“I’m not looking for gold, but a good guy” and tripe for sale. This is how people looked for their other half in the 1990s.

Social media such as Instagram or TikTok are a real mine of knowledge and curiosities. Internet users not only share their everyday life there, but also all kinds of tricks and tips. People who fondly remember the “old days” eagerly reach for accounts publishing content known to us from those periods. This applies mainly to the 1990s. One of the profiles contained advertisements previously published in newspapers. The recording quickly became a hit.

He publishes content from years ago. These ads are a hit

The TikTok profile @90s_be_like is a real time travel. You will find photos of the covers of popular teenage magazines and leaflets from popular stores from years ago. There are also old advertisements, fragments of TV programs, recordings of cities that have changed beyond recognition and shop interiors. And all this accompanied by musical hits from that period.

He publishes content from years ago. These recordings are a hit He publishes content from years ago. These recordings are a hit. Photo screenshot from tiktok.com/@90s_be_like/

He published matrimonial ads from years ago. “I have guts for sale”

Recently, the creator of the profile published a real gem, to be precise matrimonial adsthat were published in newspapers. Some of them are even hard to believe. In the section titled “Marriages” we can read:

I hereby inform you that after my husband’s death I am reopening my BUSINESS

I am looking for a wife with PLN 100,000 in cash, lingerie and furniture. I have guts for sale

I have been wanting to meet a homeless intelligent man for marriage purposes for 35-45 years

Still married, 30 years old, with higher studies, he will start dating

– some of them say. The published announcements collected over 220,000. views and 200 comments from surprised but also amused Internet users. You can view the entire post and the full version of the announcements.

There was a time when people didn’t go for money. People used to:

My parents met through the newspaper

I cried.

Sample announcements from 1939. “I’m not looking for gold, but a good guy”

TikTok is not the only place where Internet users share similar announcements from years ago. Many of them can also be found on Facebook. Announcements from “Ilustrowany Kuryer Codzienny” from 1939 were published on the profile of the Małopolska Digital Library. What do they sound like?

An intelligent girl in her forties, tall, full of body, penniless – I’m not looking for gold, but a good man.

You can still post a similar ad. Only the form has changed

People who do not necessarily want to create accounts on today’s dating sites can still take advantage of similar ads published on . Although the announcements are much shorter and more perfunctory, than those from years ago, but although it might seem that this custom has been completely replaced by the possibilities offered by the Internet, there is still no shortage of people willing to do so. If you feel like it, vote in our poll below.