diff --git a/fiesta/apps/accounts/models/user.py b/fiesta/apps/accounts/models/user.py
index b2c61d04..d617b21c 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/accounts/models/user.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/accounts/models/user.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Meta(AbstractUser.Meta):
         verbose_name_plural = _("users")
 
     # a few dynamic related models
-    buddy_system_matched_requests: models.QuerySet
+    buddy_system_request_matches: models.QuerySet
     profile: UserProfile
 
 
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/admin.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/admin.py
index aee4903e..20f16846 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/admin.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/admin.py
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 from django.contrib import admin
 
-from ..fiestarequests.admin import BaseRequestAdmin
+from ..fiestarequests.admin import BaseRequestAdmin, BaseRequestMatchAdmin
 from ..plugins.admin import BaseChildConfigurationAdmin
-from .models import BuddyRequest, BuddySystemConfiguration
+from .models import BuddyRequest, BuddyRequestMatch, BuddySystemConfiguration
 
 
 @admin.register(BuddySystemConfiguration)
@@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ class BuddySystemConfigurationAdmin(BaseChildConfigurationAdmin):
 @admin.register(BuddyRequest)
 class BuddyRequestAdmin(BaseRequestAdmin):
     pass
+
+
+@admin.register(BuddyRequestMatch)
+class BuddyRequestMatchAdmin(BaseRequestMatchAdmin):
+    pass
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/forms.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/forms.py
index c0080dd1..445c407c 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/forms.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/forms.py
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from apps.accounts.models import UserProfile
-from apps.buddy_system.models import BuddyRequest
+from apps.buddy_system.models import BuddyRequest, BuddyRequestMatch
 from apps.fiestaforms.fields.array import ChoicedArrayField
-from apps.fiestaforms.fields.datetime import DateTimeLocalField
 from apps.fiestaforms.forms import BaseModelForm
 from apps.fiestaforms.widgets.models import ActiveLocalMembersFromSectionWidget, UserWidget
 
@@ -29,7 +28,7 @@ class NewBuddyRequestForm(BaseModelForm):
     class Meta:
         model = BuddyRequest
         fields = (
-            "issuer_note",
+            "note",
             "interests",
             "responsible_section",
             "issuer",
@@ -42,12 +41,12 @@ class Meta:
             "issuer": HiddenInput,
         }
         labels = {
-            "issuer_note": _("Tell us about yourself"),
+            "note": _("Tell us about yourself"),
             "interests": _("What are you into?"),
         }
         help_texts = {
-            "issuer_note": lazy(
-                lambda: render_to_string("buddy_system/parts/buddy_request_issuer_note_help.html"),
+            "note": lazy(
+                lambda: render_to_string("buddy_system/parts/buddy_request_note_help.html"),
                 str,
             )
         }
@@ -65,9 +64,9 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.fields["issuer"].disabled = True
 
         if self.instance.state != BuddyRequest.State.CREATED:
-            self.fields["matched_by"].disabled = True
-            self.fields["matched_at"].disabled = True
-            self.fields["issuer_note"].disabled = True
+            # self.fields["matched_by"].disabled = True
+            # self.fields["matched_at"].disabled = True
+            self.fields["note"].disabled = True
             self.fields["interests"].disabled = True
 
     class Meta:
@@ -75,18 +74,18 @@ class Meta:
         fields = (
             "issuer",
             "state",
-            "issuer_note",
+            "note",
             "interests",
-            "matched_by",
-            "matched_at",
+            # "matched_by",
+            # "matched_at",
         )
         field_classes = {
             "interests": ChoicedArrayField,
-            "matched_at": DateTimeLocalField,
+            # "matched_at": DateTimeLocalField,
         }
         widgets = {
             "issuer": UserWidget,
-            "matched_by": ActiveLocalMembersFromSectionWidget,
+            # "matched_by": ActiveLocalMembersFromSectionWidget,
         }
 
 
@@ -96,18 +95,11 @@ class QuickBuddyMatchForm(BaseModelForm):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        self.fields["issuer"].disabled = True
-
-        if self.instance.state != BuddyRequest.State.CREATED:
-            self.fields["matched_by"].disabled = True
+        # self.fields["issuer"].disabled = True
 
