HalfEatenSurprise
Registered Member
Have you seen these? Often posted in local newspapers, a section devoted to people writing in short snippets of information in order to attract a would-be suitor, or sexual partner or whatever.
A couple of examples, from my local rag include:
Women seeking Men
"47YR old medium build lady, seeks male 45-56 for freindship, maybe more..."
"Attractive intelligent blonde, in need of affection, looking for a loving, tactile, sincere man who can put the spring back in my step? ACA."
Men seeking Women
"Attractive professional male, 41, seeks female for fun times."
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And so on. First of all, do you reckon these ads are a good way to go about this? I personally have never considered using such a service, and probably never will. However, there are quite a lot of ads in these, printed in every issue of the paper. Are they the cries of desperate people, or just a practical method of acquiring love/affection etc that people seemingly strive for?
I actually feel sorry for some of them, I hope they find their person.
Anyway, as a side issue, and a little activity:
Please submit your own version of one of these, even if you have a gal or a bloke, just do one as though you were looking for someone. As though you were single.
Other members of the forum are encouraged to respond to them too, act as though you don't know the person posting. Going off the information they submit, would you be interested in pursuing the person behind the ad?
And generally discuss the issue of 'lonely hearts columns' -
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And for the sake of it, here's my lonely hearts column.
"Single male, 23, tall, handsome, lots of interests. Looking for a kind-hearted, fun girl, 20-29 to share great times with."
*Like that, although these are actually harder than I first thought :S -
P.S. I wasn't sure where to post this, I thought I'd steer clear of D&R as it's a bit more for troubles and problems. Also, I think discussion of a discussiony nature could occur for this.
A couple of examples, from my local rag include:
Women seeking Men
"47YR old medium build lady, seeks male 45-56 for freindship, maybe more..."
"Attractive intelligent blonde, in need of affection, looking for a loving, tactile, sincere man who can put the spring back in my step? ACA."
Men seeking Women
"Attractive professional male, 41, seeks female for fun times."
--
And so on. First of all, do you reckon these ads are a good way to go about this? I personally have never considered using such a service, and probably never will. However, there are quite a lot of ads in these, printed in every issue of the paper. Are they the cries of desperate people, or just a practical method of acquiring love/affection etc that people seemingly strive for?
I actually feel sorry for some of them, I hope they find their person.
Anyway, as a side issue, and a little activity:
Please submit your own version of one of these, even if you have a gal or a bloke, just do one as though you were looking for someone. As though you were single.
Other members of the forum are encouraged to respond to them too, act as though you don't know the person posting. Going off the information they submit, would you be interested in pursuing the person behind the ad?
And generally discuss the issue of 'lonely hearts columns' -
--
And for the sake of it, here's my lonely hearts column.
"Single male, 23, tall, handsome, lots of interests. Looking for a kind-hearted, fun girl, 20-29 to share great times with."
*Like that, although these are actually harder than I first thought :S -
P.S. I wasn't sure where to post this, I thought I'd steer clear of D&R as it's a bit more for troubles and problems. Also, I think discussion of a discussiony nature could occur for this.
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