Sounds too good to be true? Well apparently it is. I have been searching for a personal matchmaker who focuses solely on women – one where she has a “pool” of men that she pulls from. Instead, it seems as though matchmakers prefer to represent the male species, men who pay a lofty price for their service. These matchmakers then “allow” women to fill out an application and pay a fee to be one of a gazillion females who belong in the pool. Considering I’m not pool material, I’m pushing for a better solution.

We have our own deodorant, our own gyms and even our own doctors. Can’t we have our own matchmakers?

Yes, there are matchmaking companies that offer their services to both genders. But if I’m a client, that doesn’t seem like the best option. If I were house hunting, I wouldn’t want a realtor who represents both the buyer and seller-- and I don’t want conflicting loyalty from my matchmaker either. I can just see her sticking me with another one of her clients just to make him happy.

And let’s talk dollars and cents. Should it really take thousands of dollars up front to hire someone to find your soulmate? We’re talking serious withdrawals from the 401K plan or foregoing that down payment on your home. I know it’s a personalized service, but we can find affordable help to babysit our children, clean our house, walk our pets, and give us psychic readings, why can’t we have affordable help when it comes to finding love? Is one-on-one matchmaking only for millionaires? Are there no reasonable options for the teachers, secretaries, government workers and numerous others singles with modest incomes?

I think we can do better. Like Tupperware revolutionized food storage and the Snuggie saved our efforts to stay warm while changing the remote, let’s find a sensible solution to the matchmaker dilemma for women.

Time is of the essence. I have a case of “online-search burn out” and I won’t last much longer. I’m a girl with a plan. I bet you have one too. So let’s pool our efforts and lobby the all-powerful dating industry.