Brian Ang is interviewed by Toni Seidel at the Spokane Christian Singles Speed Dating at Cafe Donna in Spokane.

There's no upside to setting people up. At best, you're stuck writing a speech for a wedding; at worst, you find out your friends cry during sex. When I found out you could get paid to set people up, however, I got a lot more interested. I asked Barbie Adler, CEO of Selective Search, to let me spend a day setting up men who pay her a minimum of $20,000 a year to set them up on dates with women who want to be set up with men who pay $20,000 a year to be set up on dates. This was the kind of love I could deliver.

I got to Barbie's office in Chicago, where I was the only man employed. All the women who interview her clients were attractive and had posters and sculptures about love in their office. This was not the tone I was going to set with my clients. Joel Stein, Time.com  Read more.

Fun read. Have you ever been set up on a date? How'd it turn out?
H/T Beth B.

  

It’s been nice having our oldest son at home for the holiday. He’s part of an urban ministry program at a local church and travels quite a bit.

For the past few years, he’s gotten up early on Black Friday to shop with his girlfriend (or friend depending on the status of their relationship.) They’ve known each other since birth and have dated off and on throughout high school.

Last night my son said, “I’m not going shopping with Caryssa, tomorrow.” They’d broken up over the summer and she has a new boyfriend. However, I was suprised because no matter the state of their romance they’ve always been friends and they have a lot of little traditions like this that they keep no matter what. But my son said, “It’s not good for me to be with her right now. I miss her too much and it just makes me sad, so when she called I said, ‘Not this year.’

I’m proud of him, But I wonder… Is it possible to be “just friends” with someone you’ve been in love with? I wonder….

Item: Lake City High observes National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Week/Maureen Dolan, CDA Press

More Info: At LCHS and elsewhere, high school students are working with the Idaho Teen Dating Violence Awareness & Prevention Project, a partnership of the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center, the Idaho Department of Education and other allied organizations. The group has developed an education and prevention strategy to eliminate the prevalence and cultural acceptance of teen dating violence in Idaho.

Question: When did you start dating?