Nothing happened for a moment after I pressed the button. I hadn’t moved a muscle, my hand still holding down the button. It was a big button, round and bright blue. They both were. The only difference? Raised lettering, one saying ‘open’ the other ‘closed’. I could feel the letters pressing into my palm, they were bound to leave an impression for a few minutes.

I didn’t really know what to expect. No-one felt like they could describe the sensation very well. But if anything I thought it would feel like a door had just opened in my mind. I had chosen to open the link. Of course, I had. It worked out well for my parents so I had rather high hopes for it. Who wouldn’t want to find out the person they were best matched to?

It didn’t just fee...

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