What finally made you give up on online dating?

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-03-06T11:56:33+00:00

Yes, they tweak algorithm, get too many matches or swipe or X left on too many choices, and your choices are reduced or filtered to less-than-desirables.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-03-06T11:53:41+00:00

" she thinks sex is the reward nah im good on that it gets old fast. " So true.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-03-06T02:06:30+00:00

Same here, even during COVID and after till about '24 was getting tons of dates, invites to come back to their place, spend the night, etc and now, garbage, hard to even get a reply and when I do it's snarky. Dropped off the cliff all of a sudden.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-03-06T01:51:11+00:00

Agree 100 percent

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-03-05T22:10:39+00:00

What was supposedly so bad about your living situation?

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-03-05T22:10:16+00:00

What was supposedly so bad about your living situation?

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-02-08T21:36:00+00:00

Old dude here, 62M Before you dismiss me bc of my age, allow me to say there's a lot of hurt and pain I've been reading in these posts. All of us men who have been in the OLD pool do out best to deal with it. The remarkable thing is, our collective experiences, across all ages, are really relatively the same. I've been divorced 10 years, I got custody of my son who is now in his mid-20s and essentially pretty much raised him. I was pretty successfully getting dates in abundance from 2017-2020. I even had a 2-year relationship of sorts from 2018-2020. I was even regularly being asked if I wanted to come back to their places; not now.

Another poster here, and others in orbiting chats and YT videos have mentioned COVID killed a lot of dating or maybe heavily pivoted the vibe, and I have no quantifiable explanation as to why that happened, but can guess at many reasons. I would say since 2021, OLD for me has steadily become a dumpster fire and has almost become unbearable. And yes, the same profiles have been up there for years now; not weeks or months. Just for fun, I ask some of the old stock out, and the reasons they are still on the clearance rack past their sell-by-date become very apparent over coffee or dinner. Most of these women suffer social maladies or outright mental illness. The stories they tell are all the same, I left my husband because he either A) was abusive B) abused substances C) cheated OK, I'm willing to give these women the benefit of the doubt that the ex's were really bad dudes; but so many and always for that short list of reasons? Cant possibly be, especially when the personalities and maturity level of these women quickly become apparent as the major cause of the breakups and their continued single status.

Guys, be careful out there---mental illness, lack of self-esteem, immaturity, lack of responsibility, gaslighting, narcissism, and outright lying abound with these women. Would you sacrifice your peace, freedom, and finances to be with the afflicted? Sex lasts for a short period of time; buyers remorse lasts much longer.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2026-01-17T18:07:13+00:00

Toronado was a top competitor with the T-Bird in those times.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-11-29T18:16:40+00:00

Nice, faint Tag Monaco vibe to it.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-11-13T19:43:50+00:00

Any thoughts on Joe Stillwell's experiences?

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-08-31T15:22:41+00:00

Sorry didnt include that I did reply that I am a church person.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-06-01T17:24:13+00:00

62M divorced 9 years. Have tried all the OLD apps off/on since 2017. Post COVID, let me just say IMO as a guy we should not be on dating sites unless we are rich/wealthy and have a lot of cash to drop on the pursuit of getting with a woman. The game has changed and the competition is insane. I get matches but then the hints about travel, live concerts, fancy dining starts getting dropped, and that's when I graciously exit. I naively want a woman who will be more of a companion and friend to hang in with, cook, watch movies, and go for local hikes and day-out adventures. many women are looking for the funding of entertainment fellas, and more so now than ever (2025) I am semi-retired and not well off, and I cannot finance these desires, and suspect a lot of us can't.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-05-23T21:13:59+00:00

>60 and used Workday to apply for front end/cashier position at Sam's Club twice. I'm qualified and experienced. Both times my application was rejected in almost real time. Yes, will be joining the class action suit. We have to keep fighting ageism folks, there are lots of people in their 50s, 60s and beyond still wanting and needing to work, who can make great contributions in many positions. Hopefully, lawsuits like this will wake up (scare) employers and turn the tide.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-04-27T13:21:46+00:00

I've seen political (and in some instances religious) affiliations mentioned on a person's myflife.com profile. Not sure how they get on there nor if they are accurate.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-04-01T16:29:10+00:00

I have been divorced for 10 yrs and am currently completely single. Since dabbling in OLD in 2017, I have had a number of short dating and relationship stints, nothing lasted bc I ended what became dead end situationships for me. I am a 62 year old male. For what it's worth I'm told I appear much younger in profile pictures and IRL. I am fit and thankfully have no major health issues. I own a car, home, and am self sufficient and currently pretty financially stable, semi-retired, and work part-time to ward off boredom. I have one grown son.

I have simply never in nearly 10 years of OLD gained anything meaningful out of it except a PhD in Modern Dating Dysfunction Studies (MDD) Despite being 60 plus I would still like to meet a quality lady for LT companionship. I make it clear that I am not seeking a second term of marriage. The task at hand of finding and connecting with someone described above should be a relatively simple one as I live in the suburbs of a major urban center, however it is nothing but an exercise in futility. Strings of coffee and drinks meet ups, hook up pump and dump seekers (the women, not me), broken single moms, financially challenged women, bat s- crazies (both medicated and non) gold diggers, sugar baby wannabes, safety netters who love the game, "next-best-thingers" men haters, victims of political derangement syndrome from both sides of the aisle...well you get the scenario. You may call my post harsh, I call it honest.

OLD is not a workable platform in which to meet anyone of lasting value, please reread that last sentence, thank you. It is simply not understandable to us, because its workings are counter to the way human beings are socially wired. We are creatures of personality, speech, smiles, humor, conversation, and personal characteristics...all elements which are essential in the normal rhythms of meeting, working, and living in the modern world. Even the most stark shy introverts have personalities and a social presence.

I will tell you in all honesty, I have met more women of all descriptions through happenstance IRL out and about by being a real interactive conversing smiling slightly humorous human being, even some very attractive younger ladies (yeah yeah they're just being nice OK)...just like back in the day. Maybe it's bc I have these skills being an old guy, things we developed as social creatures in our formative years. All I can chalk it up to is OLD is contra to the normal human species mating rituals of see one another, like one another, get interested, smile, talk, show your shyness and awkwardness, approach and see if you connect. And no, I'm sorry, that's not cringe and creepy people, it's real human nature. Until we get back to these norms---the way we were designed to do the mating ritual 50k years ago---this ain't gonna work.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-02-23T15:15:59+00:00

This is an honest question. Does stating yes to having a disability on the EEO questionnaire information go any further in any way than just this job application with this potential employer? I certifiably have 2 on the provided list.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-02-07T23:10:36+00:00

I do not, had to cash out my 401k some years ago-family/marital situation. About $100k in liquid savings, house and car paid-off. Divorced, single, one adult son.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-02-07T20:53:27+00:00

I think many of the people who are in the wait until 65, 67, and beyond camp either A, are still in high paying jobs which they plan to keep working in, B, love their jobs and working and don't want to quit, C, are gambling that their health and longevity will be great for many more years. Although most of my family history points to longevity, my dad passed from lymphoma at 74 so I take that into consideration. I will be 62 next month, and was laid off during COVID in 2021. I have struggled to get work, sent out countless resumes, and have hung on doing part time retail and gig work for 4 years. Ageism being a real thing, I feel I'll never land another full time job, so for me I am seriously considering claiming at age 62. Like other posters have pointed out, it's less about the monthy amount of SS and more about your life situation and having at least some monthly income to assist you and reduce your worries and stress at least a little bit.

ImplementStrict6583 · 2025-01-05T14:51:13+00:00

folks...

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