TRO/TD

From Grief to Good Times

Karen K. found the right one and shared her joy with us.

I found out about The Right One when my sister met someone through the service. They have been together for ten years and are engaged. He is a great guy and I have a family history to go on.

I met Pete on my third date and we've been dating now for eight months. When we met, I knew right away that he was in unusual circumstances. His wife had died of cancer right before we met. I am in the helping field. I work with individuals who have mental illness and I had a different perspective than someone else. I could see his vulnerability and was attracted to it. Plus, he treated me really nicely, unlike my former
husband….

He had been married for 17 years, so I knew he knew how to have a good relationship. I wanted someone who can hang in there for the long term. We have so much in common: we both like to go out to eat. We like to go to the beach and we are both real talkers. We especially like to talk about our feelings, which is hard to find with men.

Before I met Pete, I wasn't much of a nature lover, but he has taught me to appreciate the great outdoors. We just went to the White Mountains in the Hampshires and had a nature vacation. We went bird watching, animal watching and hiking to a waterfall. It was a real experience! We had a great time.

I wanted a service that was not just a fly by night. I'll take your money and maybe you'll get lucky kind of thing. The woman I met with was very dynamic and excited. She made me feel like I really would meet someone. She instilled hope in me and it's true. Many people try the computer first but that was not for me. I wanted the personal touch. They did a good job with Pete and me.

My Wrong Way Turned Out Right!

Peggy Kirby and Gary Birong tried The Right One. Here's what they have to say:

Peggy:
Gary and I met in a restaurant and did everything the wrong way. We broke every rule!

We went out almost every night and spent hours talking to each other. We have lots in common. He had two boys, I have two boys. We were sports oriented as a family, Gary used to coach football. In fact, now, during football season, my boys will call and ask to speak to Gary!

We just hit it off from the get-go. We met in May and he moved in on Father's Day. We plan to marry after my youngest graduates. We are in no hurry because the commitment is there. I am very comfortable with the relationship as it is. We've been together for two years and it is a very open relationship. Gary is a very caring, compassionate person who treats me like I am standing on a pedestal. There is nothing, nothing we can't talk about. I have found my soul mate.

He idolizes my kids and would do anything for them. In fact, sometimes they will pass things through Gary before they bring them to me, to see how I will react. He told me he'd raised two boys and there wasn't anything he hadn't seen.

When you use the service, you need to have a strong idea of what you are looking for. When I joined The Right One, people asked me how I could be so choosy about certain things. I just couldn't accept someone who drank or smoked. Those are two avenues I have been down and I am not going back. I am a widow, but I am not going back to that. You have to be patient with the system. If you stick with it, it will work. It worked for us.

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Gary:

From the time when I first joined the Right One, I was both tired and aggravated. I just couldn't find someone on my own. I thought their system was a good idea. I was impressed with the way they made matches and how they conducted themselves. Initially, you may not meet the person you are looking for, but they keep narrowing it down. If you keep with it and trust in the system, it will work. It did.

Peggy was my fourth referral and I knew this was as far as I would go. As soon as she got out of the car, it was just one of those things where, I just knew I was done. I did not want to meet anybody else. I knew it the first time I saw her.

We have the same interests. We believe in the same values. Every thing fit like a glove from the first time we were together. I attribute the happiness I have every day to meeting Peggy at The Right One. I have never had the compatibility we both encountered. We started and grew and grew and grew. Each day is better than the one before.

I am really glad I took the time to get involved with TRO. It is a terrific place that does what it says it does. After all, you can't just hang a sign around your neck and say, 'here I am!' You have to be so careful. I tried a couple of different phone dating services and that is a joke. The people I met through there, it wasn't worth the time. It's different when you are actually talking to an individual who is writing things down. And you know the other person has been screened. There is a sense of security. I could be the poster boy for this one! Without it, my life would have continued on its drab way.

You want someone who is looking for the person who is right for them. When you wake up in the morning and look over at that person, it is the greatest thing in the world.

Two Separate Orbits Now Spin Together

Francesca: Without The Right One, I would have never had the opportunity to meet my husband.

