I was having a hard time finding someone I had chemistry with. San Francisco is a big city—everyone’s busy, everyone’s hustling, and it’s hard to find time to search for someone. I had gone on some blind dates that friends had set me up with, which was fun, but it didn’t lead to anything. I’ve been very successful in my career, and I wanted to share the life I’ve made with someone. I was at lunch with a colleague one afternoon, and he brought up this woman he’d met through a company called Luxury Matchmaking Services. He said she was funny, smart, sexy—you might have to know him to imagine it, but here’s this six-foot-four guy built like a football player sitting there gushing about this woman. He gave me a number, and I said, ‘Why not?’ That afternoon, I called and spoke to a matchmaker there. She asked me everything you could imagine about myself, and what I was and wasn’t looking for in a partner. Then, she got to work finding me some dates. I went out on a few really great dates, but didn’t find someone right away that sparked my interest like I wanted. Then, one day, that same matchmaker called me with this woman, Danielle. That call changed my life. The second I met her, I felt this instant connection, like she was someone I’d known for years. I left that date feeling like I was 16—I couldn’t wait to see her again. Danielle is the best part of my life, and the best wife I could imagine having. We spend our weekends driving up and down the coast shopping, and bouncing from vineyard to vineyard. She’s everything I want in a woman, and we have this passionate, beautiful connection and way of communicating. We still call the matchmaker who set us up every once and awhile just to say hi; she helped Danielle and I find each other, and that’s something I’ll never be able to repay.

John Feb. 2017

I had never even considered online dating. I hadn’t experienced too many problems meeting people—my problem has been that I haven’t been interested in any of them. There are a million different kinds of people in San Francisco, and that’s kind of intimidating, considering there might only be a couple who you’ll have a connection with; ‘needle in a haystack’ seems like an understatement. It got to a point where I became really discouraged, and I felt alone in a life and city that weren’t short on human interaction. So, I took a weekend and spent it at home, online, searching through dating sites and reading reviews. I tried a few dating sites that kind of felt like speed dating; the matchmakers there just sent me out with anyone they thought was good-looking. It wasn’t very personal, and they had no idea what I wanted. Then I came across Luxury Matchmaking Services. They had all these different memberships, and talked about how they had the most personalized service out there. I gave them a call, and didn’t look back. David was my first date. A matchmaker called me a couple of weeks after my interview, and told me they found someone who matched all my criteria. They sent me a picture of him, and he was really handsome (laughs). After our first date, which was amazing, we ended up meeting another five times over three weeks. We saw each other every chance we got. As a husband, David is loving, passionate, and supportive. He helps me achieve my dreams, and I help him achieve his. Luxury Matchmaking Services helped me find the love of my life, and I think they could do the same for anyone.

Amanda June. 2017