How common is it for men to use hookup sites?

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I'm dating again after a divorce and I was surprised to hear guys talking about using hookup apps as though it's the norm. It makes me wary of getting involved with anyone, as I wouldn't feel comfortable dating someone who was doing this. The way people talk it sounds as though most single guys (and quite a lot who are in relationships) do this regularly. What do you all think? Is it really what everyone does these days or is it just a select few?

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What is an example of a hook-up site?

Quite common I think.

Well I thought this was a thread about camping

Hook ups like tinder? Lots and lots of single people use dating apps and lots of the time it's for hook ups as well as proper dates. Does that bother you?

Before I got into a relationship I used hook up sites. Lots of the men are married but there’s quite a fe

(Posted too soon) few singles that I managed to find.

By hookup apps I mean ones where people can find a one night stand straight away. If I was dating someone, getting to know them and developing feelings for them it would really bother me if I knew they'd been using sites to get laid at the same time.

Those sites don't really exist for straight men. There isn't an equivalent of Grindr for straights. Tinder isn't an immediate hookup app.
I mean those sites do exist but they are very niche.

Incredibly common: 50 million people a month use tinder, 23% of these use it daily, and 18% have used it to have at least 1 one night stand (probably more as these are just the ones that admitted it)

Tinder isn't necessarily a hookup site. And I've had dates that were one night stands because I didn't want to see them again so that statistic doesn't say anything about people's intentions.

I think LittleKitty's stats are actually quite reassuring! Presumably that's 50 million worldwide, and 18% would be 9 million people. Worldwide. I can't see why too many people would lie about it - presumably it was a confidential survey. I'm never totally convinced about these surveys, but I would have thought it might have come out worse than that.

Yes it's common. Plenty of married men on those sites and plenty of singles. If you make sure you've agreed to be exclusive before you sleep together and insist on an sti test you should be fine. Just because someone has had casual sex when single doesn't make them incapable of being faithful in a relationship.