This week, our Midwest matchmakers worked together to contribute a few ideas each to compile for our clients, or anyone single in the Midwest, to aid in their success on dates. Being that we’ve been in this business for more than 30 years combined, we may know a trick or two about how to successfully date in the Midwest. Below are five tips to help anyone who is single and looking for straight-forward, cut-to-the-chase ways to help find the Midwest love of their life:
If you have been dating in the Midwest for a while and have encountered those Iowa singles who are always on the go, focused on their careers or traveled often for work, you know that making the time to meet them for a drink was nearly impossible. This of course, is something we see often with Midwest Matchmaking clients: they seek a local matchmaking service, go through the arduous process of hiring us, and then have limited availability for us to arrange their dates. And, a lot of times, this frustrates their dates, who are eagerly waiting to meet them – either for a first date, or anxiously awaiting that 2nd or 3rd.
In today’s realm of dating in the Midwest, anything can happen. With online dating becoming increasingly popular, some Midwest dating trends have soared — and NOT in a good way. This is why local dating companies like Midwest Matchmaking are in business – to outsource all of the frustrating aspects of dating to professionals.
Here at Midwest Matchmaking, our local matchmakers are drawn to the concept of the Law of Attraction because of its potential for results, not only in your life, but in your dating life as well. Here, our dating experts have many tricks up their sleeves when considering who to match our clients with, and this method is one of them!
f you’re a Midwest single in Des Moines looking for some ideas to wow your date, our exclusive Midwest matchmakers are here to help. Below, our Des Moines Cupids have listed some of our favorite locales that will almost guarantee your first date will become a second:
If you’re a documentary junkie like me, you may want to watch a new HBO documentary that the Cupids at our Des Moines Midwest Matchmaking office found riveting. “Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age” gave us even more validation that Midwest dating companies like ours exist specifically because of the issues discussed throughout the film.
In our work as professional matchmakers, we can definitely understand the first date jitters. All the work that has brought you to this point – coaching you through the many ways you can best represent who you are and what’s important to you – has led to this moment.
As much as we’d like, as dating matchmakers, we can’t tag along on the first date and help you keep the conversation flowing (and you really wouldn’t want us to!).
It’s hard to believe we are in the second half of the year already and that signals the beginning of holiday celebrations, seasonal gatherings and places where, frankly, you’d rather not show up as your best friend and his date’s third wheel or even worse, alone.
Now is the time to let Midwest Matchmaking provide the relationship advice and online dating support that could lead to you enjoying the holiday events with a partner by your side.
Advice. There seems to be no lack of it especially if you are a Des Moines single and haven’t yet found “the one.” As professional relationship coaches, we’ve helped many local singles sort through the mountains of dating advice that comes from well-meaning aunts, best buddies, work friends and online sources. While everyone is trying to help, sometimes this kind of dating advice can actually do more harm than good.
There are plenty of things that qualify as “deal breakers” when you are looking for the right life partner. Believe us when we say that we’ve seen quite a few of these during our combined years of professional matchmaking. Your dates mother still buys all of their clothes (and they include plaid knickers). Your date humiliates or shames you for your physique. Heaven forbid, he or she is still married!
As professional matchmakers, we feel rejection, when truly approached with an open mind, can benefit all parties. The key is all about perspective, and at Midwest Matchmaking, we coach our clients to always look at the positive side of rejection and here’s why;
Rejection firmly closes one door and opens the gates to other opportunities that are more aligned with what is desired.
If you are a local single and new to these parts – what we like to call the center of the universe and the best place in the world to live (the real Midwest states of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri), you should know that your dating experiences are about to undergo a radical change – for the better!