     class Meta:
-        model = BuddyRequest
-        fields = (
-            "issuer",
-            "matched_by",
-        )
+        model = BuddyRequestMatch
+        fields = ("matcher",)
         widgets = {
-            "issuer": UserWidget,
-            "matched_by": ActiveLocalMembersFromSectionWidget,
+            "matcher": ActiveLocalMembersFromSectionWidget,
         }
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/migrations/0021_remove_buddyrequest_issuer_note_and_more.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/migrations/0021_remove_buddyrequest_issuer_note_and_more.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7ec4a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/migrations/0021_remove_buddyrequest_issuer_note_and_more.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.4 on 2023-09-24 19:17
+
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+import django_extensions.db.fields
+import uuid
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        migrations.swappable_dependency(settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL),
+        ('buddy_system', '0020_rename_description_buddyrequest_issuer_note'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='buddyrequest',
+            name='issuer_note',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='buddyrequest',
+            name='matched_at',
+        ),
+        migrations.RemoveField(
+            model_name='buddyrequest',
+            name='matched_by',
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='buddyrequest',
+            name='note',
+            field=models.TextField(default='', verbose_name='text from issuer'),
+            preserve_default=False,
+        ),
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='buddysystemconfiguration',
+            name='enable_note_from_matcher',
+            field=models.BooleanField(default=True, help_text='Allows matcher to reply with custom notes to the request issuer'),
+        ),
+        migrations.CreateModel(
+            name='BuddyRequestMatch',
+            fields=[
+                ('id', models.UUIDField(default=uuid.uuid4, editable=False, primary_key=True, serialize=False)),
+                ('created', django_extensions.db.fields.CreationDateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, verbose_name='created')),
+                ('modified', django_extensions.db.fields.ModificationDateTimeField(auto_now=True, verbose_name='modified')),
+                ('note', models.TextField(blank=True, verbose_name='text from matcher')),
+                ('matcher', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.RESTRICT, related_name='buddy_system_request_matches', to=settings.AUTH_USER_MODEL, verbose_name='matched by')),
+                ('request', models.OneToOneField(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, related_name='match', to='buddy_system.buddyrequest', verbose_name='request')),
+            ],
+            options={
+                'verbose_name': 'buddy request match',
+                'verbose_name_plural': 'buddy request matches',
+                'ordering': ('-created',),
+                'get_latest_by': 'modified',
+                'abstract': False,
+            },
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/__init__.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/__init__.py
index 6f575a1c..e05998e1 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/__init__.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/__init__.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from .configuration import BuddySystemConfiguration
-from .request import BuddyRequest
+from .request import BuddyRequest, BuddyRequestMatch
 
 __all__ = [
     "BuddySystemConfiguration",
     "BuddyRequest",
+    "BuddyRequestMatch",
 ]
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/request.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/request.py
index c76e97b0..014a9f4c 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/request.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/models/request.py
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 from apps.fiestarequests.models import base_request_model_factory
 from apps.utils.models.fields import ArrayFieldWithDisplayableChoices
 
-BaseRequestForBuddySystem = base_request_model_factory(related_base="buddy_system")
+BaseRequestForBuddySystem, BaseRequestMatchForBuddySystem = base_request_model_factory(
+    final_request_model_name="buddy_system.BuddyRequest",
+    related_base="buddy_system",
+)
 
 
 class BuddyRequest(BaseRequestForBuddySystem):
@@ -29,3 +32,12 @@ class Meta(BaseRequestForBuddySystem.Meta):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return f"Buddy Request {self.issuer}: {self.get_state_display()}"
+
+
+class BuddyRequestMatch(BaseRequestMatchForBuddySystem):
+    class Meta(BaseRequestForBuddySystem.Meta):
+        verbose_name = _("buddy request match")
+        verbose_name_plural = _("buddy request matches")
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return f"Buddy Request Match {self.matcher}: {self.request}"
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/dashboard_block.html b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/dashboard_block.html
index f6e53044..0bf19511 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/dashboard_block.html
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/dashboard_block.html
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@
         <div class="Dashboard__tile__desc">
           It's a match!
           <br>
-          You have been matched with {{ br.matched_by }}.
+          You have been matched with {{ br.match.matcher }}.
         </div>
       {% endif %}
     {% else %}
       {% get_waiting_requests_to_match as waiting_brs %}
       <div class="Dashboard__tile__value">
         {% with waiting_brs.count as count %}
-          <span>{{ count }}</span> waiting request
-          {{ count|pluralize:"s" }}
+          <span>{{ count }}</span>
+          waiting request{{ count|pluralize:"s" }}
         {% endwith %}
       </div>
       <div class="Dashboard__tile__actions text-right">
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/index_international.html b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/index_international.html
index 3200a51b..768d9625 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/index_international.html
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templates/buddy_system/index_international.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ <h2 class="card-title flex flex-row justify-between">
                 {% endif %}
               </div>
             </div>
-            <div class="chat-bubble">{{ br.issuer_note }}</div>
+            <div class="chat-bubble">{{ br.note }}</div>
           </div>
           <div class="chat chat-end">
             <div class="chat-header">
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templatetags/buddy_system.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templatetags/buddy_system.py
index e2668d9c..78171398 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templatetags/buddy_system.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/templatetags/buddy_system.py
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ def get_matched_buddy_requests(context):
     request: HttpRequest = context["request"]
 
