December 01, 2003
Dating-Industrial Complex
"In the e-mails, he would say, `Tell me a story,' which I thought was kind of charming," said Ms. Cambridge, 38, a graphic designer in San Francisco. "When we got together it was, `Tell me stories, tell me stories, tell me stories.' I felt like I was auditioning for a play."
That was it.
"I realized I could be starting my own business in the time I was spending looking at these ads and crafting these responses," she said. So instead of going back online, she began taking a Small Business Administration class and designing funky planters.
On-line dating services make it easier and easier to waste time fretting about the perfect mate. Funky planter design is one example of resistance against the imperative to live life as part of a couple. If funky planters fail to meet our innate human time-wasting needs I can heartily recommend doctoral study, anthropological fieldwork and, of course, blogging. Hmm... must now look into a new genre of planter-blogging.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at December 1, 2003 09:28 AM