The Personals

I was looking at the personal ads for my area earlier. I'm not looking for a girl. And although I think I kind of need one and in truth I do kind of want one as well, there's no time for love, Doctor Jones, at least not right now. Nevertheless, I was looking at the personals.

I find personals fascinating. I get a sad feeling when I see how many lonely people there are out there, but I also get a happy feeling when I realize that these people are Romantics, and no matter how much they know that the world is a shithole, they still believe that someday their princes or princesses will come.

Another aspect of these ads I find interesting is how attractive a lot of these people are. There are so many beautiful people in the personals They all seem smart and personable too, and that really makes me wonder why they are alone. Are they anti-social? Are they just terribly shy? Or are they, in reality, assholes?

A lot of them are middle-aged divorcees, single parents, etc looking to get back on 'the scene' while the younger ones, particularly the girls, are either tired of jerks or people interested only in sex (give it up ladies, a good guy is a figment of the imagination). I doubt many of them--indeed many of us--will ever find 'the one', but I still hope we all find what we're looking for. And ladies if you're interested, you can always leave me a comment on this blog. Seriously.