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It’s hard to find love, and for the affluent, it may be even harder. With the divorce rate hovering around 50%, and assets torn to shreds when marriages go sour, making the right partnership choice in the quest for true love, is a long-term investment worth a fortune for the affluent.
There are a number of dating services and online dating sites that are geared towards the single affluent person who is looking for love. One of the most cost effective options is online dating and there are several online dating sites focused on the affluent. One such site is Canada based www.millionairesforyou.com. Membership fees start at $9,995 which includes a meticulous screening process. Other sites include: www.millionairematch.com, www.sugerdaddie.com (which was featured on the Dr. Phil television show), and www.millionairedating.org.
In February of this year, a New York organization called Natural Selection held a speed dating event for the affluent, where 20-30 participants rotate through quick encounters with each other in a short period of time (3-8 minutes) to see if sparks fly. Tickets cost $500. Another option is a modern matchmaker like Janis Spindel, a polished, experienced, professional matchmaker for the affluent.Her website’s (www.janisspindelmatchmaker.com) motto is “Where people who wouldn’t be caught dead doing this meet others who wouldn’t do it if their lives depended on it.” Spindel, the author of Get Serious About Getting Married, has more than 760 marriages to her credit, 40 in the works and a database of more than 10,000 carefully screened, affluent and professional people at her fingertips.
There are several more traditional dating services like The Elite Society, an exclusive dating service based in South Florida, caters to the affluent. The yearly cost, $10,000, allows people to meet “quality marriage material” and does not include the society sponsored yacht outings, makeovers, or parties. There is also The Millionaires Club, based in Los Angeles with branches in New York and Miami. These services strive to weed out gold diggers and scam artists with rigorous pre-screening services and interviews. There is no such thing as the perfect woman or the perfect man, but your lovelorn and lonely clients may be using one of these services may help find the perfect match.
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High Net Worth Advisor Insights Newsletter April 2008
