In which FHC evokes the challenges of matchmaking

Setting people up with each other is usually a very difficult exercise. However it is a necessary one in a world were relationships only go beyond 4 months if there is some financial interest at stake (the gay world that is). As Kevin D. recently pointed out to me (he definitely is THE “relationship guru” around here), the purpose for the matchmaker is usually to streamline his social life by creating strategic pairs of friends which will maximize his social experience while minimizing the time he has to spend on it. I believe that it can also be motivated by the wish to keep some of his close friends sufficiently busy in a disastrous relationship so that they won’t even think about calling him for a little while. I personally like to matchmake people that are already in a relationship as I am a bit of a home wrecker on my spare time: the ideal matches to me would be Ari S. and Alex S., LL and Cub or FHC. and Greg H. On the other hand, the purpose for the matchmakees is to alleviate his tremendous loneliness and constant fear of death. The matchmakees are usually desperate cases which have so many flaws that they really need the matchmaker’s guarantee (a bit like when you rent an apartment in NYC and your mother has to sign that she’s on the hook for anything you owe and can be sued or when Rodolphe B. implies to his preys that I am his brother) to have the smallest chance to score. They also have such a bad reputation, alcohol problem or/and a dilapidated body that they cannot recourse to the usual dating techniques such as cruising bars, naked movie night, sending weird messages to strangers on friendster, working out at Results, registering on Christian Single Dating Websites (why is there so many of them?) or going to private parties (I was never really introduced to any of my past boyfriends: I just got cracked out on a dance floor and they appeared).

The main problem with matchmaking is that it often shows to your single friend how little you think of him and how odd you believe his tastes are. I myself failed many couples in the past years such as Jim M. and Frif T., Daniel B. and Frif T., LL and Frif T. (what’s wrong with Frif T. one may wonder?). Thank god there is always new meat in the DC market and thousands of little gay interns are dying to climb the social ladder would it only be for the summer.

Comments

[LL]

I am happy with my new match. Thanks FHC!

[Mark H.]

I'm still waiting for LL's number and the promised dating fund.

[sngc Carlos]

Please feel free to introduce me to any hot social climbing interns you may (or may not) know.

[Jim M]

"The main problem with matchmaking is that it often shows to your single friend how little you think of him and how odd you believe his tastes are." --- FHC

ahh, yeah. my sentiments exactly.

[Fagat]

Wow, Gary Sciraffe meets Drotchy Splunk. We like that.