you together gives me hope for my marriage.” To which Sherry replies “Well, he has not asked me yet!”

When Sherry was preparing for her first “The Right One” match, she was terribly nervous. It had been more than 17 years since she was in the dating scene. Feeling that she should warn her match of her overwhelming nervousness, she gave David a call. “Are you nervous because I am?” David still reminds Sherry of that call. “The first time we talked on the phone I felt like we had been friends for years but had been apart” said David.

The couple met at a TGI Fridays. Sherry dressed in head to toe pink and looked for a man she never met before. After a search through the restaurant she turned around and there was David with roses and a wooden cross that he had made himself. Sherry turned pinker than her outfit. The couple dined together for two and a half hours. They discovered that they had so much in common that it was entering the realm of being scary.  The date went so well that David immediately asked Sherry out on another date. Of course Sherry said yes but she already had planned for David to come back to her house that evening to play board games. The evening was a great success and did not end until 1am.

When David returned home, Patches (his Chihuahua) was not pleased with him and let him know it in liquid form right on his foot. Thankfully Sherry, who has pets herself, wanted to make peace with Patches. Both David and Patches came over for a spaghetti dinner. Eventually Patches came around and now is more Sherry’s dog than David’s. Patches knew the relationship was meant to be. She’s a smart little dog.

It did not take long for David and Sherry to know they wanted to get married. Over the course of only a few months the couple fell in love and got engaged. A special trip to see Sherry’s mother was planned and together the couple asked for her blessing. Sherry’s mother was very pleased to give it and to her surprise David dropped down on one knee and proposed right there.

The wedding is set for May and the couple is planning for a special wedding in which all their grown children (Sherry has three boys and David has one girl) will play a part. David’s friends would often tease him about pampering Sherry. He feels so strongly about it that he included it in his wedding vows “I promise to protect, defend, and pamper you.”

When David moved his things into Sherry house, it did get a little confusing. The couple is so well matched that even their furniture styles were the same. They could not tell what belonged to whom? Fortunately after Sherry’s kids moved out they had plenty of rooms.

David and Sherry are both spiritual people. They are both an answer to each other’s prayer. Sherry told David “God knew I needed you.”
While planning her wedding Sherry found the perfect song to walk down the aisle to. “God Knew I Needed You” of course. The couple is proof positive that prayers are heard. They look forward to a long life together and lots of traveling.

Dianna & Ron

While Dianna was driving down the road on the way to work she saw a sign. It was there every day but this day she took a good look. It was a sign for “The Right One” dating. Dianna had raised three great children and now that they are happy and on their own she thought maybe she would look for her own happiness. After all she deserved it.

She called the number on the sign and went in to the local office. She instantly like what she saw “The gal I spoke with was funny and happy. She made me feel comfortable there.” Dianna took the test, filled out the forms, and in two weeks was on her first date. On her second match she met Ron.

Ron was on his first match with “The Right One” dating. He wanted to pick a place that he was very comfortable at and had lots of people so his date would be able to mingle if she wanted to. Since the Holidays were approaching Ron chose the office Christmas Party. The date was a great success and Ron decided to ask Dianna out again.

As the couple began dating exclusively they discovered how well matched they actually were. They enjoyed doing the same things and got along extremely well. “We just agree on everything.” Their favorite thing to do was just enjoying each others company. “We spend a lot of time talking.” One of the things that Dianna loves about Ron is the fact that he is so soft spoken and kind in his words.

Ron and Dianna Plan to take their love to the next level. A wedding is planned for October to coincide with Ron’s sixtieth birthday. Dianna is anxiously waiting for the official proposal. Since Ron makes it a habit to have flowers delivered to Dianna often no doubt it will be an unforgettable and romantic occasion.
The couple spends a lot of their time now shopping for a new townhouse to share, getting Ron’s house ready to go on the market, and working full time. With all that’s going on most couples would a least have a few arguments. But since they are so well suited things have been smooth and making time to be together is easy when you are with the right one.

Melissa & Mike

”There is no way that Mike and I would have met without Together, because we lived 40 miles away from each other. We’re totally different. Our backgrounds are different. Our paths would never have crossed.”

Melissa, how was your dating life before you joined Together Dating?
We’ve been together for a little over a year, and I was single for about two and a half years before I met him. I have to tell you that this is the first time that I’m going to be married, at 53. I was engaged previously, and my fiancé passed away suddenly. I had never online dated. How I had met people in my life was blind dates through friends. And I had a lot of really bad blind dates.

