Nicky and Lucas

 

Nicky and Lucas

Nicky is in her mid/late 30s and it took her a long time to meet someone, partly because she was so focused on school and work.

Nicky met Bela at a holiday party sometime around 2010 when she was in her 20s. Nicky was a colleague of Bela’s husband Andy at the time. She was a successful professional who didn't have a lot of relationship experience, and pursued dating as she would her work life.

Living in Chicago and Los Angeles in her 20s she was very focused on her career, traveled a lot, and took advantage of everything that city life had to offer. Trying different things like matchmaking, speed dating, How About We, and dating apps, but not having much dating success, she had an epiphany that was work related.

She said, "if I was doing something at work for 10 years and didn't get the results I wanted, I would really reevaluate and change my approach."

She enlisted some help from Smart Dating Academy at the age of 34. Some major lessons that she learned from working with SDA is that she needs to build a dating funnel and approach dating not like a business. She realized that she actually needs to get to know people and not just screen dates based on profiles. She spruced up her dating profile and really showed her facets which helped her get more interest, but also more qualified, good men contacting her.

One of these responses came from her now fiance Lucas. When they first met, he immediately felt home to Nicky and she felt very comfortable with him. They share the same humor and she knew that he would be a great husband and father. They were exclusive after 5 dates and it was an easy YES for both of them. When Covid hit they shifted to virtual dates and made it fun. Their relationship survived Covid and they knew that this was meant to be.

Lucas asked Nicky to marry her during a romantic proposal at home and they celebrated their engagement on a trip to the Amalfi Coast in Italy shortly after. They got married in LA.

Listen to Nicky’s love story here for some inspiration and delight!