If you’ve seen the recent rom-com Materialists, you probably laughed, gasped, and maybe even screamed “Girl, no!” at your screen more than once. Set in the sparkly trenches of New York’s elite dating scene, the movie gives us a peek into the world of high-end matchmaking—complete with six-figure price tags, staged rooftop meet-cutes, and people getting emotionally ghosted after paying for it.

So let’s just get real for a sec: Do you really need a matchmaking service to find love or even a decent brunch date?

Short answer: Absolutely not.

Let’s break it down.
Matchmakers:

• Cost more than a used car.

• Give you a limited number of handpicked (read: filtered-to-death) options.

• Are basically the human version of “let me talk to the manager” energy.

Meanwhile, casual online dating:

• Costs less than your favorite coffee order.

• Gives you access to a sea of singles who are looking for anything from flirty fun to something more serious—no judgment, no pressure.

• Lets you filter your own matches without someone named Meredith charging you $15K to tell you you’re “too picky.”

Sure, matchmaking might look fancy in the movies, but real-life connections are built over laughs, texts, spicy selfies, and maybe a little late-night oversharing—not from a curated binder full of “eligible candidates.” We don’t want resumes. We want chemistry.

So skip the matchmakers and join a community where people are real, fun, and actually online.

Ditch the drama, keep the dates. Join OBC today. Your next connection could be one message away—no staged meet-cutes required.