Matchmaking Scam and Happy Birthday Marilyn

The Guardian has this really fascinating story about a professional matchmaker (Orly Hadida) getting successfully sued by one of her clients (Anne Majerik) who paid her $125,000.00 to introduce her to affluent and sophisticated men, and more specifically Anne says she was promised "a cultured gentleman" and his "estate of up to $20 million." The Los Angeles jury found that Orly hadn't deliver as promised and awarded Anne $2.1 million! Wow! The website azcentral.com has some more details.

Anne Majerik claims she got a few introductions to "inappropriate men", such as the "international banker" who turned out to be a bank interpreter. Orly (visit her website) claims "The lady is a serial matchmaker suer" and had given "enthusiastic feedback about nearly every man to whom Orly had introduced her."

Whatever...

The Guardian article tells of a few of the lawsuits in the online dating industry, including those against Match.com and Yahoo! Personals. It also quotes a dating industry watcher who says that paying $100,000.00 or more for someone to find you a man isn't wise (duh!) and that billionaires aren't really looking for women! haha! I know, I'm getting near penniless (damn that gasoline!) and I'm looking. But mostly I end up spending time by myself with imaginary dates! Tonight's might have Marilyn Monroe in it, it's her birthday today, if you didn't know. Or maybe I should say Norma Jean... Happy Birthday doll!