The Right One ~ Kristy & David

I’ve pretty much told everybody that this has been the easiest relationship I’ve ever had in my life. From that first night we met, it was very easy – Kristy

What were your dating lives like before joining The Right One?

Kristy: Very minimal. I did some online dating, but not much. I was a single mom and I didn’t like spending time away from my son.

David: Non-existent. I wasn’t into the bar scene and I was fairly busy. I did a little bit of online dating, but people’s honesty on the computer is not very good.

Kristy, did you have any opinions about matchmaking services before signing up with The Right One?

Kristy: I had actually used The Right One several years ago and it was good.

David, what inspired you to sign up with The Right One?

David: I found The Right One online, but I didn’t know what it was. I thought it was just another online dating service.

What did you particularly like about working with the people at The Right One?

Kristy:  I felt safe. There was the background check. Everybody seemed to be pretty much on the same page. I never had any problem with myself or the other individuals being very honest about it when it just didn’t feel right or we weren’t really interested. Instead, we could decide not to pursue this because it wasn’t like being set up with someone through a friend. There were no ties, that part I liked, but I didn’t like the number of guys I had to meet before I found David.

Kristy, how many referrals did you meet or talk to before you met David?

Kristy: The second time I used the service, David was either my fourth or fifth introduction.

David, what did you particularly enjoy about the interview process with The Right One?

David: Everybody is on the same page; everybody is after the same thing, the end result. They cut through the preliminary hassle; everybody knows what their ultimate goal is going into this. You’re looking for a life partner, it’s not just random dates. Kristy is more of a “people person” than I am and I have a hard time meeting people. I work a lot of hours and I’m busy most of the time. I don’t have a lot of time for unnecessary socializing. Kristy was my third referral.

What was your first date like?

Kristy: I was just feeling a little disheartened about the whole thing. I was really busy with my career and focusing on finding more of a father for my son and I’d given up a bit on that, the ideal situation that people talk about. It was one of those things where I set up another date and I was going to go out and do this, but I didn’t have high hopes or expectations. I just thought it was going to be another date and hopefully I’d have a good supper and go home.

But I got there and he was a pretty good-looking guy, and very nice. We just seemed to hit it off and we were able to talk pretty easily. I didn’t have to force anything. I’ve pretty much told everybody that this has been the easiest relationship I’ve ever had in my life. From that first night we met, it was very easy.

He was entertaining, funny, and very intelligent. I could have a conversation with him, which is something I struggled with, with a lot of other guys I met. They were almost impossible to carry on a conversation with and I didn’t have that problem at all with David.

David: I thought she was cute. We had dinner and 1½ hours later, she was out of babysitter time and we had to go. It felt like we had been there for only 10 minutes; it went very, very quick. She’s a very pleasant, intelligent lady.

She has a good career and is far more intelligent than I am. She’s very devoted to her son and family. Hey, she wasn’t nuts!

Kristy, what was the proposal like?

Kristy: We’d been having some generalized discussions about what we wanted from life and what we anticipated or saw happening. It wasn’t just out of the blue; I had an idea. One night we were just talking and I don’t even remember how the conversation started, but he smiled at me and said, “You know I’m going to ask you.” And of course I was just like: “Yes!”  He proposed to me and took me ring shopping on my birthday. That was a pretty special day.

How long had you been dating when you got engaged?

Kristy: Two months. Other than that first date we went on alone, I don’t think we had another date alone until after we got engaged. We always had one of the kids with us or we were doing something with the family.

Kristy, how do you all spend your time together now as a family?

Kristy: Dave drives race cars, and my son, who is five now, will start driving race cars or go-karts too, so that’s where a lot of our family activity stuff is, as well as just family time and doing things together. Going to the movies or spending time at home is about as much of a treat as anything.

What future plans do you have as a family?

Kristy: I think raising all the kids is huge. I think just getting to spend our time together and getting to know each other better is probably one of our most immediate goals.

Dave: There are three things that come to mind for me: One, trying to combine two entire households; two, we want to put an addition on the house; three, go to Greece in a year.

Do you have any advice for someone who might be considering joining The Right One?

Dave: It seems like an expensive outlay, as it’s fairly pricey, especially for someone on a limited income, but it was well worth the money for me. Be honest with yourself is probably the biggest thing.

Kristy: That is probably the biggest thing really, that soul-searching at the beginning. The reason this thing works is because everybody is in it for the same reason. Their heart is in it at that point in time to have a true lifelong goal of marriage or whatever. So if you’re not there yet and just want to date, it’s probably not going to work so well. It’s not the same kind of tool as the bar scene, going out to meet somebody for the fun of it. That’s not at all what the service is about.