Were you initially skeptical of matchmakers & dating sites?
I never thought that I would try this. Every time I tell someone about how we met, that it was through a dating service, everyone I talk to has some story about meeting someone this way, via a matchmaking service or an online site. But online dating was not for me because I never really trusted it as a safe way to meet people.

What inspired you to try Together Dating?
I heard about someone who had joined Together and had met her husband. A friend of a friend, I never actually met this person but I heard about her, and that’s why I tried it.

How did you like working with them?
I loved the person who I worked with, Jill. She’s extremely intellectual. She inspired me to think in ways that I had not thought before. There was one thing that she pointed out to me. She was very gentle about it, but perhaps thought that I was going in the wrong direction - she was amazing. There is no way that Mike and I would have met without her, because we lived 40 miles away from each other. We’re totally different. Our backgrounds are different. Our paths would never have crossed.

How does the process work?
You go to their office and fill out all of these forms, and they are very enthusiastic. You leave feeling extremely excited that this is going to work immediately. And it took a little bit of time. Actually, for me, it took joining at a VIP level, where I actually had a person working for me, like a personal shopper. Jill was like an old fashioned matchmaker, and she’s the one who found Mike. She had set me up with a few others, but it didn’t work out. I was ready to give up. I remember thinking to myself, ‘This isn’t for me. I’m not the type. I’m too picky. I’m not in a good place in my life. I’m not ready. I hate dating.’ I was going through this whole grieving process over losing someone that I loved deeply, and I just told my matchmaker to let me get old with my dogs, to become a stereotype. I renovated a condo, put way too much money into it, I figured that this is where I’d live for the rest of my life. And she contacted me and said ‘There’s this one guy… how would you like somebody who is a gentleman?” And I said okay. I had only met two men through the service. Mike had a different experience than I did. He had gone out with more women who were not his type.

What’s really interesting to me is that, to this day, my matchmaker and I have never met. We’re actually talking about it now that this engagement has happened. She was totally responsible… I mean, she really did this; she put two people together who are going to spend the rest of their lives together. And so we have to meet her. I called her to tell her about this last week and she started screaming, which is so funny because she’s one of the calmest people I've ever met in my life and I would have never expected it. She was very excited.

Their matching system is done by computer, in terms of the many questions that they ask, and apparently Mike and I came up by a point, which is very strange, because we don’t have a lot in common. We’re different politically, religiously, he’s athletic, I’m artistic, but I have to say, just knowing that he’s around, I feel like I’m home. I’ll tell you what has happened. My condo, which is only 30 miles from here, I’m there only one night a month and I don’t like going there anymore. I don’t like being away from him. It’s really strange how that’s happened. Yes, sure, I like my time alone during the day and I don’t need to be tethered to him, but there is something about seeing that face when he comes through the door that just makes me happy.

Who made the initial contact? I hear that these blind dates are really blind.
That’s right! Absolutely no photos! The no photo thing was so frustrating to me, whenever I had been fixed up with someone in the past I always wanted to know what he looked like. I don’t remember exactly who called whom, but my gut tells me that I made the call. I felt uncomfortable having to make that first move, but Jill talked me into it. She possesses the rare art of leading you to make a decision so subtly that you think it was your own idea.

Describe your first date. How did it go?
It was really funny actually because he had described his car and I described mine. We met for lunch at a nice restaurant that he had chosen. I remember thinking “Lets just get this over with because obviously I just want to get it done because it’s not going to work.”
He walked up to me and he said the wrong name, <laughing> and I walked into the restaurant, and he got back into his car, and he realized that he had totally blundered and that of course I was the person he is meeting, and I am realizing the same thing, and I can’t believe this is happening. Obviously he is the guy. What do we do? So the two of us kind of realized what had happened, we laughed about it and had lunch. I had no recollection of what we talked about, but apparently we did a lot of talking. I think the first thing that we had in common was that he had lost a woman that he’d been with for fourteen years a year before, and that was a commonality at the beginning. We bonded over loss.

What was your first impression of Mike?
I thought he had beautiful blue eyes. I thought he was really nice. I thought he might be too nice. He doesn’t know that, but it’s okay <laughing> I know the date was good enough to agree to a second date before the first one was over.

Can you describe when you fell in love?
Defining moment – It was because of the Golden Globe Awards!  He asked me out and I said, “Oh, I can’t do it because the Golden Globe Awards are on and I never miss the Golden Globe Awards!” and he said “Would you mind if I came over and watched them with you?” and that was how he got me. He had me at the Golden Globe Awards, and that was our third date. 

