Ahlin

“Intuition is a big part of determining long-term compatibility,” Ahlin told me.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

While the Winkler clients fill out personality profiles similar to the ones found online, the difference, Ahlin believes, is the hour-and-a-half interview.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

“We go for people who have a heart, are good listeners, are empathetic, and who just have a feel for matching people for the long term,” Ahlin told me.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

Ahlin and her matchmakers use feedback forms like those on Chemistry. com to learn how a match went after two clients have met in person.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

Like Helen Fisher and Pepper Schwartz, Annie Ahlin believes that similarity and complementarity are situational models.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

“Intuition is a big part of determining long-term compatibility,” Ahlin told me.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

But whereas the Chemistry. com people classify this step as part of their scientific research, Ahlin says simply,

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

Often when Ahlin talks about intuition, she describes the same principles that the scientists I spoke with use in their empirically based matching systems.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

Besides, Ahlin admitted, other variables may play a role in the high number of pairings.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006

While the Winkler clients fill out personality profiles similar to the ones found online, the difference, Ahlin believes, is the hour-and-a-half interview.

How Do I Love Thee? 2006