When things get desperate, what should you do? Throw down your weapons and say that's it? Or should you try to find other solutions to meet the person that will become your companion for life? If you give up, you will end up living your life with a big void inside it.

Matchmaking consists of getting people together for the purpose of marriage. This usually implies someone to do the matchmaking, an intermediary, a third party that brings people together and brings them happiness and fulfillment because they find the person they are searching for.

Matchmaking is a rare practice among people these days. In past times, a matchmaker was found in most communities and everyone sought their council when it came to uniting two people. If parents would give their consent, it was very difficult for the children to have anything to object. These days, we live in a free society and we get to choose who we marry no matter what everyone else has to say, at least in most cases.

If matchmakers are a rare breed, that doesn't mean that matchmaking is no longer practiced. These days we have access to all kinds of information with the widely available internet. And all kinds of websites are emerging with the purpose of getting people together for a potential marriage.

These things contain matrimonials. These are personal ads that can be posted on such websites for other people to view information about you. Based on those criteria, future companions decide whether you are what they are looking for or not.

Matrimonials contain all sorts of information about you. The most common information that needs to be introduced is your physical features, like height, weight, the color of your eyes and hair. Other things may consist of marital status, if you have any children, if you smoke or drink and when, and lots of other relevant information that will help others get an idea about who you are.

Some of the most relevant information in matrimonials can be found in dedicated sections. For instance, some websites have sections regarding you hobbies, what do you do in your free time, or what kind of behavior you have at parties and so on.

However there is a major problem with matrimonials. While we get to see all kinds of interesting things regarding potential candidates, all the information is presented according to what they want you to see. Some of those things may be a little untrue, just to stir things up a bit.

The problem presented afore is starting to be a little rarer these days. It is still something that emerges on online dating websites. For the ones that play a true matchmaking role, this problem is starting to disappear because only serious people post their matrimonials there, people that have reached a certain level of success in any other field but love.