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- AseeksB - Modern Personal Ads & Dating App
- About AseeksB
- Why AseeksB?
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Safety & Moderation
- AseeksB Assist: Help Writing Your Personal Ad
- AseeksB Personals Report: Growth and Reach
- The History of Personal Ads: Old Newspaper Personals, 1850 to 1950
- The Personals Archive: Historical Personal Ads, 1800 to 1954
- The Personals Dictionary: Personal Ad Abbreviations and Phrases
- The lady handed into her carriage at Covent Garden Theatre (1800)
- A London tradesman seeks a partner for life (1803)
- A lady who passed a gentleman in Hart Street, Bloomsbury (1810)
- A wife in Shasta seeks word of her missing husband (1855)
- If Mrs. D. E. has returned to New York (1862)
- Impatience: your letter received (1862)
- I waited at Nineteenth till 8 (1862)
- Two Iowa women write to a regiment for correspondents (1865)
- Good morning, ladies (1865)
- Information wanted of Thomas Byrne (1865)
- If Miss Sarah Hall, formerly of Richmond (1866)
- Returned to the old place: would Charley please call? (1868)
- A lady seeks a gentleman of cents and refinement (1872)
- Elaine will address Lancelot as requested (1874)
- A good wife wanted: twenty pounds reward (1875)
- The lady in black in the drug store (1877)
- A young lady of means, ultimate object matrimony (1877)
- From H. to L.: call Monday afternoon sure (1877)
- Yours Faithfully is very anxious to hear from you (1877)
- A lady of 40 desires the acquaintance of a few gentlemen (1878)
- Will Bouquet grant acquaintance? (1878)
- Two ladies, last at the Boston Store (1878)
- Balcony, section C, Saturday afternoon (1880)
- A young businessman seeks a lady of some means (1881)
- A young man of moral habits wants a correspondent (1882)
- A widower of 60 can introduce her to the best society in Europe (1886)
- A gentleman of 28 and the soul he longs to meet (1886)
- Maggie, 25, would like a professional gentleman of moderate means (1886)
- A real good girl wanted at once, by a steady man in the North-West Territory (1886)
- A man of 35 begins to feel kind of lonely-like (1886)
- A milkman in love with a hired girl on Jarvis Street (1886)
- A rather stout young woman, 22, with $200 saved (1886)
- Rather an old man’s darling than a young man’s slave (1886)
- A girl in London would come out to Canada and marry a farmer (1886)
- A widow of 40 with $300 saved and a small store (1886)
- An honorable Christian young lady, not over five feet (1887)
- A young English gentleman, tired of the misery of single life (1888)
- A bachelor in fair circumstances, signing himself Lonely (1888)
- The lady who bowed on the Welton Street car (1888)
- A stranger seeks letters from ladies matrimonially inclined (1888)
- A young man seeks a lady with $10,000 in hard cash (1888)
- A middle-aged gentleman with a fine home in the country (1889)
- The young lady with a bouquet of pink roses (1889)
- Will the young lady who changed for Georgetown (1889)
- Only for the humbler classes (1889)
- The party who saw lady waiting for herdic (1889)
- A widow lady at Port Adelaide would like a gentleman of about 48 (1889)
- An industrious Scotchman seeks a frugal wife (1890)
- A bachelor would like to meet an agreeable widow (1890)
- A middle-aged professional gentleman from the south (1890)
- Wanted: a bachelor or widower about 45 (1892)
- A middle-aged bachelor of means (1892)
- A bachelor of 38 wants a lady of some means (1892)
- A blonde milliner of 24, with means (1892)
- A young man of 19 would like to correspond (1892)
- A young widow of 27, with $55,000 (1892)
- Cannot see you today (1893)
- A man seven feet tall seeks a lady six feet six (1893)
- Two soldiers' widows, 33 and 41 (1893)
- A comrade veteran's widow or daughter (1893)
- The lady in the first balcony of the Tabor Grand (1895)
- The lady who proposed to meet him at the hotel entrance (1895)
- A Colorado Springs bachelor, a college graduate (1895)
- Cleo: meet brother Wednesday, usual place (1897)
- A respectable widow of 25 (1897)
- F., your brother would like to see you (1897)
- A gentleman, 30, offering a lasting friend (1897)
- A young man, 30, wishing to enter small business (1898)
- A gentleman with a rich claim in the Klondike (1898)
- The lady in the red dress on the Elitch car (1898)
- The gentleman who smiled on the way home from Chutes Park (1898)
- To Rome: eamcosh as usual (1898)
- To May: we go to the Chutes when you say the word (1898)
- A struggling widow seeks a widower of wealth (1898)
- A New York man, young, good-looking, clever (1898)
- M. 2024, who noticed blond in Montclair (1899)
- Is there an honorable, liberal man of means? (1899)
- A widow seeks a widower over 47 (1899)
- The gentleman from the Portland train, missed at the ferry depot (1899)
- An Aspen lady, miner preferred (1899)
- Frank, with a few leisure hours in the evening (1899)
- A young and handsome widow, possessed of a small fortune (1900)
- A lady in Aspen: no triflers, a miner preferred (1900)
- A middle-aged professional gentleman from the East (1900)
- Nick B., not seen at Third and Verona (1900)
- A young man of 26, a stranger in the city (1901)
- A widow of 28 in Pueblo (1901)
- A middle-aged widow, with some means (1902)
- I am a business man, aged 40; would marry (1902)
- A gentleman of middle age and some means, at X-123 (1902)
- A refined lady with a nice home, at E-124 (1902)
- An American gentleman out of Denver, 45 to 55 (1902)
- The gentleman who borrowed her opera glasses at the Columbia (1903)
