What’s up with Mailbags?

You know, I check out a lot of sites that have to do with dating and seduction for my daily reading.  I enjoy the message boards the most because they all have such a varied and different perspective on things, and those are usually the places where the best material is found.

Then you got the other sites with untold Dating Guru’s writing article after article.  But the thing is, they aren’t really articles.  They’re mailbags.

Most people in the community know what mailbags are, thanks to David DeAngelo and his infamous newsletters.  Mailbags are when people write in to the Guru of their choice, asking for help, and then said Guru responds.  The thing is, as I look around the internet, all I seem to find is mailbag after mailbag of advice when it comes to dating.

So my queston is:  What good is this to me?

Mailbags are usually so personalized to the person who’s writing in, that any advice the Guru could share ceases to be of any real use to anyone other than the person who originally wrote them.  I guess this is the "Dear Abbey" school of thought where she actually made a CAREER of publishing people’s letters in the newspaper and giving them watered down "feel good" advice.

The thing is, back when Dear Abbey started, there was no one around who did that.  It was novel to get to see your letter in the paper along with some advice from a so-called "expert."  But with the advent of the Internet, information and advice from people MUCH MORE experienced and qualified to help with problems is right at your fingertips.

So why do we still need mailbags?

I personally never read mailbags, because frankly, I’ve read enough of them to know that there’s little, if any good advice to be gained from doing so.  At least people like David D., Mystery, and Swinggcat send out essays every now and then.  THOSE I get a lot from.  But these other people… well, it’s just busy work.  It’s just loads upon loads of crap they churn out to try and get their name on Askmen.com or something.

The thing is, I look at mailbags as laziness at it’s finest.  Rather than sit around and develop new theories and ideas, or maybe even talk about real life field experience, the "Love Doctors" would rather rev-up their armchairs and answer questions from the clueless masses about all sorts of useless crap that hardly helps the people who’s letters they are answering, let alone anyone else.

Is this just me?  Am I the only one who doesn’t like mailbags?  Maybe I’m missing something, I don’t know.  But I’d personally rather read the longest, most spastic and hap-hazard Tyler post than your average mailbag.