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I haven't paid much attention to personal ads since getting married nearly 15 years ago. But this article made me laugh, and I loved some of the funny ads quoted. Why wasn't this stuff around back in the 1980s, when I was single? Back then, most of the ads had a line like "Enjoy long walks on the beach." That was appropriate for where I lived (I was in Southern California), but not very original.
Despite the fact that I never had much luck finding love for myself in the personals, I'd do them again if my marriage came to an end. Yes, there is some bull@$%^ involved, like the other person mentioned, but you can't tell me that it doesn't exist elsewhere in the singles scene. Anytime there's a situation where people are trying to sell themselves, a certain amount of that is to be expected. Comes with the territory -
