Matchmaker Daze

For the Love of the Pint: Dating an Irishman

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First off, I'm of Irish descent. My great-grandmother left Ireland as an unmarried teenage girl from a poor Catholic family to find a better life in America.  All the hardships she must have endured now give me every right to say whatever I want about Irish-Americans.  She was also heading to America to meet up with her extended family that owned and operated a saloon and brothel.  But that's just a fun fact.

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Not Even Tiger Woods Will Love You Back; And That Guy Loves Everyone

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But she will. So why did you tell her you can't hang out tonight because there's a game on?
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Partnered with a Peacock: Five Signs He's High Maintenance

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Christmas really did come twice last year. Every episode of Jersey Shore was a highly anticipated and prerecorded traffic-accident.  Don't deny it!

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Matchmaking 101: Get Past Your Dealbreakers and Find Midget Love

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Do you have a dating checklist? Maybe you even have it posted on your fridge as a reminder "The Perfect Mate: athletic, wealthy, ten toes, NOT a cousin". Most people probably have some dealbreakers when it comes to dating but as a matchmaker, these dealbreakers are more like obstacles. Some dealbreakers make it hard to match to potential love birds, like Jody and Ryan. Jody and Ryan are the union that paved my way into matchmaking or 'the biz' as I like to call it.

Like most rational people, Jody knew that the best way to judge a potential mate was height.  Ask Jody on a date as a flat-footed guy standing 6' and she will turn you down without a second thought.  Even if you look and smell like Paulie D. But throw on a pair of Bono's skyscraper moon shoes and she'll be doing all the asking.  I was filly aware of Jody's heightism and Ryan's measly 6' stature. But I was also convinced that a reason some people find themselves single after years of looking for the perfect mate is because they're doing just that - looking for the perfect mate.
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