Is My Picker Broken?

How can you know if “your type” is the right type for you? Is your picker right on target, or might your picker actually be way off, indeed broken?

Woman holding roses smiling at man with guitar, DailyDater dating advice quote about choosing the right partner type Are you sabotaging your love life by setting yourself up for failure, targeting the wrong type of guy over and over and over again?

Let’s wrestle with this together.

Especially with regard to looks, attraction and the whole “chemistry” conundrum, let’s look closely at your picker. As a matchmaker, I see lots of women falling into the Broken Picker trap.

Women are dating more like men today than ever before. Why? Because if you’re dating today, you’ve grown up surrounded by media – a never ending stream of photos of beautiful people on magazine covers, billboards and on online dating profiles. This perpetual stream of images gives us the illusion that there’s plenty. We’re barraged with lots and lots and lots of photos of beautiful, seemingly perfect people. But they’re not really.

Julie Ferman, Professional Matchmaker
Written by Julie Ferman

Professional Matchmaker & Dating Coach since 1990 with 1,400+ Success Story Couples and four iDate Best Matchmaker Awards. Featured on Dr. Phil, GMA, The Today Show, WSJ, NYT, and LA Times. Host of the Cupid’s Coach Podcast — ranked top 5% globally.