Auteur/autrice : Simantov International

I’ve always been kind of a nerd and was never very successful with girls.  Not that I am bad looking or anything, but I guess my focus was always more on computers than on people and my passion -which I managed to turn into a profession- was not very conducive to interacting with people.  In…

I come from a very religious family and, as is the custom in our community, I got married very young to someone I didn’t know very well.  Not too surprisingly, that marriage didn’t work out and we ended up getting divorced after only a year.  During that year, I had time to reflect on my…

Joining Simantov was not my idea; it was my mother’s idea.  I had just finished law school, was working hard at my first job, and although I wanted to find a boyfriend, I didn’t feel intense pressure to start dating seriously.  I had just gotten out of a pretty bad experience with a boyfriend with…

I always thought of myself as a loner.  I have a very busy practice, which doesn’t leave me much time for myself, and I am an avid reader on top of that, so I never really felt the need for companionship until a few years ago.  When I finally woke up and realized life would…

Joining Simantov was a big step for me.  I am an artist, I like to think of myself as more rebellious than traditional and the whole idea of going through a matchmaker to find my soulmate  was very unappealing to me.  Just thinking about the matchmaker conjured up images of old yentes and disheveled bachelors:…

I came to Simantov a few years ago after experiencing one too many unhappy love stories and many more dating fiascos.  I had a very busy professional life and not much time to waste on hopeless dates.  I wanted to meet a woman with whom I could relate on every level: educated, attractive, open minded;…