If you are single, you may have heard some of the standard blah-blah-blah suggestions about how to meet that special someone—dating apps and websites to use, singles meetups like speed dating to attend, matchmakers to call. That's all well and good if you actually enjoy doing such things. However, if such suggestions elicit sighs, groans, nausea, or even excessive itching from your inner self, then maybe they just aren't right for you.

After all, no single method works for all singles, especially when it feels like a lot of work. And the single last thing you want is to waste a lot of money, effort, and, most important, time doing something painful yet........

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