In his twenties, Jonathan’s avowed goal in life was to become a great poet, and he was well on his way to achieving that goal:
he had many poems published, won a few contests, and was completely committed to his craft.
Because there wasn’t any money in poetry unless you became renowned and sold many poetry books,
he had to work at odd jobs to get by financially.
One day, after being lonely without a woman in his life, he decided to try a dating app.
But he learned most of the women on the app were mercenary and couldn’t lower their financial requirements by going out with a
low-income poet, despite the fact that Jonathan was a caring, honest, and loving guy who would have been an ideal boyfriend
or husband for any of them. Disgusted with the greedy women on the dating app, he gave up on women and decided to stay solo
until, at a poetry reading, he met Melinda, who loved his poetry and was more about true love than money.
After a year of dating, Melinda and Jonathan got married, and friends who knew them said they both were lucky to have found
ideal marriage partners who were about true love instead of riches and material things.
Bob Boyd