I'm Patti Novak, and I'm a matchmaker. I've been matching hearts and bringing people together to help them find love ever since I can remember. Some people can draw, some people can sing, but I can read people. Give me half an hour with someone and I'll find out their background, their love history, and what their issues are, and before you know it I'll be thinking about who I can match them with. People always want to know how I make matches-- they want to know if I use computers or a twenty-page questionnaire, if I went to school to learn how to do it, or if there's a mathematical formula for it. I don't, I didn't, and there isn't. I match with my heart as much as with my brain because matchmaking isn't exact science, and neither is love. I ask a lot of questions, use my intuition, and most importantly, I listen. I believe that everyone deserves love, and if you're willing to do what it takes to get to your core and figure out who you are and why and to make some important changes, you will find it. In 2001, I opened my matchmaking company, Buffalo Niagara Introductions. A few years later, an article written about me and my business was published in the Buffalo News, and was spotted by a television producer in 2007. The A&E network ordered 13 episodes of "Confessions of a Matchmaker" which featured me, my business, and my methods in reality style format. The show received critical acclaim, and I inherited the title of "America's toughest matchmaker." In 2008/2009, I appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rachael Ray Show, and other programs including The Today Show, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, and various CNN programs. I began writing my book entitled Get Over Yourself: How to Get Real, Get Serious, and Get Ready to Find True Love, which was published by Random House in early 2009.

The Reason I Became A Helping Professional

I started making matches when I was ten because I didn't have boyfriends and I lived vicariously through all my pretty girlfriends, spending the time I wasn't dating solving their problems. In eighth grade, I was voted "Most likely to be the next Ann Landers." In high school, I fixed up my brother with my best friend, and they've been married now for more than 20 years. Helping people find love is not always easy. The love business is a tough business-- it's the only one in the world where the customer is almost never right, and it's my job to tell them that. If they're a 3 looking for a 10, if they're 100 pounds overweight, but tell me they don't want to date someone with curves, if they're 45 and dress like they're 25, I'm the one who has to tell them that their expectations are out of whack. But the main thing I tell them is that they have to get over themselves. Sometimes they have big things to get over-- a difficult childhood, a bad breakup, a messy divorce. Sometimes the things they need to get over are smaller, like that they're not a size 4, or they're balding. I'm always very honest about the fact that the way I've learned what I've learned is through living my life-- getting through the difficult and painful moments, the moments of sadness and loss and struggle-- and making it to the other side. One of the most important rules out there is that it takes tough love to find true love, and that is why I do what I do. I can help. I don't know everything about everything, but I do know this: If you take my advice about getting over your past, if you follow my rules about changing your present, if you let me put you through my interview process-- and if you learn a few commonsense tips-- you'll be ready for true love when you find it. And you will find it, sooner than you think.

Patti Novak

Additional Details

I am:

Married

Sexual orientation:

Heterosexual

Have children:

Yes

Patti Novak

Payment Options

Accepts Credit Cards:

Yes

Accepts Insurance:

No

Accepts Paypal:

No

Sliding Scale:

No

Fee Range:

Determined case-by-case, please inquire