What do your friends think about how you two met?
Actually, they think it’s great. When we first started sharing with people, Michael said ‘blind date.’

How would you describe your life together now?
It’s totally a compromise. Because we are so different, we both have definitely met in the middle in terms of lifestyle. I watch a lot of sports now, and he goes to a lot of movies. He also adopted two dogs of mine. He has two kids, I have two dogs, and so it’s a big family. A lot of our life is doing what the other one wants to do.

You two were recently engaged. Tell me about the proposal.
It was his birthday and we had been out to dinner with friends, and we came home, and while upstairs, his daughter said to me “I have one more present for Dad, could you take it downstairs?” but she stayed upstairs so I knew what was going on at that point, and that she was totally in on it. I have to admit, when I saw the bag, I thought it was a little frilly to be a present for him. So it did occur to me that this might be about to happen. So… I brought the bag down, and I said “Here’s your last present from KJ.” And he said “Well, actually, you have given me so many birthday presents, I have a present for you.” So I asked, “Is this what I think it is?” And he said, “Just open it!” And I opened it, and it was a ring, and I looked at him, and he said, “Will you marry me?” That’s when I burst into tears. And he said, “Aren’t you going to answer me?” So that’s how it happened.

Do you have any advice for others searching for love via the Together Dating service?
Yes. I think the thing that Jill at Together taught me the most was to look a little bit away from my priorities, and rethink what I thought I wanted. For me, it was all about power. I wanted a powerful man. That was my first priority. And I think using the word power wasn't the right way to describe it. I had it all wrong. I guess the way I looked at it, I had always responded to men of power, who took control of situations. But apparently using that particular word conjures up a lot of the wrong attributes. And Jill was able to figure out what I was saying. She really moved me away from it. Mike has tremendous confidence. But what makes him special is that he doesn't shy away from taking control of a situation, he just does it in a quiet, low-key manner.

James L. & Janis H.

”Janis was the first person that I met through the service.”

James, how was your dating life before you joined The Right One?
Well, it was non-existent. You can’t just walk up to someone in this day and age at Wal-Mart and say ‘hi.’  I was skeptical of matchmakers and dating sites. I’m not that savvy with the computer.

What inspired you to try The Right One?
I saw a commercial for a dating site called Cupid while watching television, but I didn’t really act on it. While visiting my sister, we were out driving and I saw a sign at the Interstate exit that said something like ‘Single?’ along with a website address. When we got home I looked it up online. I contacted them and they called not long after, and we set up an appointment to meet at their closest local office.

How did you like working with them?
The interviewer was an energetic young lady. She asked me a lot of questions, including subjects like activities, hobbies and music. I think the entire interview lasted about one and a half to two hours. Because of the background checks that they perform, I felt that I could trust the company. I’m a widower, and I was looking for someone with similar qualities to my deceased wife, but I wound up with someone completely different.

How was your first date?  What was your first impression of her?
Janis was the first person that I met through the service. We met for lunch and talked for at least two and a half hours. She had a nice smile and she was very outgoing. The chemistry was strong, but I didn’t see her again until six weeks after our first date.

Did you think you’d gotten the brush off?
Actually, I did. But the truth was that she was very busy with work and family obligations. I went on another date through the service, but the chemistry wasn’t there. So I was happy to see Janis again.

How has your relationship progressed?
We get along really well. She was looking for someone to hang out with. She’d been married previously and was a bit gun shy, so we’re taking things slowly. She’s a school teacher with a very full schedule so we see each other on weekends.  Her parents and family all live locally so I get invited to family gatherings.

Do you have any advice for others searching for love via The Right One?
Once I got into the program, I saw that they were thorough with their questions and background checks. And they found someone for me on the first go around, even though I had an idea in my head of what I wanted. So my advice to others would be to keep an open mind. It opens up all sorts of possibilities.

Jeffrey & Karen

“I feel like I don’t have to explain a lot. He knows exactly what I’m saying.”

After deciding to give The Right One a try, Jeffrey went to the local office. While completing the application process Jeffrey spoke with Francee. Francee’s face grew into a big smile. She knew exactly who she wanted Jeffrey to meet. Unfortunately the candidate was not active at the time but Francee did not give up.

Karen had had some great dates with The Right One. She decided though that as things got very busy with her kids she would take some time off. After about six months she got a call from Francee asking her to please come back. She had someone she wanted her to meet. 

