The One?

My best friend is single and looking, and after last night’s date, she said that this guy might be a keeper. She raved over how he was great looking, smart, sweet, opens doors, is serious when you’re supposed to be and silly when you’re not. He’s active, loves his family, and he’s charitable. Yes, charitable. She actually said that. That was never on my list. Every girl has a list, right? The list that changes over the years. The one you write, write in your head, toss, rewrite, and keep in your back pocket. I know you’ve got one. Still searching, she a matchmaker lady told her that her list was too long. She knew it. She would throw out witty and trade it for silly. He didn’t have to be book smart if he was smart-smart. But, to her surprise, the matchmaking lady only let her have two things on the list. Since she was definitely keeping chemistry, she only got one more… and the matchmaker said it was Charity. She gave her chemistry and charity. Charity? Seriously?

She said that if he’s the guy you want to kiss and he donates money to charity, does a charity run, does online fundraising, anything for charity, then everything else on all those lists will definitely be there. Here’s what the matchmaker lady said… If he’s giving money to charity, he probably has a stable job. If he supports his favorite nonprofit, does marathon fundraising, or does online fundraising for psoriasis because his sister has it, then he definitely loves his family. It means he’s sweet. He’s got something meaningful to say over dinner. He’s interested in something bigger than himself.

Now this girl gives money to charity every year. She’s done her own
online fundraising too. She’s even thinking about running a half marathon and turning it up and doing online fundraising for her run and her favorite cause. She cares about charity. She cares about people who do charity walks, charity runs, online fundraising, and she supports them when she can. But is the matchmaker right? If she gets a list of two, is this making the cut? And, does she have do more online fundraising to make the sparks fly?