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Having been aggressively courted by other dating agencies before they all seem to want me as a client!
By my 2nd date, I had met an amazing lady, and I was completely smitten. If only I discovered this years ago….
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Thanks for arranging the dates thus far. So, there might be a glimmer of hope for me…. I am now in a serious relationship with someone whom I met right after my 3 sessions with Society W, but I would still like to thank them because of the good service they provided, and the calibre of men they introduced to me. To have such eligible guys be interested in me and court me did WONDERS for my confidence, which had taken a huge beating during my divorce. Sometimes, it is all about timing, and everything happens for a reason.
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Pamela is an amazing consultant. She exhibits a high level of professionalism, patience, always there to provide advice and lend a listening ear to coach me over each date. Raquel is great as a consultant and friend. She takes the stress out of dating. Will highly recommend her as a consultant to my friends should they join Society W.
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L so do send me more profiles like that in future. It has managers who talk to members to further define their ideal partner and dating coaches to advise them on how to carry themselves in order to win over their dream man or woman. A typical male member is a year-old university graduate who earns 40 million won a year, while a typical female member is a year-old degree holder earning 30 million won a year. Matchmakers have traditionally played a key role in Korean society, said Ms Park.
That's why they relied on matchmakers to collect detailed information and recommend a suitable match," she said. Marriage in modern times has become a pursuit of free love and individual happiness, leading to the wane of the professional matchmaker. However, with young people now becoming more pragmatic in their attitude towards marriage, they "would use information from matchmakers to find their ideal partners as they feel it is a rational thing to do", said Ms Park.
She added that as getting married and starting a family require big sums of money, young people don't want to risk going into it without knowing their partner's socio-economic background and financial status - information which dating agencies can provide.
S Koreans turn to dating apps and matchmakers to find partner, Asia, Women News - AsiaOne
People care more about economic status and what university one graduated from, and that could be the reason why they are turning to dating agencies that have a lot of that data. One concern, however, is that dating agencies rank members based on criteria that are "heavily weighted on materialistic indicators and aggravate gender discrimination", Prof Kim said. For example, some occupations with looks as a prerequisite, like flight stewardess, are ranked higher.
Another reason for using dating agencies is that social circles have shrunk, with more people preferring to spend their free time alone, often glued to their smart devices. Young people are less able to rely on friends and family to fix them up with a date, unlike in the past.
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Then, one could go for "sogaeting", a one-on-one blind date with a friend's friend, or "meeting", a small gathering of six to eight singles who typically break the ice by playing some kind of drinking game. Nightclubs would offer a so-called "booking" service, where a middleman would help men to approach women who they fancy and take them to their tables for a drink. For financial consultant Choi Min Hee, 35, it was her mother's colleague who introduced her to her husband, an office manager, a decade ago. Ms Choi said she was under family pressure to marry early and, as fate would have it, her date turned out to be her ideal man.
They were married within a year of their first meeting, and they now have two children - a seven-year-old daughter and a three-year-old son. South Koreans today are also less anxious about getting married, with marriage now viewed as an option and not a must. A survey by Statistics Korea showed that only With high youth unemployment and a sluggish economy, many young people who are unable to find good jobs are choosing to remain single.
Some local governments have their own measures to encourage people to marry early and have children. Haenam county in South Jeolla province has been organising a two-day matchmaking camp for singles since Are we being too choosy about the people we meet in church or ministry, writing them off without giving them a chance?
These are honest questions I had to ask myself.
I still prefer meeting and interacting with new friends face-to-face. Though I am just as likely to base my first judgements on appearance, interacting in person gives me an opportunity to observe their character and personality too. If you have answered the questions above and found peace in using dating apps, ask God for wisdom to discern the truth from the lies, and be committed to conduct yourself in a worthy and authentic manner James 1: Involve your family and trusted friends in the process — that allows you to observe how the other person interacts with people and also hear honest opinions about him or her.
These are just some principles I would keep in mind if I were ever to use dating apps. We can trust that He will guide our search, whether online or off. To Use or Not to Use? What am I comfortable with?