Just a start on the finished product Meeting the One
It’s here, that time in your life to meet that special significant other, the one you intend to spend the rest of your life with. How do you know though if they are the one and is it going to be a fairytale? Not all of us are that lucky finding other, so we turn to the ever famous “date doctor” like on the comical movie Hitch, or internet dating, an interesting way to go down the road of love. A road many have traveled and been very successful, look at all the commercials you see on TV, all the couples that have met their soul mates. There are do’s and don’t though on that road, some that people should be aware of. Some believe in the fairytale and still believe romance is like in the movies, having the cliqued guy meets girl, guy sweeps girl off her feet , they have a fight, he begs for her forgives, they live happily ever after. Living in the suburbs, with two kids a mini van and golden retriever. Wake-up that’s why it’s a movie, those fairytale endings are planned. Only on very rare occasions do those things happen. Once you have come to that point guy or gal, we start planning, buying, and merging lives, a very complicated yet enjoyable time. First though the guy has to make the move, by proposing, one of the key moments in a girl’s life that she dreams of. A moment that takes skillful planning and timing, a moment that needs to be perfect. By now I’m sure you are panic stricken thinking the relationship you are in or aren’t in, no need to worry. I have compiled a few sources to help this time of your life, your road of travel we will say, a pleasurable experience.
So how do you know you, how are you certain that are the one you want to spend the rest of your life with? Well only you are able to decide that one, but come common factors might help you on the decision a little. First can you see your self with their family? When you marry a person you marry their family as well. Do you have common interest together? What are future family plans do they match? Financially do you all mesh well; many relationships can end ugly when it comes to money. Ambitions, do you all have a future that you both are willing to live, jobs can usually determine this. The major key points in life are the biggest things to consider in making a relationship last.
For those of you trying to find that special one in life, no need to worry, in this day of internet dating, and psychologist that can pretty much prescribe a drug for anything, your loved one isn’t to far away. Internet dating a craze that has become extremely popular, not just with the middle aged but the young. Websites like Eharmony.com and perfectmatch.com take personality profiles that you make, and can match you with others all over the world. Though the questions to make the profile can be timely, and repetitious, the outcome is very accurate. I made a profile for Eharmony.com for a made up person we’ll call her Katie. She was profiled as a successful, 25 year old. Katie is an editor of a magazine; she is a very outgoing, athletic, and ambitious young woman, who is seeking a man who was outgoing and romantic. About a week after filling out the profile Katie had gotten one match.
You may be thinking well that was easy, but as you can see anyone can get on a site, lie and say there are looking for someone. The fact is the whole internet dating in my opinion is another, 50/50 chance; you may get someone very sincere who has been totally honest, and then you may not. The important thing is for you, yourself to be honest. Don’t be afraid to say how you really feel or show who you are, that’s the only way the system will work. When I filled out Katie’s profile I answered a whole page of questions with all the same answer, and before it would let me move on to the next page, the site asked me if I was aware I answered with all the same answers, and if I was sure that’s the way I wanted to answer. It commented that for best results, you should be the most honest you could be about your self. The system realized I was cheating.
So what have we learned from this experience? Be honest, no matter your profile. Don’t get all excited thinking you are going to get tons of matches all at once. Even successful Katie wasn’t so successful in internet dating. Also, the commercials on TV portray, who this system is free, its not. Once you have been matched up with someone you are to contact them and being to communicate and go from there, what they don’t tell you though is you have to pay to get their contact information. So if you are willing to take the time and spend some of your hard earned money, and maybe be set up with someone who isn’t what they portrayed themselves as, this may be the road of choice for you.
Then there are psychologist, Dr. Phil’s, and even date doctor’s, yes there are actually Hitch’s out there. (Summary of Hitch article)
There are people out there really thinking prince charming is on his way on a white horse, to carry them off into the sunset. Reality check guys, things like that don’t happen, that’s why they are in the movies. Only do those things happen on very rare occasions. So I’m not saying they don’t, just very seldom. (summary of article on fairytales)
So say you have met that person and you are ready to make that next step, well before you start panicking, I interviewed some people in the their late teens, early twenties, and asked them what they thought about the whole commitment idea.(Interviews)

Reading magazines, like Martha Stewart Weddings, Elle, and Glamour, have futhered my research in learning the tricks of the trade on "Meeting the One". Martha Stewarts magazine gives some very helpful tips on ring shopping, and taking that next step in planning the wedding. Being pretty cheap for a wedding magazine priced at $6.oo, it's layed out very well, with its bold crisp pictures, following a color specturm of light blues and pinks gives it a girly feel. It starts with the beginning steps with picking out the engagement ring, and moves forward all the way to the reception. Glamour and Elle have all sorts of stories, I mainly focused on the relationship articles though. A few grabbed my attention, topics included: what truly nutso thing have you done for love? & Relationship reports: My worst dating mistake. The articles will beneifit my upcoming piece.

Meeting the One
I entered my blog telling the reader that they can hope you see posts on how to’s, and advice on find that special person in their lives that they are destined to be with. First I plan on telling or advising the readers of the do’s and don’ts of the internet match making. I plan on making an account on perfectmatch.com just to see how the system really words to share with the readers. Moving on I will explain and examine all the cliques of a relationship, comparing them to movie, like How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days. After going through the process I will tell them what to expect, and how to better and further their relationship with their soul mate that they have found. For the guys I plan on making a list and explaining them on the perfect proposal for any girl. Also the do’s and don’ts for proposals. The timing is supposed to be perfect, every girl dreams of this when they are little, getting married and being proposed to. No pressure guy’s but it has to be perfect.

Internet match making is all it’s cracked up to be? The fairytale, like in the movies, is it really possible? And do people like the date doctor, Hitch does a date doctor really exist?
a. Tell the fairytale, what one thinks the average girl and guy wants.
Interview student’s one guy and one girl: what they really want in their relationships.
b. Explain there is that perfect person out there but isn’t going to be like in the movies, because it’s a movie and those relationships are staged
c. Tell the story of my experience with perfectmatch.com
I. The do’s of internet dating
II. The don’ts of internet dating
III. Tips on internet dating to get a great outcome (maybe an interview from an online dating service) (setup multiple accounts on dating websites)
The movie fairytale, how rarely it appears in real life. There is prince charming out there, but they are going quick. Explain the movie How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, and the instances that can be compared or applied to real life relationships.
a. Find a story of a guy or girl amazing the other, and finding that rare but pure relationship that you know will last. (search the internet for example)
b. Tell girls how the fairytale can be achieved with a little work and determination.
c. Explain the movie and show how rarely those experiences do happen, and show that you can learn from the characters mistakes in movies.
Tips on improving the relationship you already have and deciding whether he or she is the one.
a. the do’s of dating/relationships
b. the don’ts of dating/relationships
c. important things to remember
I. dates
II. special moments

The all time best proposals, for guys, no matter who your soul mate is.
a. the top ten proposals (interview guy and girl on the ideal proposal)
b. things to watch out for, when proposing
I. ring shopping
II. timing/setting
c. the don’ts of proposing
Conclusion summing it all up
a. the ten things to remember about finding you soul mate

For the upcoming post, expect to see how to's. The topics covered will include: how to meet that one person out there that you are meant to be with, how to make a great proposal, do those online match makers real work, we are going to put them to the test, and how to know if you have met your soul mate already.