Online dating timeline

[Honeybu]

Let’s share our online dating stories, good, bad, scary, near miss and everything. If successful how long did you OLD before you found your partner.
my timeline: I’m a single mum with two kids 7 and 6 in my late 30s. Been using OLD for almost 2 years now, when I initially joined got lucky almost immediately
( within a week of joining he was my first date and we was exclusive immediately) met my ex we was together for 17 months, split up 4 months and when back to OLD 2 months ago but this time I have been on few first dates but no second date, I’m a bit picky in a sense not going out with every guy that ask me out but I’m losing hope as to if I would get lucky to find someone I connect with.

There is a post on this forum dedicated to OLD dating, and you may get a better response there. It is located under relationships and they usually let it go to 1000 messages before starting a new one.

Those long standing dating threads can be a bit hard for newbies to get into Scooby. I've ventured on there a couple of times but everyone already knows each other and they refer to all their 'irons' (in the fire) by nicknames from previous threads, so as an outsider they can be a bit tricky to read as well as moving very quickly!

Honeybu I'm resisting going back onto Bumble tbh as I've grown a bit disillusioned by it. Had a few nice dates, some led to more but no sparks, one led to an exclusive relationship but then it turned out he still lived with his parents and made some shitty "jokes" about how he'd had to lower his standards to get a date and how I didn't look like my profile pics (after 2 months together!).

One was absolutely lovely, sensitive, clever and with a wicked sense of humour, great sex, but he was still obsessed with his ex of 3 years ago, so he called it a day. We're still friends and have been out a bit platonically, but I'm so tired of it all, I'm just sticking with him as a mate, and meeting an old FWB I met a few years ago for sex!

Hoping to hear some positive stories to convince me to give it another go!

My ex was a bind date. Dated for 4 years, then split because we wanted different things from the relationship.

Then, just before covid, I joined OLD and met a guy who turned out to be married with a child.... our first date took place while his wife was having a brain tumour removed. I binned him off as soon as I started to feel like something was off. Delved a little deeper, and it all came to light.

After covid, I met my current partner. We've been engaged for a year and have a 7 week old. Honestly, I wish I'd met him in my 20s instead of my late 30s.

He works in a similar industry to me, so he doesn't get bored or grossed out when I talk about work. In the 2 n half years we've been together, we've had minimal disagreements. He makes me laugh every day. He's my best friend and everything I ever wanted in a partner. Massively supportive and always there when I need him.

The only thing I'd change is his god damn snoring! I'm currently trying to sleep on the sofa just to get away from it 🤣

Met an absolute twat seeing him 6 weeks and he had me by the throat and I hit the floor. Could have been a lot worse. I chucked him out my house along with his belongings and got him arrested for ABH - he was charged and got sentenced to community service and some courses and got a record

Went online again and met the love of my life.

Be careful out there x