Could You Fall In Love With A Prisoner?

Let’s be honest, the web is certainly not short of dating services. We’re never more than a Google search away from a haven for every eclectic taste that love could muster. But every now and then, a dating service comes along that is either so ridiculous or so out there that I simply have to write about it.

Today is that day for the “Date An Inmate” crowd.

If there’s one niche I’ll never understand, it’s the market for matchmaking behind bars. Who in their right mind would actively seek out a romance with somebody who is incarcerated and unlikely to be available for a first date for many years?

Clearly, somebody would. Because these sites exist and surprisingly, there’s quite a few of them.

Take one look over Meet An Inmate and you’ll see what I mean. I can see why a prisoner would use it. I mean, how else are they going to meet new people? Match.com?

But who are the people that decide to be recipients of the mail? It strikes me as a power crusade, not too different from the urge a guy feels when he registers on Dream Marriage and gets happily bombarded by a few dozen Russian runaways looking to snatch a passport.

Who would be so desperate as to resort to a jailbird matchmaking service for the love and friendship in their lives? Do they not realise that these things are ALL around them? If you have to befriend murderers, rapists and god knows what else to feel like you have a connection in the world, there’s clearly something wrong.

Now, I know, it’s not all about love. Criminals are still people. There are good reformed characters behind bars that would love to have a penpal.

But Christ, if you’re using these Date An Inmate services as a last resort for companionship, do yourself a favour. There’s a big world out there. In the search to find somebody who “truly gets you”, you’re digging a mountain out of a mole hill. And probably making a million excuses for yourself.

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