Anyone else use online dating sites ?

I'd given up on all that stuff long ago. However, inspired by another post i saw earlier this evening. I figured i'd just go along to one of the old sites i used to inhabit, see if my old log in details worked; see if anything had changed; just to see if it made me feel any different about the whole idea.

So i get there. Sure enough the log in worked. Go to 'Gallery' - This is where you have photos of other users(allegedly) and you put either a tick next to them if you are interested in talking to them. Or an 'X' if you're not. So scientific !😉
And the first three photos ?.... were of women i [b]KNOW[/b]!!

One of whom, [i]lied[/i] about her age !......by some ten years !
The other declared herself as single when she's been married 13 odd years !
And i'm pretty sure one was a woman i work with......wearing a WIG !😣

Leave well alone bobble ! Leave well alone !

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PoetryNEmotion · F

Ohmigod, Pickle! Are you okay? That is harsh!

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@PoetryNEmotion I have been on my own for.....a long time. Every so often i just 'paddle' in the world of 21st century singledom and attempt to reconnect with whatever the modern equivalent of the dating world is supposed to be.
And after tonight's 'paddle'........Think i need a long hot bath ! 😣

PoetryNEmotion · F

@Picklebobble2 Are you happy? The modern dating world sucks! Not THAT would make a great dating photo-you surrounded by bubbles! LOL.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@PoetryNEmotion Am i happy ?......It is what it is. That's the best way to look at it really.
I work too hard and too long. That's a relationship killer for a start !

PoetryNEmotion · F

@Picklebobble2 Oooh, don't say that expression. Do you need to work so much? And so long? You need time to find your lady love.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@PoetryNEmotion Well i have cut a lot of my client list so i do get a couple of days off these days.
But i think it's probably too late for me.
that's fine. i can accept that.

PoetryNEmotion · F

@Picklebobble2 It is never too late.

Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M

@PoetryNEmotion Well. Maybe when i'm 80. Got a marble or two still in my head. Maybe i'll chase one of the old gals in the nursing home !....May even get a reputation !😉

PoetryNEmotion · F

@Picklebobble2 I think that one concern is that when one is single for a long period of time, one gets used to doing things a certain way. One becomes less flexible and less able to compromise. Put that person together with someone else like that and it becomes a mess.
When you are eighty, you likely won't want a partner. All the nursing homes I have worked in, no women want the men. And the men are in the minority too. There isn't any sexual talk nor thoughts. It is as if that part of their lives died long ago. The older women do notice the young men who work in the homes though. They still know what attractive means. They just aren't interested.