Dating site recommendations?

[Daet]

I’m sort of dipping a toe in at my advanced age! I’m 55 and the only site I’ve tried so far is Match. It’s probably a reflection of my age but I’ve found it dire - so depressing! Does anyone have any suggestions or am I destined to die lonely?! Thank you,

Twohoots maybe it was the same guy? Hope your date today goes well!

Oh mermaid that sounds awful, very strange. Well done for ending and blocking. Easy for me to say but don’t let it get to you - it’s clearly him with the issues, not you. Was it your Thin Lizzy man? Don’t let it put you off - you knew there were flags from the start so your instincts are good.

On a much lesser scale, I had that on Friday. I gave out my phone number but asked him not to call for a couple of days as I need to work my way up to actually speaking. He rang immediately and when I didn’t answer left a message saying he’d rung. He rang again, and bring the fool that I am, I felt bad for him and answered. Clearly had some issues and I ended the call after about 10 mins.

My guy bailed on me this morning with a sorry I can't meet sorry for wasting your time and asking to meet you. Take care.

What a prick. That's two rejections in a week. There's only so much a girl can take!!

Don’t take it personally Two, it’s them not you! I imagine it’s happened to most of us.

I’ve had a no-show before now which was embarrassing but luckily we’d arranged to meet fairly nearby so not too much hassle.

Daet No it wasn't Thin Lizzy man we continue to assess the delights of the band!

I'm angry at myself because my instincts were screaming that it was off and I still went anyway. I think because so many men can't be bothered and are standoffish I thought I would give this one a try. I'm still a bit shaken and I'm coming off the site for a bit.

Twohootsthat's so rubbish! I hate when they do this.

Joined bumble as so many of you do it. Chatting to a few. One guy asked for more pics but what he really wanted was nudes. He blocked me when I refused!

Two - bullet and dodged! I don’t like it when they ask for more pics, not sure why, Bumble is a strange one. I find their distance limit policy really frustrating. Do any of you find that?

The WhatsApp curse appears to have struck me again. The man I mentioned yesterday who was keen and 11 years younger than me has disappeared. So soul destroying. Beginning to think I’ll never meet anyone :(.

Daet ok cupid is the same. All my matches are bristol but I live in Dorset! I set my travel distance to 25 miles I've started talking to another man, reassuringly nonchalant this time after the previous 'love bomber'. We have moved to Whattsap so let's see if the curse descends!

Now I’m self isolating I have 2 lovely man to chat to on WhatsApp and 0 chance of meeting . Typical 🙄

Mermaid well done for keeping going. All my potentials have dried up :(. I do not understand the distance thing at all! I’m in SE and have set my limits to 15 miles. I regularly get ones from up to 70 miles away!

ojoj1 are you ill or just being proactive? Hope you’re ok.

I have decided that the minute a man starts getting heavy and talking about having feelings before we've even met, it's a no go. Lesson learnt!

Daet I have cold/flu kind of thing going so staying home .I discovered that things change so rapidly - my matches were from hinge

Get well soon ojoj1. Do you think 55 is too old for Bumble? Or maybe it’s just too old full stop!

Another guy I was chatting too seemed nice. But it transpires he wants a booty call so that's him out and another guy on tinder wants me to send him pictures of my feet!!!!!

Oh I not 'arf get 'em.

Don't give up !
Started OLD about 12 months ago at the grand old age of 51..Probably had 40 plus dates ...fell for one that turned out to be emotionally unavailable,met some weirdo's,met some I wasnt keen on and plenty that didn't fancy me either....struck up four very good friendships and overall met some lovely genuine blokes...Found rejection especially hard to deal with at times .
Anyhoo to cut a long story short a man that I was chatting to (but never met) last September got in touch to say 'hi' a few weeks ago and as they say 'the rest is history '....early days and I know it may not work out long term but we've had the 'exclusive ' chat and I feel like a teenager again 😉

Daet 55 is an awesome age , you don’t have to worry about biological clock or any other bulshit. We all deserve love at any age xx

Hey guys! No! Daet! It’s not old! Are you joking! You keep going! You’ll find your dream man! He’ll be lucky to have you!

Hello lovely folks! Absolutely nothing to report other than a “nice” man I’d been chatting to on WA for a week or so had a go at me for not keeping the convo going! I thought 4 or 5 messages a day was pretty good going, especially as I’d made it clear from the get-go that this was never going to be more than a friendship!

Hit me with your success stories - I need inspiration!

I'm still chatting to the new man but we are running out of things to say! I think the prospect of meeting at the moment is so unlikely due to corona it may just fizzle out. It seems a shame but I'm assuming lots of people will be in this situation?

Still 2 guys on WhatsApp

Hey! Chatting to absolutely loads! It’s so exciting guys, but as I said (being honest) I’m not looking for a relationship so I’m having a blast! Don’t judge me! 🌹

Red would I not been self isolating I would follow you.

Not judging you in the least Red. Frankly I’m quite envious! But I don’t have the confidence to do it your way. I’m so glad you’re having a great time.

And good on you ojoj1 for keeping your convos going.

Thanks ladies, Daet, yes I’m very confident! Ojojoj1, I know I should be self isolating but they are so fit, muscles everywhere! I can’t resist! 🌹

Things seem to have stepped up a lot this week re coronavirus - stay safe everyone. Time to put meeting people on hold for a bit? I think I would delay now in the highly unlikely event I had any dates lined up! Take care.