Elevator Music.

I don’t use eDiscord.* No matter how happy and smug those couples look on T.V.

Because eDiscord is for people really want to get married. But they don't just want to get married. They really really really want to get married. Now. Yesterday. Marriage is the goal. It's the be-all, end-all. And they are ready to settle for someone who isn’t that bad.

Soulmate? Nope. Love of your life? Nope. Just looking for someone out there who I can put up with for the rest of my life. Love and romance? Unrealistic. Passion? Overrated. Standards, self-respect, and a sense of self-worth? Might cause me to end up alone. No, thank you. I'd like eDiscord to find me someone who loves marriage as much as I do, please. We can build our life together on that.


Me? I’ll pass on the tinny elevator music. No matter how much you like a song, there’s always something not-quite-right about it when you hear it on the elevator. It’s a little muffled. And not the arrangement you like. Played on the wrong instruments. Missing the vocals. Missing its soul. It’s a watered-down, pale shadow of the song it should be.

I’d prefer my favorite song blaring from hi-fi speakers at full volume in my living room. Where I can hear every note, every chord, every word. In its full, beautiful glory. Where I can sing along at the top of my lungs. And dance my ass off if I’m in the mood. Isn’t that the point of the music?



*Name changed for legal reasons. Okay, maybe not actual legal reasons. But it seemed like a good idea.