Write a story about a matchmaker.

Posted in Romance on Oct 30, 2019

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“Picking up Pennies” by Rudy Uribe

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“George,” Randy said, “I need your help. You and Janice are so happy together, and I want that for me. I’m tired of being a bachelor. I need advice from someone who knows how to find the perfect woman. Will you help me?” “Randy, one of the reason’s you’re still single is that you’re cheap. No woman wants to go out with a guy who has a coffee jar full of pennies. Quarters I can understand, but pennies?” &nbsp...

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“Before We Were "Us"” by Rachel Brophy

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“Grandma how did you meet Grandpa?” Glenna smiled before answering Conner who looked up at her with his big brown eyes filled with wonder and curiosity. “It was a very long time ago, and I was very young,” she began. Conner crawled into his Grandmother’s lap and nestled in to listen to her story. As she spoke he laid his head against her shoulder, and Glenna wondered from time to time if the warm little boy had fallen asleep only to have him ask, “Then what, Grandma? Then what?”“When I was a young girl of only 16 years old, my...

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“Papa v2.0” by HARINI SEKAR USHA

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At 57, I have had several nerve-wracking experiences, some personal and most others professional. But, this was new, rather unknown. Arun, my only son, looked nonchalant. He was setting up the conference room we were in, on the 85th floor with a backdrop of skyscrapers. What a view! I imagined my two-story office building with files and photographs everywhere overlooking a small tea shop. My wife Uma and I visit him every year from India. This has been our annual ritual since he moved to Toronto for college and settled here. This year, we kn...

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“The Matchmaker” by Nuha Syed

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The lineup in front of Madam Xie wasn’t anything special, just a few young women and men, eager for love, and a few older stragglers, anxious for it. Over the years, she had picked up a certain perceptiveness, the ability to read the ambitions in people’s eyes and the fears etched into the lines of their face. Looking on at this group, she concluded that the boy on the left was the oldest born; he was struggling under his parent’s unrelenting expectations, and he was only here in a sad attempt to appease them. To his left, a girl who had nev...

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“Rolf” by Sada Pearl

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The Blackburns are married. A job well done, I think, stirring honey into my morning cup of Earl Grey as I flip through their wedding photos. I've decided that I'm having a pleasant morning when a knock sounds on my kitchen door. It's odd - people normally knock at the front - but I brush the thought off and take my tea to the door. Perhaps another customer. I open the door.Perhaps not.On my stoop stands a peculiar-looking man. He blinks several times, opening and closing his mouth like a fish or a person who is struggling to speak. He seems...

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“"Godwinks, Friendship, Matchmaking, & more Godwinks"” by Mary Wood

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Last night as we drove the 30 mile trip to the funeral home to say goodbye to my dear friend Carlene - I was feeling rather blue, missing my friend and thinking of so many regrets, what if's and should have’s. I began to feel sorry for myself; wishing I could have said goodbye. Why did I wait so long? why didn’t I just rush to her side? Regretting not taking the time to visit and show how much I cared for her. I began to feel so far apart and distant— like in a dream, I was being carried away to another time and place. My eyes...

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“Melody” by Ash LaLiberte

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MelodyWelcome to Love Lagoon. My name is Sandy, I’ll be answering any questions you have on today’s tour. So, first off, I’m going to tell you the story of soulmates. I know, I know, you’ve all heard it before, so I’ll make it short. When we are born, each of us is given a melody. A simple tune. A song, if you will. The catch is, only one other person is given this melody. Our soulmate is the only other person who knows our song. Now, usually this makes it pretty difficult to find your soulmate, but here at Love Lagoon, we try our absolute h...

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“Devotion” by Jenna Melancon

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Ella walked into the shabby house where the plump, smiling woman from Together for Life had directed her. This was her last chance, she thought, trying to project more confidence than she felt. Mostly she felt despair, but she knew from past experience that most men weren’t attracted to such an emotion. She had tried Match.com, eHarmony, Plenty of Fish, Tinder, OKCupid…the list of sites, from free to very pricey, seemed endless. She had used Meetup.com and other group sites to find people with similar interests. She’d made some friends, had...

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“The unlucky match ” by Dani Santiago

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Life for a matchmaker isn’t easy. Your job is to make everybody else happy and not yourself. You find yourself with that internal loneliness at the end of the day when everybody goes home to a loved one. The satisfaction of making somebody else happy but the little bit of jealousy that comes from within. One day I was bored at the office reading a graphic novel when this gorgeous woman comes walking in. She walked down, and it was literally as if she was floating while she was walking. This beauty is Five-foot six and had a body ...

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“Bad matchmarker ” by Chintya Amorita Lestari

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Mia and Sissyl are two sister cousins has a different character, Mia is more indifferent and cheerful but sometimes he is Introvert in school, while Sissyl is more feminine and melancholy and cheerful in school, Mia and Sisil school in different schools, Mia tends to be quiet he is not many friends in his school, while Sissil in school he is very easy to play Sisil has a lot of friends at his school, male friends or female friends Mia and Sissil likes to exchange stories, and sometimes Sisil also introduces some of his close f...

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“The Duchess” by Anne Reynolds

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Had I paid more attention to the main stories I would have missed the obituary. Centred and low on the page, looking as if it wanted to hide but due to the paucity of words, drawing attention to itself.THE DUCHESSmirror lanedeceasedFive words to announce the passing of a phenomenon. My breath caught like an old tin box refusing to open and I thought of Mirror Lane. Door knobs which bowed and beckoned, hissed or hid, swayed and sang. Curtains which spontaneously alternated between closed modesty and full disclosure as if announcing and ending...

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“Diamonds in the sky” by Walt Landers

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Katie Sue Johnson had never gone more than a week without work. She was no longer as young as before, but was still slender, energetic, and had a warm friendliness in those big brown eyes of hers. Whenever she was on an interview for work, she was usually the first selected. So her recent company had sent notices to all the girls and managers that they were moving to Minnesota, just as soon as the finishing touches were complete on the new facility. Most of the people at the top were having the company pay for...

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Write a story about a matchmaker.

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✍️ 27 stories

“Picking up Pennies” by Rudy Uribe

“Before We Were "Us"” by Rachel Brophy

“Papa v2.0” by HARINI SEKAR USHA

“The Matchmaker” by Nuha Syed

“Rolf” by Sada Pearl

“"Godwinks, Friendship, Matchmaking, & more Godwinks"” by Mary Wood

“Melody” by Ash LaLiberte

“Devotion” by Jenna Melancon

“The unlucky match ” by Dani Santiago

“Bad matchmarker ” by Chintya Amorita Lestari

“The Duchess” by Anne Reynolds

“Diamonds in the sky” by Walt Landers

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