MYSELF MAGAZINE 2008-10- The most successful German-American Dating agency 2008.10.01

Myself, issue Oktober 2008 Original by Andrea Tapper, free translation from the German original

Where is John?

 

This women had the perfect business idea: She matches American and German singles.

 

Is she German or American? Erika Frank is cosmopolitan and has gained experience in how life and love works - both in New York City and Berlin. She found the perfect niche in the partner agency business. She successfully matches intellectual and attractive German and American singles - mostly German women with American men. However, somethimes it is the other way around; as in the case of a Japanese-American artist who found her match with the help of Frank in the head of a Munich media company.

 

Well, what is it that German women like about American men? It is their way of flirting which is more spontaneous, generous and flexible. Erika Frank says that their flirting is more efficient. As a matter of fact, the American man really goes for it and is faster to decide on a women. This goes down well with German women. Common to all clients of Erika Frank is their mobility. Whether German lawyers, doctors, secretaries, nurses or American business men, bankers or artists, all share the opinion that it does not matter whether the partner lives in a different country. The only thing that really matters is to find the right one.

 

Matching men and women is not new business. Even the great grandmother might have met great grandfather because of a lucky suggestion of a friend. The difference to todays´s way of matching is that openess which singles share when appyling to matching agencies. This openess proves to be advantageous in the search of the right partner. Exemplary is the case of a 60 year old female client of Erika Frank who has not had a date in six years and is happy for the new impulses and the reassurance that she receives now.

 

Experienced not only in the life of both metropolitan cities but also in love, Erika Frank has had a relationship with an American and by that way got to know what Americans appreciate in German women. Many American men have German ancestors and esteem us for our openmindedness and sincerity, Erika Frank says. However, an exclusive homemaker is not what Americans look for. These times are gone.

 

The partner agency www.erika-frank.com is the opposite of speed dating. It is class that is more important than the amount of dating partners, because quality matters more than quantity. Every client is checked for his or her interests, expectations and qualities. Frank chooses the partner proposals and if both share an interest for each other, their data will be exchanged so a date can take place.

 

Beside the exclusive partner agency, Erika Frank opened an online-dating service with more than a thousand members on both sides of the Atlantic ocean. On www.firstmatchmaker.com a membership starts at 29 € ($ 39) a month and members can freely browse the data base to look through the profiles to find their matches on their own. However, Erika Frank advises especially women to take care not to e-mail endlessly with one candidate but to be courageous and get up and meet him in person. This is the only way to find out the perfect match as words in e-mails and pictures may lie but not the look of the eyes. And the most important fact when meeting for the first time is to keep cool, talk with another and most of all not to expect too much. Sometimes the spark of love only gets across at the second or tird meeting and patience is important. “And patience is more with German than American women.”