I used them when i was younger, had quite a few dates and also a long relationship, but now im my 30's im not a fan, i much prefer meeting people in real life where's there's no expectations and you can pick up on natural cues that they like you, i never ever ever ever play my cards first and i feel like the moment you sign up to a dating app you are doing just that and i find meeting people that way awkward af and makes me feel desperate. Nothing better than meeting a stranger that's totally into you and you know it before you have played a single card. I feel like dating apps have made something that should be totally natural a lost art. Covid screwed things up royally but every cloud has a silver lining, as things start to open up, people who have been single and had little social interaction are now in heat and their cues are even easier to read.
I’ve never used online dating, and even if I was able to turn the clock back to when I was “in the life”, I’d not consider it.
You’ve summed it up just about right for me, you’ve described almost exactly how I approached the dating dance, but of course I was a gazillion years younger then.
Like any other red blooded heterosexual guy in those days, I could walk into a bar, party, club, you name it, and without alarming any woman I could open up a an easy going, non threatening conversation, watch for reaction, and either see the glimmer of a green light and run with it, or more times than enough get gently shot down in flames.
It was all part of life’s rich tapestry, and it was so easy, I approached it the same way that I approached gambling in a casino.
I went in prepared to lose, but win if I could.
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