Karen was waiting to meet Jeffrey at a local Best Buy when an employee approached her. Jeffrey was running 15 minutes late and was desperate to get the message to her. He called the store manager and after some begging he agreed to give Karen his message. He said to look for a blonde who was 5’6’’ and casually loitering. When Jeffrey finally got there he knew exactly who Karen was. “There was twinkle in her eye that let me know she was looking for me” Karen’s first impression was equally great. “He had a nice smile.” The couple went on to dinner and a stroll. The date lasted about 3 hours. The connection was made right away. “I cannot believe how at ease I was from the moment I met her. We just talked and talked.” Jeffrey was ready to date exclusively right away but Karen wanted him to be sure. After a few more dates Jeffrey came back to Karen, and the couple has been together since.

The couple was well matched. Jeffrey is an engineer and Karen is a High School algebra teacher. They both had a love of music and took their roles as parents very seriously. With all the things they had in common they got along great. Karen says “I feel like I don’t have to explain a lot. He knows exactly what I’m saying.” Since they both have kids they do not get to date every weekend. So when they do go out, it’s always special.  The couple has been to Nebraska and Ireland together. They are always trying something new. The only consistency to their dates is that they are able to relax, talk, and enjoy each other’s company even if it is at a Keith Urban concert.

The future holds great excitement for the couple. Presently they are only dating. However there have been more than a few conversations about marriage. Francee’s expertise along with The Right One’s matching system help these two find the perfect match.

Marilyn & Jim

“We were both taken with each other. We both knew this was it.”

Both Marilyn and Jim were dating veterans when they met. They knew exactly what they were looking for. Marilyn had become friends with some of her dates even though they did not turn into a relationship. When Marilyn and Jim were matched together it took less than six months for them to meet, fall in love, and marry.

Marilyn is a busy social worker. She agreed to meet Jim who is retired at a movie one weekend. She did show up a little late but that did not change the incredible impression she made on Jim. Jim can remember the name of the movie they saw but could not tell you what it was about if he had too. The couple went to a nice dinner after the movie, before Jim took Marilyn home. While there Jim announced to Marilyn he was interested in getting married and he hoped she was too. Marilyn calmly replied “Could you give me a couple of days to think about it?”

Over the next few weeks as the couple got to know each other better they discovered the things that they had in common. Both have a love of camping. They enjoy music, singing in the choir, and playing the clarinet. They both have grown daughters. The biggest thing they have in common is their spirituality. Marilyn had been praying for a life partner and it looked like Jim would be the answer.

After three weeks of dating Jim brought a ring over and formally proposed. He got down on one knee and asked for her hand. “We were both taken with each other. We both knew this was it” said Jim. They married in January.
The Saturday before Easter Marilyn officially became catholic. “It’s a dimension that tops everything” says Jim. They look forward to a honeymoon in Western Maryland and vacationing in Florida.

Beverly & Dennis

Beverly’s life changed forever when she got a phone call from The Right One dating. She was unfamiliar with matchmaking services but she thought she would give it a try. She went through the interview process and after a few dates she met Dennis.

Dennis was a true gentleman. “Before, I always called the guy first. This time he called me.” That first phone call lasted for three hours. During that time Dennis and Beverly got to know each other before the first date. Dennis is a hunter so it was no coincidence that they met at the Fin-N-Feather for dinner.

The evening went very well. So well that Dennis wanted Beverly to meet his daughter the next day “I guess he was so impressed with me.” Beverly and Dennis’s daughter hit it off as well and a beautiful relationship began.

The couple discovered they were very well matched. They both enjoyed the same music and started to buy CD’s together. They both like to fish and Beverly (who will bait her own hook) can cook them better than anyone. Beverly soon found out that she would love dancing as much as Dennis. The couple took up Ballroom dancing and is looking forward to continuing the new hobby together.

Beverly and Dennis got even closer. They complemented each other. Dennis enjoyed making a birdhouse for Beverly and she enjoyed painting it. Dennis would call Beverly from his hunting trips and Beverly looked forward to hearing all about it. It was time for the relationship to move forward.

Beverly knew that Dennis was going to propose she just did not know when. Dennis chose the same restaurant where they first met. He proposed on a bridge close by. Beverly has taken on a lot of the wedding jobs herself in order to make it extra special. She is even making all the dresses including her own. And where would they choose to have there special June wedding? The Fin-N-Feather of course! A place that will always be special to them.