Matchmake Your Single Friends—Today!

“Thank goodness for busybody, matchmaking friends! We need more of them,” writes Larissa Phillips. (Mark Peterson/Corbis via Getty Images)
Dating isn’t working. Maybe it’s because it takes a village.
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“He’s an artist, he wears corduroys, and he’s really funny.”
These words changed the course of my life.
I was 26, had been single for a few years, and was quite sure I’d never find anyone right for me. I thought I was too eccentric and maybe a little bit broken. Plus, the dating landscape was bleak. It was 1996, and I had just moved to New York City. Hook…
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