Work-Love Balance?

I do think that my workload is extremely heavy. And people around me seem to think that I'm happy when there's more work given to me. I know my boss seems to think so. In fact, he told an ex-colleague that I am more excited than ever with more work. Haha!

Lately, a couple of folks had came up to me and reminded me not to stay in the office so much. Their common question being how would I be able to find a date if I stay in the office late every night.

That brings to mind a couple of interesting encounters I had...

In a recent Search Engine Marketing seminar I attended, a partner of Lunch Actually was giving a talk. She mentioned she was once a management associate at a bank. She noticed that her colleagues were mostly single, but they were all very attractive and capable. They were working so hard and were all "married" to the bank (sounds familiar to me). That was how she went on to start Lunch Actually, a dating agency for professionals.

A few weeks ago, over a round of beer, I found out that a colleague of mine met his current wife over an online match-making portal. I was so surprised and amazed by his success story. He's now a proud father of one baby boy.

So, why do attractive and capable singles resort to a third party to get a match? Some even forking out S$800 - 1,600 for these services. I gave some thought about the possible reasons. I guess we're all too busy with work. Face it! Most of us spend more time infront of a computer than hanging out in the real world (at least for me). Some of us, perhaps, had too many failed attempts, so we'd like to get the computer system to arrange for a close match to their criteria, instead of wasting our time searching for one.

There are many more reasons that I thought of. But the ultimate question is, will I ever engage a dating agency's service?

At this stage, the answer is no. I don't think I need help in that area yet. Plus, I'm a huge romantic. I am! I am! I want that wonderful love story to tell my grandchildren in future. Finding a partner is not clinical nor functional in my perspective.