Today, Seán Moncrieff will learn what it takes to be a professional matchmaker, when he talks to Caroline Brealey. Her agency, Mutual Attraction, charges £4,000 (€5,400) for a three-month consultation process, and made headlines recently when more than 250 applied to become her assistant matchmaker.
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When it comes to finding love, few of us are willing to fork over more than €5,000 when a quick trip to the App Store can bring the matchmaking directly to the device in your hand. From swiping right to proximity flirting, apps are easy. And occasionally a bit weird. So here are the five creepiest dating apps out there:
ÍslendingaApp: Finding love is hard enough for Icelanders, when they spend all their time indoors, sheltering from the cold and stuffing their faces with rotting shark meat. But it’s even harder when the entire population is 323,000.
With numbers that small the chances of accidentally hitting on your second cousin are pretty high, and that’s exactly what this app let’s you see: flirt and when he/she is in the bathroom, check the national birth registry to see how related you are.
CarrotDating: Well, they do say you catch more flies with honey than vinegar, so this app puts materialism at the core of matchmaking through metrics. Men can offer a gift, of whatever value they deem fit, and women can determine whether they fancy a date – and get to keep the present.
Wingman: Heading off on a business trip abroad, and looking to hook up? Well do the legwork while sitting in your airplane seat with this app, with uses onboard wifi to connect you with likeminded singles on the same plane.
Good2Go: Nothing says romance at the end of a date like giving your paramour the gentle push to download an app to prove you didn’t sexually assault them. Good2Go is designed to work as a contract between consenting adults, and allows each sexual partner to declare their level of drunkenness before engaging in anything that might later raise questions.
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