{"id":403,"date":"2022-10-29T13:17:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T13:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valdonjohnson.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2022-10-30T21:02:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T21:02:42","slug":"how-it-all-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valdonjohnson.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/29\/how-it-all-started\/","title":{"rendered":"How it all started."},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-BJW6k_o9Vj tatsu-section  tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"90px 0px 90px 0px\"}' data-padding-top='90px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-rkg6kuoqEi\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-bg-overlay tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-S16kOsq4i\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-SJGl_o54j   \" ><style>.tatsu-SJGl_o54j .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tatsu-SJGl_o54j .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;}}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p>Twenty years ago, when I was in my 30&#8217;s, I wanted to get married. I knew what I wanted in a wife, and I knew what I needed in a life-long partner. I had done the work. I was frustrated that it seemed like I couldn&#8217;t find my type of woman anywhere! I was still relatively new to North Carolina (2005), so I didn&#8217;t know many people in the area.<\/p>\n<p>I was 31yo when I first entered the six-figure-income class. I owned two homes, one here in Raleigh and another back in Atlanta. I met the height threshold of 6&#8242; tall that most women say they require. I had no babies or baby-mama-drama. I had never been married before. I drove a nice car. I had a cool motorcycle. I was in Church every week. I was not the ugliest man on the block. And, although I was introverted by nature, I had no shortage of confidence. In my opinion, I was they guy many women were looking for. I looked terrific on paper!<\/p>\n<p>I knew other men like me were out there in the world, and I set out to find them. I figured if I could stack a crowd of quality men together, the quality women would flock like seagulls to a box of crackers. This is when I first got interested in matchmaking.<\/p>\n<p>I set out to find some quality men. A big problem, I knew how to connect with women, but I had NO idea how to connect with men! As a man, walking up to other men and asking, &#8220;Hey, are you single?&#8221; was a bad idea, a VERY bad idea!<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the matchmaking bug hit me. I figured if I worked really hard at helping others find each other, it would expose me to more quality women, and I would get lucky and find my person too. 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