Feb 14

This is a nice article on the internet dating services, mainly looking at Match.com.  The description of how people don't know and don't find their ideal partner until a computer gets involved reminded me of Gene Wolfe's 'Book of Days' short story for Valentine's Day. It is the story of a law suit by the wedding industry which was losing business as more and more people found true love and no one was following fashions in second, third, fourth and fifth weddings, against the programmer who set up the matchmaker program. Is widespread true love a threat to the economy?  Will people work as hard once wedded to an ideal partner? In a book of fairly dark stories, this one is remarkably sweet.