     # TODO: limit by semester / time
-    return request.user.buddy_system_matched_requests.filter(
-        responsible_section=request.membership.section,
-        state=BuddyRequest.State.MATCHED,
-    ).order_by("-matched_at")
+    return request.user.buddy_system_request_matches.filter(
+        request__responsible_section=request.membership.section,
+        request__state=BuddyRequest.State.MATCHED,
+    ).order_by("-created")
 
 
 @register.filter
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/editor.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/editor.py
index b2750dd5..589c64cf 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/editor.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/editor.py
@@ -3,15 +3,16 @@
 from django.contrib.messages.views import SuccessMessageMixin
 from django.contrib.postgres.search import SearchVector
 from django.forms import TextInput
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from django.views.generic import UpdateView
+from django.views.generic import CreateView, UpdateView
 from django_filters import CharFilter, ChoiceFilter, ModelChoiceFilter
 from django_tables2 import Column, TemplateColumn, tables
 from django_tables2.utils import Accessor
 
 from apps.buddy_system.forms import BuddyRequestEditorForm, QuickBuddyMatchForm
-from apps.buddy_system.models import BuddyRequest
+from apps.buddy_system.models import BuddyRequest, BuddyRequestMatch
 from apps.fiestaforms.views.htmx import HtmxFormMixin
 from apps.fiestatables.columns import ImageColumn, NaturalDatetimeColumn
 from apps.fiestatables.filters import BaseFilterSet, ProperDateFromToRangeFilter
@@ -153,17 +154,20 @@ class QuickBuddyMatchView(
     SuccessMessageMixin,
     HtmxFormMixin,
     AjaxViewMixin,
-    UpdateView,
+    CreateView,
 ):
     template_name = "buddy_system/editor/quick_match.html"
     ajax_template_name = "buddy_system/editor/quick_match_form.html"
-    model = BuddyRequest
+    model = BuddyRequestMatch
     form_class = QuickBuddyMatchForm
 
     success_url = reverse_lazy("buddy_system:requests")
     success_message = _("Buddy request has been matched.")
 
     def form_valid(self, form):
-        form.instance.state = BuddyRequest.State.MATCHED
-        form.instance.save(update_fields=["state"])
+        request = get_object_or_404(BuddyRequest, pk=self.kwargs["pk"])
+        form.instance.request = request
+        request.state = BuddyRequest.State.MATCHED
+        request.save(update_fields=["state"])
+
         return super().form_valid(form)
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/matching.py b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/matching.py
index 673af6df..48f659ee 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/matching.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/buddy_system/views/matching.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 from django.views.generic.detail import BaseDetailView
 from django_htmx.http import HttpResponseClientRedirect
 
-from apps.buddy_system.models import BuddyRequest, BuddySystemConfiguration
+from apps.buddy_system.models import BuddyRequest, BuddyRequestMatch, BuddySystemConfiguration
 from apps.files.views import NamespacedFilesServeView
 from apps.plugins.middleware.plugin import HttpRequest
 from apps.plugins.views import PluginConfigurationViewMixin
@@ -56,11 +56,21 @@ def get_queryset(self):
         )
 
     def post(self, request, pk: uuid.UUID):
-        BuddyRequest.objects.match_by(
-            request=self.get_object(),
+        br: BuddyRequest = self.get_object()
+
+        match = BuddyRequestMatch(
+            request=br,
             matcher=self.request.user,
+            # TODO: better
+            note=self.request.POST.get("note"),
         )
 
+        # TODO: check matcher relation to responsible section?
+        match.save()
+
+        br.match = match
+        br.state = BuddyRequest.State.MATCHED
+
         messages.success(request, _("Request successfully matched!"))
         # TODO: target URL?
         return HttpResponseClientRedirect("/")
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/admin.py b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/admin.py
index 922dfe83..a397f115 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/admin.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/admin.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 
 
 class BaseRequestAdmin(ModelAdmin):
-    list_display = ["responsible_section", "issuer", "state", "matched_by", "matched_at", "created"]
+    # https://github.com/gitaarik/django-admin-relation-links
+
+    list_display = ["responsible_section", "issuer", "state", "match", "created"]
 
     date_hierarchy = "created"
 
