Q. My best friend is widely admired by those few
men who have the opportunity to meet her. She wants a boyfriend but her work brings her into contact with virtually no single heterosexual men and she has exhausted the potential in our social circle. Her brother and I want her to change her job so she comes into contact with more single men, but she is understandably reluctant to move away from her current office which offers idyllic surroundings in which to work, not least because she is allowed to bring her dog in. We are keen for her to try speeddating but she has turned her nose up at this saying, ‘only desperate people do speeddating’. The clock is ticking and we feel the situation is desperate. How can we steer this adorable but stubborn beauty towards taking a long view?
Name and address withheld A. There is, of course, a ‘postcode lottery’ but the human specimens presenting themselves at certain speed-dating events have been recently found superior to expectations. Why not attend some sessions yourself and assess potential suitors by proxy? Were your friend’s brother to accompany you, the dual eye-witness findings would be most helpful. They might go a long way to removing the prejudicial barriers which hamper your friend’s quest for love and persuading her to go and see for herself.
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