Escaping Flatland

As we grow older, things change so much, don't they? And yet, they remain the same. Take 12-year old Michael from New Mexico, for instance. His desire for a deep, loving relationship, and his resorting to unorthodox techniques to achieve it. And then, purely for the sake of scientific research, take a 22 and 32 year old. Here is an empirical comparison:

Heartfelt pleas in cyberspace
Michael: "Hello my future Girlfriend. This is what I sound like... Please ping me if you are on Yahoo chat" [Link]

22 year old: "I'm on this site because my mom has been considering rishtay from aunties lately, and I don't like any of their sons, especially the mooch ones who stare." [Shaadi Profile]

32 year old: "Marriage is not a word, it's a sentence____ LIFE SENTENCE.... I am all yours if you will have me"  [Shaadi Profile]

Long Overdue visits to the Barber

Michael	22 year old
32 year old

Angst and baggage, yet a optimism about the future of one's love:
Michael: "If you are going to be my girlfriend please don't dump me after I like you"  [Link]
22 year old: "I am looking to meet someone who...loves me in that whole can't sleep, can't eat, can't live without me kind of way." [Shaadi Profile]
32 year old: "I am fiercely independent, although i believe theoretically in interdependence..." [Sikhmatrimonials Profile]

Naive Honesty
Michael: I just lost my girlfriend [Link]
22 year old: i have no parmanent job i m doing my own bussiness of shares for which i want a support to improve my business so it will be preferable for me who will help me financially so the age & complexion of my life partner is not a problem for me.... [Shaadi Profile]
32 year old: To tell you the truth, I am a very shy person who is sometimes afraid to approach a beautiful woman. I get so afraid and just freeze up. I don't know why [Shaadi Profile]