If you are fed up of online dating, where next?

[Shelly421]

Any thoughts? I genuinely feel online dating has had its day. Im reasonably attractive, kids, lots of friends (mainly female). Life is pretty much kids stuff and work. I have childcare if im ever out. But I never meet anyone!

School: just other couples/married
Work : team mainly abroad, young and married

No time for the gym.

Where next?

I hear you OP. I found myself considering joining a running club the other day, it’s got that dire.

And a runner, I am not!

Join a running club for people who don’t run but are single and want to come to the running club because they are looking to date and they are desperate enough to run for it?

lol, sorry I know I’m of no use.

in the same boat. I just read the post of the woman who is dating a man who showed up on their first trip away with a kink mask on his face. That mental image embodies all of contemporary dating in my head.

Lol, I am single and joined a running club at the start of the year. There were exactly zero eligible bachelors. It was a great way to make friends with other single women though!

I just stuck with OLD and had high standards but low expectations. Have recent met someone lovely although we are only 2 months in so very early days yet.

Im too unfit to run! Plus I have tons of female friends, sigh

running clubs

Meetup

I met my lovely current partner through Tinder about 10 months ago now. There are decent men out there. I'm not sure where else to suggest 🤔

There are loads of middle aged men at gigs nowadays. Not sure if they are all single but it is definitely a place where they all hang out. Especially the smaller ones. Start listening to 6 Music and get to the more obscure gigs. Also very cheap compared to the established artists.

Supermarket aisle 3?

I feel for you OP! OLD is grim and although I screen extensively and get matches from most of the men I swipe right on, they either don’t chat or say something fairly quickly that gives me the ick. I’ve met a couple of men on nights out with friends in the last few months but wasn’t feeling that either. No one puts any effort in anymore.
Meetup locally is just retired people going for walks, generally during the day.
I was at a gig on Saturday night and men were either married or my sons age.
My gym has plenty of men but none that I’d be interested in, again they’re not my age bracket.
I hate running and won’t join a running club. That’s simply too painful.
I think I’ll hibernate over winter and just enjoy spending time with friends and family and see what happens naturally. I don’t expect to meet someone online before Christmas, I think people dip out and start again in the new year.