Dating Through a Marriage Agency: Pros, Cons, and Risks

Finding your soulmate is the greatest happiness in the world. Alas, not everyone finds it quickly. People try to seek their love almost everywhere: in clubs and restaurants, in parks and social networks. However, these fleeting acquaintances don’t always move on to the stage of a serious relationship leading to a wedding.

Types of Marriage Agencies

According to the peculiarities of work, there are three main types of marriage agencies:

• Agencies where the client comes to the office to fill out the questionnaire. And to be entered into the database, they need to show their ID. Then the employees search for suitable partners in the database.
• Online agencies in the form of dating sites with profiles of people who want to get acquainted. As a rule, registration of them is paid. Serious agencies often verify the authenticity of the data specified in the bio by contacting the client by phone to remove the profile in case of false information.
• Marriage agencies that combine the two previous options. These are probably the most popular and effective agencies with the largest number of profiles in their database.

Besides, marriage agencies are local and international, the latter are aimed at finding a second half abroad.

Cons of Contacting a Marriage Agency

There are some nuances and risks that should be considered before contacting a marriage agency for help:

• Agencies may have a small client base, even if they state the opposite (especially when it comes to “young” organizations).
• The work of some unscrupulous agencies is that they post profiles of their clients on dating sites while receiving quite a lot of money from them.
• Data from agencies regarding a potential partner may not correspond to reality, since they aren’t checked, but are recorded only from the words of the client. Due to this, it is impossible to reliably find out the shortcomings of potential partners, the details of their personal life, or the “dark” sides of their past.
• There is a risk of stumbling upon a fraudster or swindler who is looking for easy money.
• When your family and friends will ask how you met your beloved one, you may be embarrassed.
• No one can guarantee an instant or even quick result, sometimes it takes a very long time to look for a suitable candidate for the role of the second half.

Marriage agencies organize meetings and parties where it is much easier to find a suitable partner than on the street. Here, you will get acquainted with the girl of your dreams, but it depends only on you whether these relationships will become the beginning of a happy life.