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To rejoin the world of online dating

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Datesagain · 10/05/2020 17:21

Been single for years. Spent about 2 years on OLD. Had a handful of dates and one relationship. He turned out to be very needy and had narcissistic tendencies so didn't last long. I decided OLD was a complete waste of time vowing to find people in real life through activities etc. Problem is I haven't met any potential dates in real life Confused. Most people my age are in relationships/married and the very few single men I have met I am just not attracted to.

So, should I rejoin OLD in the hope of meeting someone new? If it were not for lockdown I'd be making more of an effort at meeting people through work events/social groups etc. Lockdown has made me realise there are zero potential dates on my radar.

The thing that put me off with OLD is difficulty with being attracted to someone from a photo, either desperately long conversations before meeting or the opposite (no conversations, one word answers), spending many hours online with very little result and the fact that many time wasters seem to be on those sites. I am looking for a relationship and sometimes it seemed impossible to actually match with someone looking for the same thing. Has OLD improved at all? Any particular apps good? I was only on Tinder before but have heard Bumble is better? Would like to hear from anyone who is currently on OLD please.

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TheStuffedPenguin · 15/05/2020 15:04

I know many people who have met their current partners online . My now H I met on POF after my first marriage break up . I'm at the ahem older age of the spectrum, shall we say . I remember reading on the dating thread here someone saying it is a numbers game - be firm though with what you want , don't talk for ages before you meet and treat the first meet as an interview . Don't sleep with them the first night or second or whatever ...any decent man will respect that . Read the dating thread on here and learn your lessons from that .

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