love to laugh

Many, if not most, online dating profiles list "love to laugh" or some equivalent as a personality trait that exists in the Profiler or is desired in a mate or date. They want someone with "a sense of humor" as if what they most need in life is a personal stand-up valet, delivering one-liners and bons mots, absolving one of sadness like a priest absolving sins. I have no idea whether one gender tilts more in this direction than another. Love to laugh. Try saying "love to cry," which may be more common as well as more useful. And possibly more honest. (How do I know these things?) But nobody is asking for a clown. Too scary. I don't want to belabor the obvious, but who doesn't love to laugh? Boy, putting that down really separates you from the masses. As for sense of humor, isn't that just lazy? Do you want the Fool, the Court Jester, to wave his stick, his marotte, if you want the right word, the mot juste, before you all day? How tiring. Don't you need to put some effort into it? Try being tickled. No one says "love being tickled" (pink or otherwise). Besides, tickling comes off as more aggressive than affectionate. Barely laughable. And what if you're not ticklish? No wonder you love to laugh. Need to laugh.