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Lawyer Needs a Date – Help!

May 28th, 2010. By AbiK

We hear a lot (A LOT) of tales of woe here at LawyersAndSettlements.com about love. Not unrequited love. Not long- lost love. But love that just never materialized. From sites like Match.com or eHarmony.com, and “placement firms” (my words) like Great Expectations.

Now, to be upfront here, I’m not a fan of such sites and services. I’m a believer in the “when it’s there, you’ll know it” kind of love-finding. Why? Well, here’s 3 examples from people I know who’ve found their love (or not) from such services—names are withheld, for obvious reasons.

Love Contestant #1: Meets lawyer on dating site (yes, a LAWYER). They fall in love in a matter of weeks. She gets pregnant. He skips town. It’s a few years later now and all told, he’s contributed $400 to his child’s support. For those of you wondering, that works out to $50 a year. Yup, there’s some dating material for you.

Love Contestant #2: Has joined just about every dating site known to man. Wonders why no one’s floating her boat when all she has to go on prior to meeting for coffee is a filled in questionnaire and a couple of email exchanges. No photo or headshot. Also wonders why no one she gets hooked up with seems to match her criteria for getting hooked up.

Love Contestant #3: Did meet her true love. In her mid-60’s. They’re married now. She teaches tapping classes. Oh—not that kind of tapping. As in Emotional Freedom Technique tapping therapy. Uh-huh. She’s on another wavelength from the rest of us, if you get my drift.

So enter another lawyer—John Friedland. He was lookin’ for love. Apparently at the wrong Read the rest of this entry »

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