We got married a year ago. It took me 2.5 years in the dating service, but hey, all you need is one. I had almost given up, when I got the call that said, "you really should meet this one. I have a good one for you." If you are patient, the system really works.

It is lovely to find someone at this age. At 50, you are pretty confident of who you are. I was divorced for a long, long time and raised a daughter on my own. It is wonderful and I feel lucky. I know he is happy in this marriage.

It is because of The Right One that I met this man. Our social and career circles are totally different. Yet, they realized from our profiles that this would actually work.

I Did What I Never Thought I Would Do...

Robert Gregoire did it the right way.

I waited over a year after my wife passed away to get back out there and start dating. I realized I should not be sitting 24/7 at the cemetery. We had 24 years together and battled cancer the last 12. Before she died, we talked about everything and pretty much decided I needed to go on with my life. A lot of people, in my best interest, were trying to line me up with eligible ladies. I took it as a compliment.

Once I committed myself to finding someone, the dating service, well, they made it easy for me. I thought, "I might as well do it the right way." Otherwise you may wind up with someone you don't like. Choosing a dating service went against everything I ever thought about how to meet somebody. I was leery. The Right One took a lot of that fear away. I was afraid to meet a wacko, but they do a background check and a credit check and a criminal check. At least you have a pretty good start right off the bat and you are not going in blind. And sure it costs, and you think about that until you sit and figure out the money you could have spent on ten blind dates. You could match that amount of money and still be miserable. At least here you have a pretty good shot at meeting the right person for you. What is worse than sitting across from someone when you know it is not going to work? I would recommend The Right One, especially for someone like me.

With Maureen, it was very good right from the start. She is very close to what I was looking for. One thing you worry about is comparing someone to the person you lost. Maureen has her own personality and the same basic qualities, I always looked for, are there. She is a good kid.

We've been dating for six months and I do believe we have a future. It seems like destiny that we met.

I've Never Laughed This Much!

Alisia Parrett: The Right One Knew Me Better than I Did!

Everything worked out just right. Michael and I met two years ago and we haven't been apart since The Right One set us up. After we got the profiles, we talked a couple of times and went to dinner. We screwed up on what time the movie started and sat outside the theater talking and talking. We have been dating ever since. We plan to get married next October. We will get hitched right after our third anniversary.

It's funny when we met, Michael said he knew right from the start. I wasn't sure at first. I was not used to the "nice guy" approach and was not sure the service was going to work for me. It took me a little bit of time. I had had some bad relationships and had a big wall around my heart. He had to break it down and I finally let my guard down.

Now, we can laugh with each other and just be silly with each other. We can see something on TV and laugh about it for hours on end. At The Right One, they just knew. They know how to do their jobs, I guess that's why they've been in business so long.

I was just at a point in my life when I was ready to find love and just didn't know where to look. I looked at a few services and tried online dating, but it is not safe at all and really scary. Nothing seemed to work when I was searching on my own. I did not know what I was looking for and I had low self-esteem. I just couldn't find an incredible guy on my own. The Right One made it easy for me.

This October will be our first wedding and our last wedding. We are both in our early 30s and waited a long time for each other. We had both been searching for that right person. The Right One did a good job of helping us find each other. We never would have crossed paths if not for the service.

We are just happy and thankful. The biggest thing I could say is thank you. I am very appreciative.

Happy Trails!

Amanda Watts' love story

Dan and I have been dating for a year and a half. We got engaged in January and will marry next June. I couldn't be happier. He is my absolute soul mate. My parents have been married for 32 years and I look at our relationship and they are mirrored images of each other. I couldn't have asked for a better person. He makes me laugh all the time. He brings me flowers if I have had a tough day. He lets me vent and cry, whatever. He is my rock.

Our families love each other. We just went on a cruise with my parents and we shared a room. We weren't ready to come home! His Mom and I get together at Christmas and bake cookies. We go shopping and get together a couple of times a week. All of us get along. We really lucked out.

I met Dan two weeks after I joined! I got fast results. Dan had been in the program longer and he was giving it one more shot with me. He won the lottery! I went there looking for the person to spend the rest of my life with and I got what I wanted.

