1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: It's Brooke and Jeffrey in the morning. 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 2: And when it comes to dating, we always talk about 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 2: how technology and apps like Tinder and Bumble have completely 4 00:00:08,680 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: changed the game. 5 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, well has it. 6 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,120 Speaker 2: Really, Because even though it might feel like writing dating 7 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: bios and swiping through profiles and even catfishing are all 8 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:24,119 Speaker 2: new phenomenons, the truth is none of that is actually new. 9 00:00:25,840 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: And if you think sweet Grandma Enid wasn't ghosting dudes. 10 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: Left and right in her heyday, you don't know Granny oh. 11 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: Stories Because a team of researchers recently dove into thousands 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: of dating profiles from over one hundred years ago, and 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,240 Speaker 2: they found there's actually more similarities to modern dating than. 14 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: They ever could have expected. Really. 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,839 Speaker 2: Of course, back in Nana's time, they didn't have fancy 16 00:00:50,960 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: smartphones to swipe through and meet people. They were still 17 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: using flip phones, and technology just didn't have the dating. 18 00:00:58,320 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Apps, opright, opright. 19 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,520 Speaker 2: Back in the old days, thirsty singles used to take 20 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:07,040 Speaker 2: out dating ads in their local newspaper and just hope 21 00:01:07,080 --> 00:01:09,120 Speaker 2: that people would respond, yeah, do you know what? 22 00:01:09,160 --> 00:01:11,920 Speaker 1: Wait, she's asking what a newspaper. 23 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: Before Google, you could buy him on the street corner. 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 2: They deliver it right to your door. But anyway, in 25 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 2: those times, people were a lot more honest about what 26 00:01:21,200 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 2: they wanted in a romantic partner. For example, this ad 27 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:28,840 Speaker 2: written by a guy in eighteen ninety eight reads wanted 28 00:01:29,160 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 2: wife farmer's daughter preferred, must be willing to marry poor man. 29 00:01:35,920 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: I mean you appreciate the honesty of what he was. 30 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 2: Also right, he says, must be good girl, good looking. 31 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: Wait one hundred or under. No street walkers need apply exactly. 32 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 2: You look at her a pet Yeah, and after you 33 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: write must be willing to marry poor man, you don't. 34 00:01:55,640 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: Get to write yeah. Yeah. 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,200 Speaker 2: They were also more forthcoming about their other needs too, okay. 36 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,560 Speaker 2: For example, this ad from eighteen ninety nine says, widow 37 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 2: forty four Southerner, owned my own home, would like the 38 00:02:12,680 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 2: hearthstone of my heart swept and. 39 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:19,200 Speaker 1: The cobwebs brushed away. Oh girl, wow? I mean, is 40 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:23,080 Speaker 1: she the cardi b of her age? She does clarify 41 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: seeking matrimony? Oh okay, I guess she has to say that. Yeah, 42 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,519 Speaker 1: but those cobwebs. She'll take anybody exactly, you know, weird. 43 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,680 Speaker 2: No mention of her being interested in hiking or photography 44 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,920 Speaker 2: or not being your typical girl's girl. And if you're 45 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 2: just tuning in, we're looking at dating ads that were 46 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: placed in the newspapers over one hundred years ago and 47 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: seeing how it compares to modern dating profiles. And I 48 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: think one of the most interesting things is how blatant 49 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: they used to be about what they were willing to 50 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 2: compromise on and what they weren't. 51 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: Okay, so you're putting your red flags or your yes 52 00:02:56,720 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: yep out there. 53 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:00,680 Speaker 2: Yeah, Like this one says gentlemen of thirty would like 54 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 2: to meet or correspond with a widow or maid. No triflers, 55 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 2: no waitresses, no shooting gallery clerks or lady barbers will 56 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:18,800 Speaker 2: be considered. No triflers, I think a trifle. And occasionally 57 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 2: women would basically admit in their ads too that I 58 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:25,639 Speaker 2: want a sugar daddy. Oh and it was more acceptable 59 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: back then than it even is now because women couldn't 60 00:03:30,240 --> 00:03:34,480 Speaker 2: really have jobs maybe after all. Like this one says, 61 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 2: young woman reared in luxury, having lost everything and earned 62 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 2: her living for the past eight years, is tired of 63 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:44,680 Speaker 2: teaching and wishes a home. Would like to meet a 64 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:48,320 Speaker 2: well to do businessman who would appreciate refinement and affection 65 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 2: in a wife must own automobile. 