Dating Apps for seniors

[Tskware]

I am long time married, so have zero personal interest in any App, but reason for this thread is that we have a friend, lets call her "Leslie", mid 60s, who lost her husband a few years ago and is now back in the dating pool. I even set her up with a golfing buddy, which went nowhere. But she has been using a dating App, and dated one guy for about a year, they broke up, then met another guy after several more tries. I have to say it has been more than a little amusing to listen to my wife and her friends who have reverted to HS, gossiping about Leslie and the men she has been dating. One guy they looked up on FB and one of them said "Ew, he's not cute at all". I mean, WTF is that supposed to mean? Hell, the guy is probably 68 years old, of course he is not "cute" anymore. Lets be honest, none of us in our mid 60s are.

So has any of the senior posters used these Apps? I would be curious to hear the experiences. I can understand why young people, especially those in big metro areas, where you might not run into the same person twice in a month, would use a dating App. Have heard some success stories and marriages from them.

But at my age, personally, I think I would be weirded out, like going to a restaurant and ordering from a menu. Besides, I just don't think it would be THAT hard for me to meet eligible women if something happened to my wife. I have my beer in hand, so lets hear some dating App stories,

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

 

[MdWIldcat55]

So, Leslie wants an App that can transform her 65-year-old face and body that of a 30-year-old, so she can date men who look like 36 year-olds?

I'm not sure they have that yet.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

I am long time married, so have zero personal interest in any App, but reason for this thread is that we have a friend, lets call her "Leslie", mid 60s, who lost her husband a few years ago and is now back in the dating pool. I even set her up with a golfing buddy, which went nowhere. But she has been using a dating App, and dated one guy for about a year, they broke up, then met another guy after several more tries. I have to say it has been more than a little amusing to listen to my wife and her friends who have reverted to HS, gossiping about Leslie and the men she has been dating. One guy they looked up on FB and one of them said "Ew, he's not cute at all". I mean, WTF is that supposed to mean? Hell, the guy is probably 68 years old, of course he is not "cute" anymore. Lets be honest, none of us in our mid 60s are.

So has any of the senior posters used these Apps? I would be curious to hear the experiences. I can understand why young people, especially those in big metro areas, where you might not run into the same person twice in a month, would use a dating App. Have heard some success stories and marriages from them.

But at my age, personally, I think I would be weirded out, like going to a restaurant and ordering from a menu. Besides, I just don't think it would be THAT hard for me to meet eligible women if something happened to my wife. I have my beer in hand, so lets hear some dating App stories,

Doesn't sound like Leslie is really a friend of your wife's if she's making fun of her life behind her back. Do Leslie a favor and tell her to find better friends.

 

[Tskware]

Doesn't sound like Leslie is really a friend of your wife's if she's making fun of her life behind her back. Do Leslie a favor and tell her to find better friends.

I'll get right on that

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

I'll get right on that

Lost her husband and friends are laughing at her behind her back. Talk about crappy people, lol.

 

[Cold Stout Beer]

Guarantee most of those women laughing behind her back are miserable and jealous and would give anything to be single. Too funny. Good luck, Leslie.

 

[IdaCat]

Why all the complicated subterfuge? If you're looking for channels to find older men, just ask. I'm sure somebody on here has experience and can help.

For your wife's friend. Lol.

 

[Tskware]

Guarantee most of those women laughing behind her back are miserable and jealous and would give anything to be single. Too funny. Good luck, Leslie.

I think you seriously misunderstood, no one laughing behind her back, we have all entertained her and her BFs, her friends just real interested in her BF choices, not unlike HS, doesn't seem like it ever changes, no matter the age.

 

[BBBLazing]

I'm an 88 year old widower and have been for awhile. I've not tried to date since my wife passed. I do have friends however, that have used websites that are called something to do with sugar daddies to meet younger women for sex. These guys are younger than me and have more energy, but I've heard them talk about it. I spend my time fishing, drinking or hanging out with my family. I'm old enough that I'm not interested in that any more.

 

[funKYcat75]

I don’t think 17 and 18 year olds should be on dating sites.

 

[JonathanW]

I am in my 50’s, divorced. Met my girlfriend on an app. I was super shy in my teens and early 20’s until got married (after which being shy was no longer applicable). I hate beer and rarely drink (not against it, just not for me) so had I not met her on an app I don’t know how I would’ve met someone. So for me an app worked. And yes I’m in a larger metro area, not a small town.

 

[55wildcat]

Sorry to say this, nothing sounds more FAT and NEEDY like some dating app..but I understand

 

[HagginHall1999]

I can say definitively, if wife somehow goes before me I wouldn't be interested in dating anyone....especially not when I was in mid-60's. We have 4 kids together and she's my best friend (sorry @Ron Mehico you'll always be my best man lol).

My ass would be on a golf course and with the grand kids. Searching for companionship ever again sounds like a nightmare; 40+ years of baggage, no thanks.

I've added nothing for you OP. Sorry.

 

[Col. Angus]

Why all the complicated subterfuge? If you're looking for channels to find older men, just ask. I'm sure somebody on here has experience and can help.

For your wife's friend. Lol.

Grindr works. A friend told me.

 

[WTF Cat]

Pics... or there's no reason to care.

 

[DreadLox]

We're in our mid 70s. Several of our female friends have lost their husbands this century. None have remarried. One of my oldest male friends lost his wife 10 years ago. He doesn't date: he plays golf. Our best friend told us she didn't want anyone to fix her up with anyone. She had no interest. (She was close to 60 at the time.)

My mom dated. Dad died around 60. Mom remarried. (Against the advice of her friends who told her that she'd be more nurse than wife. They were right. He died two years later. ) She was still out there dating when she was my age now. She looked like one of those raisins in the old California Raisin commercials.

I can't imagine dating. People who have to have their bran every day to push things along -- and that's all of us at this age -- are unimaginable as sexual partners. Once the body declines, it declines into weird shapes and textures. There's Viagra but ... why? When I heard about the STD rates at The Villages, I got a little woozy. My thoughts sputtered like a lawn sprinkler starting up. In my 20s, there was a novel titled Jake's Thing. It was about a middle-aged guy who'd lost his libido being given the chance to get it back. I think via some medical procedure. (This was back when Groucho Marx joked that he'd pay $10,000 for an erection.) I don't know how it ended since I didn't read it. In your 20s you can't imagine losing your libido. It would be like losing your shadow. Now, I know what I'd choose.