Kate is a writer who laughs at her own jokes and likes to pour too much hot sauce on her food.

The year is 2017, and having an online dating profile is more or less synonymous with being single.

There are more apps and websites than someone can even count boasting the ability to help its users find love, or at least the contemporary equivalent.


In fact, even wild animals have Tinder profiles these days. It’s safe to say that we’ve come a long way since people solely relied on meeting a potential mate organically or in person.

Many people are nostalgic for the days before technology saturated the dating market, when single folk didn’t have to shamelessly advertise themselves online to attract suitors.

As it turns out, this 1865 dating ad reveals that our dating behavior today isn’t necessarily so different from what it used to be.


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