It all started with a smile I sent her on the site...

I can still remember the feeling of butterflies in my stomach when I picked her up for that perfect first date...

”” Thus she went ahead and founded East Meets East.

The New York-based service that is currently active in six cities in the U. Rather than Tinder, Tokioka describes it as a matchmaking service.

He’s impossibly rich, and his lady-friend could model for a living, and possibly does. Because, you know, you just can’t find a decent dude in this city. Luisita Lopez Torregrosa, writing in Politics Daily, called the ratio of men to women “scarily in favor of men,” and advised ladies to “go West—San Diego, Dallas, and Seattle.

It’s where the boys are.” As Tamsen Fadal, relationship expert and the female member of “America’s only husband-wife matchmaking team” told us, “New York is like a candy store to men.

Mariko Tokioka knew exactly what she wanted to do after her previous company Quipper was acquired by Japanese giant Recruit. “In London, I wanted to meet someone who shared my culture and language, and could talk to my parents.

The best friend with whom I had zero sexual attraction. There were men who have dropped me on my head, literally and figuratively. At some point, I yelled at almost all of these men for not being “what I wanted,” and, as we all do, turned to my female friends for consolation and support.VKontakte translates roughly to "In Touch," but I was not there to make lasting friendships.I wanted to find and speak to some of the young women who have drawn foreign bachelors with the hopes of finding Eastern European wives to the site.The company is working on artificial intelligence to help make matches more relevant.East Meets East is free for women, but men who want to join are charged per month.At East Meet East, we believe you deserve the best of everything, including a well-matched partner.That’s why, we are committed to assisting Asian singles everywhere in their search for a lasting relationship.