A Cupid Stunt

I was recently asked by a local magazine to interview Sheila Blige, who has made a huge success of her dating agency ‘Better Date Than Never’. What an astonishing woman, here are just a couple of snippets of what she had to say;

"One thing you do have to keep in mind is that, as an agent, you are employed by the client. We work for them, so if they want to throw in the odd porkie pie then there’s very little we can do other than try to persuade them to stay as close to the truth as possible. I mean take Doreen; a very beautiful and intelligent woman in many ways, but she would insist on putting her age down as ‘30s’. Well, she would never really get a chance to dazzle her dates with her charm and wit, not to mention the fact that she was Sheffield Businesswoman of the Month March 1997, ‘cause they’d take one look at her size twelve crow’s feet and corned beef cleavage, and be out of the door before you could say ‘liver spots’. Poor old Doreen, no amount of Oil of Ulay’s gonna bring back her 30’s."

"And then there are those who take the direct route, and for whom honesty is an absolute…I give you Karen, who under ‘Distinguishing Attributes’ put “Fanny like a wizard’s sleeve” and “no gag reflex”. Say what you want, but she’s not short of dates."