DAT I N G C O N N E C T I O N S
IT'S JUST LUNCH CLIENTS
RICK SWANSON Technology Partner EDUC: MS, VA Tech INTERESTS: Cooking, travel, tech
KRISTINA KERN Founder, Stella*s PopKern EDUC: BBA, UKY INTERESTS: Travel, skiing, food
DATING. UNPLUGGED!
CLICK, TAP, SWIPE, REPEAT. IT’S ALL SO… IMPERSONAL. ONLINE DATING WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE FINDING SOMEONE EASIER, SO WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE SUCH A CHORE? With a career that took up a lot of
Today, Rick credits It’s Just Lunch
research and found it to be the right
his time and energy, online dat-
with introducing him to the love of
“match” for me.
ing had begun to feel like Rick
his life, Kristina.
Swanson’s second job. He spent hours filtering through online dating profiles and arranged multiple dates on his own—but time after time, the spark just wasn’t there. There had to be a better way. That’s when Rick saw an ad for It’s Just Lunch (IJL) in an airline magazine and decided to give matchmaking a try.
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Life before It’s Just Lunch?
What was working with a matchmaker like?
Kristina: My dating life was to-
Rick: The interview process was
tally scattered and unfulfilling. I had just started Stella*s PopKern and, as a single mother, I just found the whole online dating thing completely
unmanageable
and
daunting. I wanted someone who knew me to “fix me up” and when a friend suggested IJL, I did some
really valuable. Sandra, my matchmaker, was genuinely interested in learning about me. She really wanted to understand what I was looking for in a woman, what I found attractive, what I found interesting, what intrigued me. We talked about my work, my outside interests, etc.
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