I know a COUPLE who is on Tinder and they claim to have had great success in finding women who want to be in some kind of triangle relationship. It's super weird. They're in Maryland so maybe that explains it. |
A bit scarry story ![]() |
Met my fiancee on Match. We are both late 50s empty-nesters. Similar lifestyles and interests. |
I do not agree. I have gone on dates with ages 26-45. I am 45 year old woman. No reason for me to date older. I am attractive and look younger. |
Woman here. I don't understand why someone that prefers a form of dom/sub relationship is a negative? If they are upfront and open about it, you can make a choice. You don't have to partake. |
Male here. Had a relationship with an attractive, smart woman in a high profile, high stress job. In the bedroom, she loved to play the sub role as it let her step entirely away from her IRL world. |
Your odds will be good to find men. But, they tend to swipe on tons of women based on pics alone, so there is a high likelihood they won’t have actually read your profile and so they won’t really align with what you want.
It may be time to try incognito (paid option) on Bumble. Your profile will only be shown to men you’ve liked. So if there is a match, you’ve already seen them and feel their profile works for you. Tinder also has this, but if you’re looking to be more than a FWB, ONS, or long-term long-distance low-commitment casual girlfriend, try Bumble first. I say this as a 47 yo who’s been on the apps a while. I have more success with normal, sane men out in the wild, but there is also a lot of work there. Meaning, it takes several meetings before you find out that his kink won’t work for you/he holds life views that don’t work with yours/he’s still married/he’s planning to join a circus in a few months/he doesn’t like to kiss/he prefers women who bike instead of drive, where it’s pretty out in the open up front after a bit of texting online. |
48 YO DH here. Met wife on Tinder in 2017, we married late 2019 (I was 44, she 38), have a daughter now, life is good. We lived two blocks from each other in DC but never would have met if not for the apps. Met my prior girlfriend (2.5 year relationship) on Tinder as well (great woman, it just wasn't going to work out for us).
All of this talk of hookup only culture seems off, I know other solid relationships formed on the apps. If you have a decent IQ, it's pretty easy to screen out people who aren't looking for serious relationships / are crazy. Occasionally you end up sitting through a drink with one of them because your online filters didn't work, that's just a cost of doing business. But you should be able to suss out who someone is in person if you stop projecting your hopes/dreams/fantasies onto them. I found that even the women I didn't click with romantically were mostly solid, interesting women with a lot going on. And I think, deep down, many people on the apps, men included, are ultimately look for love / marriage, despite what they might tell themselves. |
Um. That is how your husband is. Not every guy. Yikes! I have met some nice guys on Tinder. The longest I have dated someone was 7 months. I have been dating someone I met on Bumble for a year. |
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I hear this same complaint from friends of all ages and locations. It wasn't like this when I used it a few years ago. Men swipe right on everyone, then wait to see who matches and messages. Then they cull the herd. It is a shortcut, and they also like the validation. |
PS-- we are in our 50s |
Date mid 40s then confirms are indeed optional and little CS risk |
I'm 41 and met my current boyfriend, 45, on Bumble. I've tried Hinge and Tinder and League as well. He also used Hinge and Tinder. |
Close. I was 37 when I met my now husband on Tinder. |