My journey into online dating … one bloke’s perspective
Context: Forty years married and two years widowed. Never used online dating. Never really done “dating” in any shape or form ever. Have protective daughters: we want you to be happy, but no one is replacing mum-nana (which means the grandchildren being kept distant from any “new woman”). At one year in being a widower I was desperate for companionship and company. Not a good starting point for anything that desperation – especially seeking a meaningful relationship. And now at two years in and having chosen how to learn to live alone and be happy, content and at peace (and really am) – now “online dating” is out of curiosity and an alternative to “large group socialising” (which I find stressful). I have no desperation or need – just curiosity and a desire to connect with kindness.
Research: being sixty-eight years old I wasn’t even sure if anything out…
Hi Paul - nicely told, mirrors my own thoughts, and my absolute reality of trying very unsuccessfully to date over the last 5 years (i’m 60 and widowed 7.5 years ago) - it’s deathly silent out there for anybody with real, honest profile and expectations
Also - I have had 10 likes this week from 6000 miles away despite my search criteria (50 miles) and absolutely nothing else
It brutal for sure!