Is it possible to meet someone over 40 without using the dating apps?

[ThatNimblePeer]

Just had a look at the apps and. I cannot.

Has anyone had luck over 40 meeting someone without using them?

YABU - get on the apps
YANBU - I met someone without using them

Met my husband (married 2 yrs) at an event, don't give up hope.

Hated the apps.

I’m not in the market for a new man but if I were , there are a couple of divorcees at work . That’s the only place I’d bump into anyone

I met my partner in the supermarket where I work, he was a customer. I was 44, he was 65 and it during the first Covid lockdown.

I’ve met people on and off the apps, for different reasons. My dp at the moment and I have a particular type of lifestyle and for that I found it better on the apps.

Never been on a dating app. I met my last 2 partners randomly. One was on the same jury as me on a 2 week court trial. And one came over when I was reading my book in Wetherspoons and asked if I wanted to sit with him instead of by myself.

I'm not going to be so patronising as to say "it'll happen when you least expect it" because that makes me want to throw plates. But there's definitely hope away from the apps.

I met my partner at a friend's 60th birthday party.I wasn't even going to go, I am not the sort of person who goes to parties every week, so I think that was amazing good fortune! ( I'm 53 )

Thanks for the lovely replies! Nice to hear that multiple people have