The Matchmaker Martini

By: Marjie Martini

It always amazes me how I can get sucked into things. It was on a raining Sunday afternoon that I was seduced into society’s latest trend. Thankfully, I was also introduced to the Matchmaker martini. The trend, well to each their own, but one thing is for certain if you are going to get enticed into anything then you want it to be the Matchmaker martini.

A few Sundays ago, my girlfriend came over and in an attempt to battle the rainy blues we went crawling through the depths of my liquor cabinet. The quest, to come up with a martini that was unique and the ingredients all had to be on the premises. As we were too lazy to go out in the miserable weather. Well, we hit gold. In the darkest corner of my liquor shelf, covered in dust I found a bottle of Sake. In the back of my fridge my girlfriend located pink grapefruit juice and fresh basil. When you add these ingredients together with some orange vodka, the flavor is refreshing and uplifting. The Sake gives this martini a tantalizing tang and that is totally different. It can take any rainy day and turn into the sunniest day of summer. This was the afternoon of the Matchmaker martini.

After we had created and consumed a few martinis I was introduced to the world of online dating. My girlfriend confessed that she had signed up on Match.com. Wow, I was shocked! Why did my hot girlfriend need to date online? Wasn’t this something that you only did only when you were desperate? She stated, that she was just expanding her options, she was sick of meeting men who wasted her time and was tired of dating a guy for a few weeks and then realizing that he was an idiot. I was intrigued; she was the third person in the past week who had told me they had taken the plunge into online dating. Well the next thing I knew we where online and cruising the hot guys. It was hilarious, the pictures and the bio’s. You could tell if a guy had written his own bio or had a girl write it for him. It was endless; I was amazed at how many people where on this service. My girlfriend was totally into it, she had received lots of winks (which indicate someone thinks you’re cute), some potential emails and she had already had two promising dates. The other people I had spoken with seemed equally as excited, one lady commented that it was like shoe shopping but for a partner; you can pick what you like, try it on and if it doesn’t fit then get a refund and try someone else.

“There are always more men, they are endless” she stated.

I am not sure if it was the consumption of Sake in my martini but before I knew it my girlfriend had signed me up and posted my profile with pictures. I was completely unprepared for what happened next.

The next morning I awoke to a beautiful sunny day. The rain was gone and with it the events of the previous afternoon. However, when I opened my email it all came flooding back. Aargh! I was on Match! My inbox was full; I had winks from men who saw me online, emails from men in other countries and an email from Match with 26 pages of potential matches for me: over 400 men! I was in shock! Before I realized two hours had past as I sat reading about my potential partners. It all seemed so weird. I was judging and forming opinions of men by a picture and profile, without ever having met them. I felt horrible saying that I was not interested to guys that had winked at me. I realized that being on Match could be incredibly hard on your self-esteem. Not to mention addictive and time consuming. It was interesting how many people where online everyday checking their portfolio. Was this actually a healthy way of meeting people or was it just a fad? What about the men that were online all the time; dating and sleeping with multiple women? Was this the new way of getting laid? Or was online dating the last chance for love?

It was an interested concept; online dating. I could see how it could work for a lot of people. It was a great way to meet people in a new city who share similar interests. For people that had been out of the single scene for along time, it was an easy way to get back in. But, something just did not resonate with me. As I closed down my portfolio; I wondered if online dating had become a cop out for the old fashion way of meeting someone. Was romance dead? Had we all become so jaded about dating that we were to scared just to ask a person out without seeing their credentials? What about the chemistry and spark when you meet that special person, how can you tell if you click with someone over a computer? What happened to taking a chance and asking the girl out in the grocery store or enrolling in a new sport/hobby to enrich your life and meet a new social group? Or was it that we have all become so busy that online dating is just the faster way of finding a partner? Has online dating become our destiny?

Conclusion:

The Matchmaker martini is a combination that will open you up to a whole new world of possibilities. The blend of Sake, Orange Vodka, grapefruit and basil make this martini so different that you cannot resist the urge to try it. This martini is not for everyone, it is kind of like online dating. Posting yourself online for a partner can stretch your boundaries and opens you up to the exciting possibility that you might meet the love of your life. It also brings out rejection and the potential of meeting every weirdo or desperate person searching for their last chance at love. When you taste the Matchmaker martini or you try online dating you will intuitively know whether it is right for you, if it does not feel right then you know it is not meant for you. Regardless of how you put yourself out there in order to meet someone, you open yourself to a world of possibilities some good, some bad. But remember to have faith because what ever way you do it, when you are meant to meet that special someone, YOU WILL! That is destiny!

Intuitive Thoughts By Marjie Martini

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