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Has anyone here ever successfully used a dating app to meet someone?
August 12, 2023 at
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I've been separated (and in divorce process) since August 2022. I work two jobs and essentially do online "dating" as my 3rd job. Therefore, I've been working 3 jobs for the past year w/o much breaks in-between. I'm just wondering if anyone has ever successfully used a dating app to meet someone? Which apps have you used? One of the problems I find w/ many of these apps is that they continue to show me many women that just live too far away from me (to potentially see every day).
I have used Facebook, Facebook Dating, Tinder, Hinge (this one is useless), Grindr (ugh!), and MeetMe. Despite meeting hundreds of women online, and never having met a single one in person, I would have to conclude that online dating is largely a failure. Literally 99%+ of the women I have met online are beggars, liars, and scammers. A large % of the American women use online dating to try to "beg" men to send them money, gift cards, pay the internet, or pay their phone bill while a large % of the Asians and international women will try to scam me into doing short-term cryptocurrency trading (I've learned from many experiences that this is a huge scam so DON'T do this).
I'm hopefully looking for success stories here as I often get discouraged and need a little something to inspire me to keep going. I just turned 52 years old and I feel like I have my last run to try to get into a good relationship w/ a woman who's independent and successful. I want to hear success stories but of course on the way to those success stories there are probably many more horror (or failure) stories so I'd like to hear those too. Maybe we can compare notes?
I have used Facebook, Facebook Dating, Tinder, Hinge (this one is useless), Grindr (ugh!), and MeetMe. Despite meeting hundreds of women online, and never having met a single one in person, I would have to conclude that online dating is largely a failure. Literally 99%+ of the women I have met online are beggars, liars, and scammers. A large % of the American women use online dating to try to "beg" men to send them money, gift cards, pay the internet, or pay their phone bill while a large % of the Asians and international women will try to scam me into doing short-term cryptocurrency trading (I've learned from many experiences that this is a huge scam so DON'T do this).
I'm hopefully looking for success stories here as I often get discouraged and need a little something to inspire me to keep going. I just turned 52 years old and I feel like I have my last run to try to get into a good relationship w/ a woman who's independent and successful. I want to hear success stories but of course on the way to those success stories there are probably many more horror (or failure) stories so I'd like to hear those too. Maybe we can compare notes?
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I tried a dating app - don't recall which one - when they first became popular, and it was a nightmare. Too many people I'd never give the time of day to if we'd met in person first. Over 50 it can be much more difficult to meet people so get creative.
1) Try to get friends and family to set you up with people they know. A lot of good relationships come from that because friends and family know you best and what you're looking for.
2) Find a hobby that requires you to be in the same place at the same time each week and connect with someone else who shows up. My BFF met his last girlfriend at a meditation class.
3) Meetup has all kinds of groups with specific interests and age groups. Hiking is very popular.
I'm not the OP. I've never been married. I've never really wanted to be either
It won't work. Not for long.
And of course, I'm talking about a serious relationship.
I have used Facebook, Facebook Dating, Tinder, Hinge (this one is useless), Grindr (ugh!), and MeetMe. Despite meeting hundreds of women online, and never having met a single one in person, I would have to conclude that online dating is largely a failure. Literally 99%+ of the women I have met online are beggars, liars, and scammers. A large % of the American women use online dating to try to "beg" men to send them money, gift cards, pay the internet, or pay their phone bill while a large % of the Asians and international women will try to scam me into doing short-term cryptocurrency trading (I've learned from many experiences that this is a huge scam so DON'T do this).
I'm hopefully looking for success stories here as I often get discouraged and need a little something to inspire me to keep going. I just turned 52 years old and I feel like I have my last run to try to get into a good relationship w/ a woman who's independent and successful. I want to hear success stories but of course on the way to those success stories there are probably many more horror (or failure) stories so I'd like to hear those too. Maybe we can compare notes?
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She can run faster than her brothers.
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I hope all is well with you and the fam.
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