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ class BaseRequestAdmin(ModelAdmin):
         "state",
     ]
 
-    autocomplete_fields = ["issuer", "matched_by"]
+    autocomplete_fields = ["issuer"]
 
     search_fields = [
         "issuer__username",
@@ -24,3 +26,28 @@ class BaseRequestAdmin(ModelAdmin):
         "issuer__first_name",
         "responsible_section__name",
     ]
+
+
+class BaseRequestMatchAdmin(ModelAdmin):
+    list_display = ["matcher", "note", "created"]
+
+    date_hierarchy = "created"
+
+    list_filter = [
+        ("request__responsible_section", admin.RelatedOnlyFieldListFilter),
+        ("request__responsible_section__country", admin.AllValuesFieldListFilter),
+    ]
+
+    autocomplete_fields = ["matcher"]
+
+    search_fields = [
+        "request__issuer__username",
+        "request__issuer__email",
+        "request__issuer__last_name",
+        "request__issuer__first_name",
+        "matcher__username",
+        "matcher__email",
+        "matcher__last_name",
+        "matcher__first_name",
+        "request_match__responsible_section__name",
+    ]
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/matching_policy.py b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/matching_policy.py
index d8ab8198..e4916c38 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/matching_policy.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/matching_policy.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def _base_filter(cls, membership: SectionMembership) -> Q:
         return Q(
             responsible_section=membership.section,
             state=BuddyRequest.State.CREATED,
-            matched_by=None,  # to be sure
+            match__isnull=True,  # to be sure
         )
 
 
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/managers/request.py b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/managers/request.py
index fbfc95af..e7c544db 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/managers/request.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/managers/request.py
@@ -6,17 +6,8 @@
 from django.db.models import Manager
 
 if typing.TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from apps.accounts.models import User
     from apps.fiestarequests.models.request import BaseRequestProtocol
 
 
 class BaseRequestManager(Manager):
     model: BaseRequestProtocol | models.Model
-
-    def match_by(self, request: BaseRequestProtocol | models.Model, matcher: User):
-        request.matched_by = matcher
-        request.state = self.model.State.MATCHED
-
-        # TODO: check matcher relation to responsible section?
-
-        request.save(update_fields=["matched_by", "matched_at", "state"])
diff --git a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/request.py b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/request.py
index 60ac1d35..f0afca60 100644
--- a/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/request.py
+++ b/fiesta/apps/fiestarequests/models/request.py
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@
 
 from django.db import models
 from django.db.models import TextChoices
-from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from django_lifecycle import BEFORE_SAVE, LifecycleModelMixin, hook
+from django_lifecycle import LifecycleModelMixin
 
 from apps.accounts.models import User
 from apps.fiestarequests.models.managers.request import BaseRequestManager
@@ -32,7 +31,10 @@ class State(TextChoices):
     objects: BaseRequestManager
 
 
-def base_request_model_factory(related_base: str):
+def base_request_model_factory(
+    related_base: str,
+    final_request_model_name: str,
+):
     """
     Creates a base model for requests-like models.
     """
@@ -66,31 +68,34 @@ class Meta(BaseTimestampedModel.Meta):
             verbose_name=_("responsible section"),
             db_index=True,
         )
-        matched_by = models.ForeignKey(
+
+        note = models.TextField(
+            verbose_name=_("text from issuer"),
+        )
+
+    class BaseRequestMatch(BaseTimestampedModel):
+        class Meta(BaseTimestampedModel.Meta):
+            abstract = True
+            ordering = ("-created",)
+
+        request = models.OneToOneField(
+            final_request_model_name,
+            related_name="match",
+            on_delete=models.CASCADE,
+            verbose_name=_("request"),
+        )
+
+        matcher = models.ForeignKey(
             "accounts.User",
-            related_name=f"{related_base}_matched_requests",
+            related_name=f"{related_base}_request_matches",
             on_delete=models.RESTRICT,
             verbose_name=_("matched by"),
             db_index=True,
-            null=True,
-            blank=True,
-        )
-        matched_at = models.DateTimeField(
-            verbose_name=_("matched at"),
-            null=True,
-            blank=True,
         )
 
-        issuer_note = models.TextField(
-            verbose_name=_("text from issuer"),
-        )
-
-        matcher_note = models.TextField(
+        note = models.TextField(
             verbose_name=_("text from matcher"),
+            blank=True,
         )
 
-        @hook(BEFORE_SAVE, when="matched_by", was=None, is_not=None)
-        def set_matched_at(self):
-            self.matched_at = now()
-
-    return BaseRequest
+    return BaseRequest, BaseRequestMatch