Joint Maker Marriage Bureau

If you head over to Model Gram, you will find us at the Joint Maker Marriage Bureau. It is a neighborhood where everyone seems to know everyone else. Our office is tucked away and it is a place where families come to talk about their kids. Finding a partner for someone is a lot of talking and listening. We sit with parents who are usually quite anxious about the whole thing. We have piles of registers and folders filled with details. Sometimes the ceiling fan makes a bit of noise, but it keeps the room cool while we talk. Model Gram is a nice area, quite lived-in and comfortable. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. It is just a couple of us who have lived around here for years. People come in because their neighbor told them about us or they saw our sign while walking by. The work we do is mostly about making sure people actually talk to each other. We spend a lot of time on the phone, checking up on things. It is not a fast job, it takes a lot of patience. Some days are quiet and we just organize the files, and other days the door doesn't stop opening. We like the pace here. It feels like we are part of the community in a small way.