- A sister in Mississippi seeks her brother (1903)
- A lonesome widow, middle-aged (1903)
- A gentleman wants a lady, 30 to 50 (1903)
- L. R., would be very much pleased to hear from you (1903)
- A business man of good circumstances (1903)
- An honorable young man, worth ten thousand dollars (1903)
- Will the tall gentleman who sat opposite (1903)
- Fairly good looking, good dresser, fond of good time (1904)
- The young lady in the lavender dress (1904)
- The young woman dressed in black on the Farnam car (1904)
- A middle-aged lady, object sociability (1905)
- A widower past 50, with a handsomely furnished home (1905)
- A refined American lady would like to correspond (1905)
- A farmer, 45, seeks a wife not over 40 (1905)
- A sober, industrious gentleman of 33 (1906)
- The gentleman who asked her to Branning's Chili parlor (1907)
- The gentleman who helped her home when she fainted (1907)
- A gentleman, 45, wants to meet a Gentile lady (1907)
- A widow lady, stranger in the city (1908)
- An amiable and domestic widow, for love and companionship (1908)
- The gentleman in a box at the Valencia Theater (1909)
- Very lonely, and would meet a cultured woman (1910)
- A business man of 35, worth $35,000 (1910)
- A gentleman of 32, a stranger in San Diego (1910)
- Young farmer, 27, wishes to correspond (1911)
- A widow of 35, lonely, would like to correspond (1911)
- An elderly gentleman with property, at 515 Harrison Avenue (1911)
- The party who rode to the depot on a New Era motorcycle (1912)
- Harry Horgan: write to Pat (1912)
- A widow and fine cook seeks a comfortable home (1912)
- The lady in the second box at the Tivoli, 1905 (1912)
- A woman of refinement, no objection to children (1912)
- The gentleman who helped a lady who fell from a McAllister car (1913)
- A gentleman of 40 in moderate circumstances (1914)
- The lady in the black skirt on Santa Fe train No. 9 (1914)
- An American gentleman, 40, with a few thousand dollars (1916)
- A widow with a cozy home, but lonely (1917)
- C. F. Brooks, a gentleman of refinement (1917)
- Mr. Rollins of the Adams Hotel (1917)
- Desea matrimonio: a working man of 37 (1919)
- A widower of 45 wishes the acquaintance of a lady (1919)
- A true companion and chum, from 48 to 60 (1920)
- A working man of small means, 40 (1920)
- A matter of grave importance for Ella Mae Bowers (1920)
- The lady who lost her purse at the oil station (1921)
- An elderly lady with property (1921)
- A healthy widower with a comfortable home (1921)
- A refined, healthy bachelor of 45 (1921)
- Will the gentleman who signed Tom write again? (1921)
- A refined widow, musically inclined and alone (1922)
- A kind-hearted woman of 32 (1922)
- Would like to meet girl to go hiking to Portland (1922)
- For a young gentleman friend of mine (1924)
- A wife seeks E. A. Lawry: all is forgiven (1926)
- A musical brunette, 25, seeks a New York gentleman (1926)
- No matchmakers: within a $2 fare of New York (1927)
- Wanted: someone to study shorthand with in the evenings (1932)
- A quiet young man of 35, view friendship and above (1937)
- A farmer, 34, wants a young lady to take on a dairy farm (1938)
- A tall young man, fond of the pictures, asks for a snap (1938)
- Ron would like to see you, and has much to tell (1938)
- Three smart young ladies, three smart city gentlemen (1938)
- A widow of 43 would like to hear from a genuine working gent (1938)
- A club for non-smoking, cultured, middle-aged people (1942)
- A young woman attorney will share a cottage at Lake Jackson (1944)
- If you play Skat (1944)
- Letters from a lady of 50, and an appointment at 8 o’clock (1950)
- A respectable lonely widower, 40, would like to meet a lady of 35 to 40 (1952)
- Gent, 39, wishes to meet young lady, view matrimony (1954)
- To J.: in order to maintain dignity (1954)
- Sorry, darling: seats not available (1954)
- From Object Matrimony to LTR: How Personal Ads Learned to Talk in Code
- Kink Roles: What 90 Roles Mean in Personal Ads
- What Does "420-friendly" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "A/S/L" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "ALA" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Artistic, musical, unconventional" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "BBW, BHM" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "BDSM" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Box, care of the office" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Broad-minded" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "C.D. (Contacts desired)" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Communicate with" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Compersion" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Congenial" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Correspondent" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "D/s" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "DDF" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "DTE" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "ENM, CNM" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Fond of a good time" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "FS" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "FWB" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "General delivery" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Grant acquaintance" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "GSOH" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "GWM, GBM, BiM" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Helpmeet" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "HWP" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "In confidence" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Information wanted" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Insertion codes (1t, 3t)" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Inst." Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Interview" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "IRL" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "ISO" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Keep company" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "LDR" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Lonely hearts" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "LS" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "LTR" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Do M4W, F4M, and M4F Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Maid" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Matrimonially inclined" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "MFM, FFM" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Moderate circumstances" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Moral habits" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "NK" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "No matchmakers" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "No triflers" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "NRE" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "NS, ND, SD" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "NSA" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Object matrimony" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Object sociability" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Of loving disposition" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Of means" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "ONS" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Papers please copy" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Paying attention" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Pen pal" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Personal column" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Photographs exchanged" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Poly" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "References exchanged" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Refined" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "SAE" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Service wife" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "SP" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "STR" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Stranger in the city" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "SWF, SWM" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "TDH" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "TG, TS, CD, TV" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "The cars" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Unencumbered" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Unicorn" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Validations" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Vanilla" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "VGL" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Well to do" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Will the lady who" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Wishes to form the acquaintance of" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "With a view to matrimony" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "WLTM" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "Write fully" Mean in Personal Ads?
- What Does "WTR" Mean in Personal Ads?
- Blog & Series
- Personal Ads Are Back
- How to Get More Replies to Your Personal Ad
- Zangi Scams: Why Someone Asks You to Move Apps
- How to Write a Personal Ad, With Examples
- Sites Like Sniffies
- Date Me Docs: The Personal Ad, Reborn in a Google Doc
- Swipe Fatigue: The Personal Ad, Reinvented by Accident
- Personal Ads in Literature: From Sherlock Holmes to Opera
- Dating Spreadsheets: The Personal Ad, Built Backward
- Apps Like Nymph: A Text-First Alternative
- Apps Like FET: A Text-First Alternative
- Personal Ad Post Stats: Views, Replies, and Audience Insights
- Craigslist Personals Alternatives, Checked and Compared
- Personal Ads vs. Swipe Apps
- Alternatives to Dating Apps
- Casual Encounters: Where to Post One Online
- Missed Connections: How to Post One Online
- The Return of the Personal Ad, Part I
- The Return of the Personal Ad, Part II
- The Return of the Personal Ad, Part III
- The Return of the Personal Ad: Epilogue
- Sites Like Doublelist
- Anonymous Dating Apps: What Others Can See
- What Is R4R? Reddit Personals Explained
- Sites Like Locanto
- Apps Like Feeld
- How Facebook Dating Works
- Swinger Apps and Sites
- Sites Like Backpage, and What Happened to Backpage
- NYC Personal Ads and Missed Connections: Where to Post Now
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- UK Personals: London, Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh
- Australia Personals: Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane Personal Ads
- Canada Personals: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton
- Kink and BDSM Dating Apps Compared
- FetLife and AseeksB
- Notes from the Road: Personals, City by City
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