Still time to find Mr Right

Mar 29 2007 by Kate Nelson, Liverpool Daily Post

Is it really so hard to find love after 30? Kate Nelson finds out

She hit upon the idea several years ago, after spying a gap in the market for professional women who were in need of help to find a partner.

She admits that it can be hard for women to pluck up the ardour to find a man when other aspects of their lives are so hectic.

She says: “I was living in London, my career was flying, and I had a great circle of friends but my love life was a series of car crashes.

“I decided to do some real soul searching. I analysed the choices I was making and made some big changes.

“After that, my love life picked up dramatically and I thought it’d be a shame not to share my experiences.”

The dating industry is exploding at a phenomenal rate these days.

The stigma that was once attached to it has gone, and people are no longer ashamed to admit they use alternative ways to find a partner.

Events such as those run by Adele are just another way of women streamlining their lives and using their time and energy efficiently. It’s also fun.

“Our typical clients are well educated, with a successful career but a wonky love life. These women aren’t desperate, they’ve just begun to focus on what they really want, which is positive,” Adele says.

Adele’s next two workshops – How to Find a Husband After 30 (April 5) and How to Meet and Marry the Man of your Dreams (May 3) challenge the beliefs of women who think it’s too late to find a partner.

She also focuses on specific challenges that face the over 30 dater – whether a prospective partner has children, for example, and how to handle that diplomatically.

She says: “I look at the choices these women have made to get to where they are now.

“We talk about what they really want and then we set about implementing a plan on how to get it.

“It’s all quite simple really.”

• ADELE’S classes begin with a glass of Malmaison wine and last two hours. It costs £60, or £100 for two. For further info, contact Adam Bell on 0151 229 5020 or see www.datecoacher.co.uk