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Man Is Looking For A Wife In 1865 And His Newspaper Ad Will Make You Want To Marry Him Now

By Zack Walkter

7 years ago

Newspaper Ad From 1865 Reveals What A Man With ‘A Good Set Of Teeth’ Is Looking For In A Wife

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Dating is literally the worst, right?

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The apps, the money, the awkwardness, the profile pics, and OMG, the bios?!?

And, look, I get it. It’s not easy to write a “great” personal profile.

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Or even a halfway decent one, apparently.

But way the heck back in 1865, at least one dude had it all figured out. (His dating profile, that is. Not his love life — because apparently dating has been tough FOREVER.)

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And, just so you know, this photo is of a random dude from 1865 – NOT the actual person who wrote the ad below.

In a post shared by Twitter user Max Roser, it turns out this gentleman caller placed the following personal ad back in 1865, and honestly?! It’s so pure and perfect.

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Let’s break down some of the highlights, shall we?

“I […] have a good set of teeth.”

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Health is very important, so this is definitely good news. I mean, he probably had better teeth than I do, TBH.