Lonely Hearts or Lonely Minds

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One of the reasons why people resort to online and newspaper personal ads is their inability to meet people on their own. Either they are busy, always traveling, or simply unknowledgeable in the dating arena. Maybe we have such a hard time meeting people because public places are so large and chaotic nowadays. It’s not like we’re able to meet a nice fellow in a small town church function. The poem, however, takes place in North London where five single men and women are soul-searching for a compatible partner who also lives in North London. North London is probably not as small as the farm towns where people meet at church functions, so they may be facing the same obstacles of crowded public areas--especially with a population of approximately 1.4 million according to City-Data.com. As most Americans probably know because of the media and news stories, not all of the people you meet online are good or truthful. One in ten online daters are frauds and one in ten sex offenders meet their victims online. On a lighter, less criminal note, some people aren’t out to take advantage of or harm those that they meet online, but they will lie to make themselves more attractive. According to an article in the University Star (a newspaper in Texas), men and women are both prone to lying about themselves on their dating profiles. Studies show that what they lie about, however, is different. Men are more likely to lie about their age, job, and income whereas women mostly lie about their, age, weight, and physical appearance (IUniversity Star). These statistics show what we value as a society. In my opinion, this online dating generation is having such a hard time meeting people because they are too busy building up their dating resume to notice or take the time to meet the people around them. I wonder what the singles from “Lonely Hearts” lied about; maybe the “successful,
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