Once you hit 60, is it all over from a dating standpoint?

[Anonymous]

I got divorced a few years ago, and I dated using the apps for a while but have been on hiatus for a couple of years.

I just hit 60. I have a strong suspicion that if I go back on the apps, the number of "likes" I get will have dropped dramatically. Everyone probably sets their age parameter cutoff at 59... unless it's way way older people.

Any experience with this?

Does the usual pattern that women get lots of likes and men hardly any still persist after 60?

[Anonymous]

No, of course, it's not over. People of all ages are dating and finding partners.

[Anonymous]

my godmother was widowed at 80 and has a boyfriend at 81.

[Anonymous]

If everyone over 60 refuses to date anyone over 60, then yes. But I doubt that's the case.

[Anonymous]

My Aunt is 79 and recently started dating a guy that lives in the same building (senior IL apartment). She's like a whole new person

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got divorced a few years ago, and I dated using the apps for a while but have been on hiatus for a couple of years.

I just hit 60. I have a strong suspicion that if I go back on the apps, the number of "likes" I get will have dropped dramatically. Everyone probably sets their age parameter cutoff at 59... unless it's way way older people.

Any experience with this?

Does the usual pattern that women get lots of likes and men hardly any still persist after 60?

Yes. It is assumed your cooch is all dried up once you hit 60.

[Anonymous]

Expect likes from a lot of 80 year old men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got divorced a few years ago, and I dated using the apps for a while but have been on hiatus for a couple of years.

I just hit 60. I have a strong suspicion that if I go back on the apps, the number of "likes" I get will have dropped dramatically. Everyone probably sets their age parameter cutoff at 59... unless it's way way older people.

Any experience with this?

Does the usual pattern that women get lots of likes and men hardly any still persist after 60?

Yes. It is assumed your cooch is all dried up once you hit 60.

. No more than a man of the same age being a limp biscuit.

[Anonymous]

My widower grandfather remarried in his mid 70s and got another 20 years of marriage.

[Anonymous]

The experience on the dating apps will be different, for sure. I'm not 60 yet but am over 55 and get a much lower match rate already than I did when I last used the apps as a 48-50 yo. I get plenty of likes but not that many matches with the men my age that I find attractive. I get more likes from younger men presumably looking to hook up with an older woman and from men that I consider too old for me. I've been on a few dates and am currently kind of seeing someone a few years younger. It's not a complete bust. But, IMO, at this age the apps no longer work very well. If you're open to a broad age range you might do better. I have tight parameters for age and tighter parameters for distance because all I want is someone compatible to go out every now and then. I don't care if I don't get a lot of matches. I'm not using the apps to pair up for life at this point.

I think that past 55, it's better to meet people IRL than on apps, where a good portion of the men in our age group are focusing on younger women and won't even see you because of their settings.

[Anonymous]

Just lie and say you're 59. All the men are lying about their height anyway.

[Anonymous]

I don't know about the apps, but my divorced neighbor has a girlfriend who was widowed. They are both in their 60's, possibly early 70's, and seem very happy.

[Anonymous]

My mom has friends in their 70s who date.

[Anonymous]

My dad started dating in his 70's a year after my mom died. He had no trouble.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dad started dating in his 70's a year after my mom died. He had no trouble.

Was he using the apps? Hard to imagine being on them at that point.