By Krissy Dolor
Ever compared navigating the dating scene to science problem? After all, there must be a secret formula to get boy + girl = love. Well, after dating without solving her equation for years, Rachel Machacek took matters into her own hand and gave herself one year to try different methods of dating, hoping to find the right guy. Lucky for us, she put her findings into a book: The Science of Single: One Woman’s Grand Experiment in Modern Dating, Creating Chemistry and Finding Love. In her debut novel, Machacek shares the triumphs and failures of her various methodological steps, including online sites, matchmakers, singles events, self-help books and the good old-fashioned blind date. While the ultimate goal was to find chemistry with that special someone, this journalist found something much more important – herself.
We spoke with Machecek via email about her book. Here’s what she had to say:
