“Women Say I Look Like Brad Pitt”-Online Dating Over 50
What’s it like for a woman dating online over age 50?
First, let me clarify — I’ve been with my husband for eight years and I did meet him via online dating. I had a hard and fast rule I’d never date anyone outside my local area. If I hadn’t broken that rule because my husband was so persistent, we wouldn’t be together today. I see a lot of people asserting on Medium that people aren’t truthful in online dating (or many other) profiles. And of course, the often-spread truism that “No one is interested in any woman over age 30.” I recognized these problems and never used false or Photoshopped pictures and put my exact height and weight, which may have deterred most men who wanted women who weighed 105 lbs or less.
So, let’s chat about online dating (OLD) at older ages. First, it’s unlikely any woman is going to meet a man who hasn’t been married before. Second, based on my experiences prior to meeting my husband: 95% or better of men on the online dating platforms who are over age 40 are … prepare yourselves for this … married. We’re not talking “sugar daddies,” we’re talking about married guys looking for something. It’s not hard to imagine what that something is, so without further ado …