I joined because I wasn't meeting people through traditional means. I am just 27, but I was sick of being alone. I tried some online dating sites and was not thrilled with them. I was impressed with The Right One because they have been around for 25 years. They have a great success rate for marriage and low divorce rate. I felt I had nothing to lose and everything to gain.

I believe in fate. We had gone to the same grocery store and the same fireworks display every year, but never met. We were supposed to meet, The Right One stepped up fate.

After six months, I moved in. Today, we love biking every Sunday morning. We go 15 to 17 miles and are working up to 22. We ride the trail to Boston and back. We make time for it. Our life is just wonderful. We are absolutely in love.

Because They Got to Know Me, I Got to Know Him

Nancy Hough about her experience with The Right One.

I liked working with my matchmaker – she was wonderful. She set me up a guy who went to law school. I’m a paralegal, so we have that in common. We went to my girlfriend's party and he knew more people there than I! He was the first one I dated. I didn't need those other dates.

It makes all the difference in the world to be in a relationship. It gives me a reason to get up every day and things to do on the weekends. Just when you think your life is almost over, everything turns around again. I had a boyfriend who died and his son highly recommended The Right One. He met a wonderful girl there, so he talked it up. You get interviewed and they care about what you are interested in. I think they take enough time interviewing you. They pull out the important things. In 10 minutes, with someone like me, you never get to what you need to know. The woman with me took her time, though – very relaxed. I felt good when I left her office and I went through my mind of what I was looking for, which I had not done before. My boyfriend meets it absolutely.

I Learned to Trust Again

Karen and her story how she met her soulmate.

I have been divorced for two years. It was a divorce necessary for my physical survival. I no longer felt comfortable meeting people through the Internet, which is where I met my husband. He seemed together until we married and then he came apart. A couple of times, his violence nearly cost me my life. My three-year marriage was disastrous and very costly.

I didn't feel I wanted to meet people who were not serious about meeting people. The Right One gives a really good sales pitch for someone like myself who has been to hell and back. It was very appealing to have the personalized attention and the in-depth interview. I am a person who is very busy and I don't have time to be web searching and screening people. I needed someone to do the background checks, which is something I valued a lot.

I felt that I was increasing my odds of meeting somebody, the right person, if I turned it over to people who do this all the time, professionally, as opposed to trying to muddle through it on my own. I would recommend the Right One. I would say that you get higher quality matches than you would get searching on your own through profiles that are very vague. I have really appreciated the dialogue I have had with The Right One. I feel they have responded with my requests and been concerned with my feedback.

It has been a really good experience for me. I feel safe with Matt both physically and emotionally. I am very, very happy in the relationship.

Aaron & Cindy

Aaron Lavoie is telling a story how he met his girlfriend.

I called Christine and she said, 'I've got a really good one for you.' Sure enough, the referral came in the mail a couple of days later. We talked for four days straight and talked for hours and hours. We met that Monday night and the rest is history. We have talked about kids and marriage and a wedding date. Cindy and I are very happy. Christine made a match.

The Right One did the right thing. I keep telling one of my best friends, 'Why don't you just join?' He's about doing everything online. This is my opinion: The Right One is a lot more personable and do a lot more for you. Just pay The Right One to do the work for you. I keep telling Cindy, in two more months, you're mine! You gotta laugh about it! Proposing to her is my next plan.

Roland & Jean

Roland's and Jean's funny story

Roland: What happened is a funny story. When Jean got my bio, she called her friends and one of her friends knew me. Her friend said, “You gotta go out with him. He is so cute.” Jean and I had crossed paths for years! She lived one town away, we went sledding at the same place, my friend worked with her childhood boyfriend, her next door neighbor was my brother's best friend, and she lived on Roland Street! Yet, we never met until The Right One.

On our first date, we met in her town at a bar. She was really happy I was the guy waiting for her. We had dinner at Union Station and when we left, we held hands. She loved how smooth my hands were. I walked her to her car and gave her a quick kiss. By the third or fourth date, we knew it was happening. She is unbelievable, awesome, the best.

Adds Jean: The Right One did a great job! We dated for 10 months before we got married on the 14th. I am so glad! I don't know if could have met anyone so wonderful without The Right One!