66 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 1: Radio tired, you must have a nice car. 67 00:03:57,120 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 2: I will put out a lot of these vintage dating ads. 68 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 2: They just put their net worth in there too, as 69 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: a way to lure people in. 70 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:03,840 Speaker 1: You're just stating it. 71 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,360 Speaker 2: They say bachelor girl age thirty one, worth twenty eight 72 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:08,120 Speaker 2: thousand dollars. 73 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:12,120 Speaker 1: Oh right, that's okay, it's the whole ad. That's it. 74 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: That's it. That's the only self. I'm hitting her up. 75 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 1: She's still a lot. 76 00:04:15,640 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: Ok. And this one says seek husband for maiden lady, 77 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 2: age twenty three, worth eight thoy five hundred E swipe 78 00:04:24,400 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: left on that one. 79 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: Sorry, no, turn the page left? Yeah, oh yeah, I 80 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: turned the page. I forgot the page. 81 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 2: The best part is people used to get catfished back 82 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: then too. What yeah, this is This is crazy because 83 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 2: in the nineteen twenties a man and woman made national 84 00:04:40,480 --> 00:04:44,240 Speaker 2: news after they tricked over three hundred people using dating 85 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: profile ads. 86 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:45,760 Speaker 1: WHOA. 87 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 2: Apparently there were a married couple who took on dozens 88 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 2: of different aliases and they'd answer dating ads from local newspapers, 89 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: pretending to be the man or woman of that person's dreams. 90 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 2: Just like today, they'd correspond and ask for things like 91 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: railroad fare so that they could come out and visit, 92 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,000 Speaker 2: ask for new clothes and accessory so they could look 93 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:09,359 Speaker 2: dapper when they arrived, and then they'd pocket the cash 94 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,799 Speaker 2: and never go oh wow. 95 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,320 Speaker 1: Sometime that makes us feel better, doesn't it. Yeah, the 96 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: human kind has always been idiots. Yeah, it's not a 97 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 1: recent event, the oldest in the book. 98 00:05:21,320 --> 00:05:24,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, but there is one dating ad from eighteen sixty 99 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: five that stands out from the rest, and it went 100 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 2: viral recently because everyone agrees this guy is actually a catch. 101 00:05:32,200 --> 00:05:36,159 Speaker 1: Okay, okay. His ad was titled chance for a Spinster. 102 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: They're not talking to you yet, Alexis, but a couple 103 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: of years. 104 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,480 Speaker 2: It says, I am eighteen years old, have a good 105 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,760 Speaker 2: set of teeth, and believe in Andy Johnson and the 106 00:05:47,760 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 2: fourth of July. 107 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go, all American man. I'm still stuck 108 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 1: on the good teeth, good te You know. I can't 109 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,400 Speaker 1: believe he believes in Andy Johnson. What a rebel. 110 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: It says, I've taken up a large lot, cleared eighteen 111 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:07,039 Speaker 2: acres and seated ten of it. My buckwheat looks first rate. 112 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: The oats and potatoes are bully Oh like cal did 113 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 2: you see that man's We heard about his oats. I 114 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 2: have got nine sheep, a two year old bull, and 115 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 2: two heifers, besides a house and barn. I want to 116 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,719 Speaker 2: get married. I want to buy bread and butter, hoopskirts, 117 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: and waterfalls for some person of the female persuasion. He 118 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 2: wants to get us waterfalls, Yeah, skirts broke. 119 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: You know. Always told me not to go chasing those things, 120 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 1: but I might, he says, that's what's the matter with me. 121 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 2: But I don't know how to do it. Well, doesn't 122 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,080 Speaker 2: know how to find that woman of his dreams. 123 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:46,520 Speaker 1: I mean the pretty good offer. 124 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 2: I know. I saw Alexis swooning as I was reading it. 125 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 2: I'm all over that from nineteen eighty five. He's over 126 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:54,599 Speaker 2: one hundred years old. 127 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,120 Speaker 1: I mean your type. She's like, as long as I 128 00:06:57,120 --> 00:07:01,320 Speaker 1: could wear crop tops. I think it good. So there 129 00:07:01,360 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: you go. 130 00:07:01,880 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 2: Hopefully that makes you feel a little bit better about 131 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 2: your miserable dating life in the modern era. Your phone 132 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,680 Speaker 2: TAP's coming up in just a few minutes.