Allie tries to portray Blaine's matchmaking as an innocuous form of set-ups, akin to a girl introducing a good guy friend to one of her female friends, "hey my friend john just moved to NYC; he's fantastic, and i think you guys might hit it off."

The dynamic with Blaine is fundamentally different:

-The women do not pay for Blaine's service while men pay an exorbitant fee

-The women know that the men are paying a lot and also know that the men are rich

-Blaine spends her time going on calls with these girls to convince them to go on a date with her male clients. This is mainly because these men are not attractive & had to turn to Blaine because they struck out IRL & on the apps

-Blaine's fee structure, as stipulated on the legal contract (true for other matchmakers), is based on a certain # of first dates over a given time period. As long as these girls go on a first date with the guy, Blaine has done her job, regardless of the actual result or outcome

-There is no refund of any kind for the male client; he also has to pay the entire amount upfront

What this means is that the entire foundation of Blaine's matchmaking operation is a purely transactional one, as it sets up beautiful women with rich men they're not attracted to, in order to secure her fees while the women have the potential upside of locking down a rich man. Meanwhile, the men are mistakenly led to believe that Blaine's service is actually about finding them a genuine long-term partner (LOL) when in reality, the male clients are just suckers used to fund Blaine & her girls.

Blaine & other matchmakers are thus unique businesses because their structure favors the NON PAYING women at the expense of actual PAYING clients. This is a perverse distortion of what a business should be; the matchmakers know this but have been able to get away with it.

Westside L.A. Guy

February 23, 2026

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