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I assume it must be quite different for online daters of a generation that didn't grow up with social networking and such.... and I've no doubt that scammers and others with less than sterling intentions know that quite well.
Look at all the "offline" scams that deliberately target retirement-age people; there's no reason why online dating would be much different, I suppose.
That said, my son and DIL met on Match.com when they were in their late twenties, lived together for a year and half, married, and will be celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary this summer. It was the first and only time either of them had used a site like that. So it does happen but I suspect there's a much larger share of pure luck involved than anything else.
I briefly went on match.com and was apparently considered a 'catch' being a single, financially independent, educated, vertical, 65-year-old male. I was in high demand for honey-do jobs, mucking out barns and stables, and running myself ragged with newfound troubled kids and grandkids. I bailed out after 90 days. I had a few dates and a short relationship that was pleasant but was wasting her time (I'm not looking for marriage and she was.). In retrospect it was a mistake.
I tried an over 50 dating site (at age 75) but the only responses I got were from women my own age which I am not interested in. The 50ish age women I contacted did not respond. I gave up after a few months.
I assume it must be quite different for online daters of a generation that didn't grow up with social networking and such....
That said, my son and DIL met on Match.com when they were in their late twenties, lived together for a year and half, married, and will be celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary this summer. It was the first and only time either of them had used a site like that. So it does happen but I suspect there's a much larger share of pure luck involved than anything else.
Your assumptions are erroneous. First, we are not a generation that "didn't use social networking and such...".
I've been using computers extensively for 30 years since 1989, and for tons of various uses, both personal and work.
And we're talking about online dating for older people and seniors, not your son and daughter in law who met online in their late twenties.
Thank you everyone. I figured that people must be joking or exaggerating when I heard all those horrible stories about on line dating when you are over 65. I guess that they were not joking or exaggerating.
i have a friend that meets men online. They are all scammers, but she refuses to believe that
And yea i think they take advantage of older women. They think we are desparate and will believe anything.
I should say that she talked to them online, never actually met any of them in person
They would send her these pictures that would make you blush. And you think why would a guy like this be interested in an over-weight 60 year old. They would just find pic of good looking guys online and use those as their own.
I tried an over 50 dating site (at age 75) but the only responses I got were from women my own age which I am not interested in. The 50ish age women I contacted did not respond. I gave up after a few months.
And this is why some people think some men are so shallow.
All I can say is "karma." May it bite you in the butt
I wouldn't recommend online dating for seniors. There are too many scammers/catfishers out there targeting seniors. Many senior men who go online are looking for much younger women, thinking there might be a chance. They can even set their profile settings so they will only be matched with, or meet, women under a certain age. It's even hard for women in their 40s to do online dating. The men who are interested in older women are often strictly looking for money, help, support and figure that an older woman will fit the bill.
I would also add the pickings are slim for older people on online dating websites.
Too many undesirables, and not enough desirables.
And the fact that older men are often not interested in women of their own age is another strong factor.
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