A dating app I am surprised about.
Try again.
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All friendly, related comments are welcome! I hope to generate some discussion.
I am F68, divorced three years, and I recently decided I would like to have sex again before I die.
After shutting down a few sites after very few hours, I ended up on an app called Zoosk. Paid for a month. Added photos and some verbiage. And Set age and distance preferences
So it is easy to use, easy to upload photos, etc. Zoosk sends a notification if you have had any interaction with someone they kick off. Thank you!
So far, these are all real men. With terrible photos, bad descriptions, but some wrote enough about themselves to spark a message from me.
Unfortunately I am in a rural area, and in Georgia temporarily, and I am not home-grown, if you get what I mean.
Zoosk does a good job with the age (65 and up), but clearly doesn’t subscribe to any sort of mapping system, so they say someone is 50 miles away. Maps says he is 3.5 hours away. 🤔
I have ended up talking (phone and text) with two of them. I have learned a lot. In less than a week.
Apparently they have a lot more women scammers, one guy gets notices regularly that someone he had contact with was booted off. Doesn’t surprise me I guess, with women going after older men. I’ve only seen one notice of a scammer, and I didn’t interact, prob just liked him. If the guys I am looking at are scammers, they are infant scammers. Just learning the trade. And way too old to start a new career.
This guy says that in several years of on/off OLD, he mostly encounters very pathetic women. Kinda like the guys on those other sites that, as soon as you logged on, wanted to video chat, and they might be 25 years old if I’m lucky. I think he is surprised to find someone open and sincere, but as an older woman I am not targeted, I guess. 🥳 excellent.
I have honestly been flabbergasted at this experience. I expected only scams and time-consuming grief. These men are wonderful, sincere, intelligent, grandfathers. Both are unlike anyone I have talked to ever in my life. They all want sex, to meet, etc but are mature and intelligent enough to know when it won’t happen. They also let you know their status right away. I am talking to one guy who has ED, told me upfront. It is a strange and sometimes wonderful world out there.
This is what we all need to do. Just reach out. We can entertain and learn from each other without making an hours-long drive to an unknown location. Or other unsafe decisions. FYI, I’d have to feel REALLY good about someone to want sex with them. Since I am always geographically unavailable, it is limited to talking. And that is what I want. To get to know you.
I have had some fun talks, and I always ask about their experience with the app and other dating venues. So far, no creepers.