Companionship without sex

[LilyAnn13]

Do you think it´s possible to ask for this on a dating app?
I´m female, in my early 50s and I like the idea of meeting someone, but only for companionship because I no longer feel like sex.

@rocky5001 I see your point but I think there are a huge number of women and probably some (though fewer) men who do want sexual electricity with a partner but do not want to have PIV sex ever again for a whole load of reasons - past abuse, physical pain, atrophy post menopause, pressure over sex having destroyed past relationships.

I can understand why someone might want to rule it out from the off to make life easier but still not want a partnership that does not feel like a brother-sister relationship.

*that feels like brother-sister

That makes sense, from the individual's point of view, and yes that's the impression I've gotten from others. But I think then that very, VERY few men would be interested in this. Some of the reasons you list won't apply to men at all, and the others will probably apply less often than to women.

So it would just be the small minority of men with a very low to non-existent libido making up your dating pool, before you even narrow it down by availability, compatibility etc.

But who knows? You could get lucky.

You can ask for whatever you want. Just be as specific as you can be

Exactly. That’s why companionship isn’t just a friend. Holding hands, having a cuddle or a kiss, isn’t sexual contact in my book. Maybe to some.

@LilyAnn13 I think you can ask for whatever you want but id be inclined to just phrasing it as companionship in your profile so it's spelt out more. I know a couple of people, both sexes, who don't have sex due to childhood abuse/trauma. One has been happily married for years with separate rooms, the other is looking for someone to just have this sort of quality time with someone but no sex (he's male). They are out there.