
“I set people up for a living just like my grandmother!” is how she describes herself in her Instagram bio. “My job is to take off rose-colored glasses and be like, ‘Hello, you’re confused,’” she said, “If you’re still in a situation-ship after three months, he’s wasting your time.”Īvgitidis describes her business - which derives its name from the Greek word for a selfless, spiritual love - as a decidedly old-school alternative to dating apps. (Instagram: 38, says she has set up more than 5,000 first dates through her matchmaking company, Agape Match, based in New York. Where did you get them?’”įLIRTIEST EMOJI: “You cannot properly communicate via text.” Maria Avgitidis, matchmaker

PICKUP LINE: “Compliment followed by question: ‘I love those glasses you’re wearing. I repeat, kill the dinner date idea!”ĭATING DO: “Make the person feel special.” “I have some advice for the gays,” White said in a recent Instagram reel. If you’ve been at work all day, you smell like work.” He also recommends active dates such as indoor rock climbing and ax throwing. “People say, ‘Oh, I smiled, and I was polite.’ Well, did you give the guy a compliment, tell him he smells nice? Did you touch him?” To make the best impression, “You want to smell fresh. “I give feedback on how they show up,” he said. His services include mock dates, with White as a stand-in. (Instagram: a 42-year-old Atlanta-based matchmaker and relationships counselor for gay and bisexual men, is founder of Better Way to Meet, a nationwide database of more than 5,000 bachelors. It’s flirty because the person on the other end never knows what it means.” Lamont White, dating coach, couples counselor PICKUP LINE: “Go up to someone at a bookstore and ask if they know where a certain series is.”įLIRTIEST EMOJI: “Upside-down smiley.

Sometimes getting what we want doesn’t come naturally.”ĭATING DON’T: “Put all your eggs in one basket.”

But what was more surprising was when I followed it up with ‘How to Give a Good Hug.’ That video went insanely viral.”ĭATING DO: “Equip yourself with an arsenal of tools. “I made a video, ‘How to Give a Good Kiss.’ That one did really well. “When I started on TikTok, I thought maybe people still want to know how to kiss,” Moffit said.

Now, she merges her performance skills with clinical research for her 1.8 million followers on TikTok, where she posts videos such as “4 Psychological Hacks to Seem More Attractive.” (TikTok: earning her doctoral degree in psychology, Moffit, 40, was a member of Untamed, an all-girl teen-pop trio based in Toronto.
