DateLance.com

In the hunt to find that perfect person, this option may seem a little extreme (not to mention a little expensive) but when money is not a consideration, you might just want to take a leaf out of Team DateLance’s book. You may wish to line up a billboard and a web site.

Recently in the States, a group of friends and co-workers have gotten together in an effort to see a ‘great guy’ married and settled. Lance Archibald, the 31-year-old Director of Marketing at Logoworks is (as far as his friends are concerned) both attractive and personable. He plays sport, has an MBA, is into kids and Team DateLance can’t understand why some lucky woman hasn’t already snapped him up. They have therefore decided to speed the process up a bit by advertising on the interstate and the Internet and forming a screening panel to review the applications that have since been flooding in.

The team itself is made up of eight people, all employees of Logoworks, from the CEO to the graphic designers. Each of the members (and Lance himself) review the submissions which include the applicant’s idea of the perfect date and a paragraph on why they should date Lance as well as things like name, age, a picture and occupation. Applicants are guaranteed neither a date nor a phone call (and there is a lovely disclaimer that says you may not use DateLance if you do not have a sense of humour and that if you do get a date, a number of things are not ensured, such as any future children becoming honour roll students) but if Lance is impressed or the team do an excellent job of talking someone up, then something may go from there.

So are they serious? Apparently yes. The team admits that they thought the idea would be funny, perhaps even more so because Lance was by no means desperate, but this is an honest endeavour and his friends want him to be happy. Lance, who was not initially in on the planning for this scheme, has also proven to be a good sport about the whole thing. He first found out about it when he was driven by the billboard about thirty minutes after it went up but has seemed to take it all in his stride (and not retaliated at all). He really is an all round great guy.

And whats not to like? The guy obviously has loyal friends and family. He’s smart, good looking, fit and he can take a joke. Lance has stated that although he’d like to get married, he is happy at present and not overly concerned about marriage right now but that just provides a challenge doesn’t it? He is, so to speak, up for grabs at the moment and with his credentials, why not give it a go? He does live in Utah but as we have oft been told, love truly knows no boundaries. Right?