Love is still in the air!!
By: Dr. Nancy H. Wall
Dr. Nancy Hall
All is not doom and gloom, even as we watch the stock market crumble. Our current challenging economic climate has shifted the bottom lines of many businesses, though the matchmaking industry continues to boom, especially in Tampa Bay! This shift is in a positive direction!
Typically, at this time of year, around the holiday season, people become more introspective. They start to, once again, look and reflect back on their lives, in a very critical manner. Things they are not happy about become even more important, negative and even more depressing. This is especially true for singles, where the holidays tend to lend themselves to family gatherings, couples, etc., and they feel very alone and isolated.
We at Tampa Bay MatchMakers have seen an increase in new prospects requesting information about matchmaking, coaching, and dating services. This introspection is very good for our business. People are figuring out what they want and what they feel they need. For many of them, they want to find that special someone. Many of them are sad. Many are looking for love. Many have been searching for a number of years, and each year they repeat the same thing…”I don’t want to be alone again next year.”
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The major shift we have seen at Tampa Bay Matchmakers this year has been in working with clients who have recently lost their jobs due to the current economic challenges. As we work very closely with each client to be sure he/she is making the best first impression while meeting new people, and are open and ready for a healthy, happy relationship, those without jobs find this task very difficult. We take the journey with our clients and coach them throughout the process. In these difficult times, without a job, the clients themselves decide to put their relationship search on hold, as they enter a full time job search. We offer them the option to place their accounts on hold, as they work to find new jobs and regain their self esteem. These clients many times are not in a position to meet new people and start a new, healthy relationship, for the right reasons. We are concerned that they might miss the perfect opportunity…….if the right person were sitting across from them in a booth, would they know it? If their mind is not focused on the relationship and the meeting, as they worry about finding a new job and question their self esteem, they might miss their soul mate who is sitting right across the table from them!
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