On Men on Dating Apps
To be honest, it's only been four weeks since my partner of eleven years broke up with me via text message. Serves me right, I suppose, for having given him my number in the first place. Still, it came as a shock, so much so that I decided the only way to ensure he never return, was to go out with another man immediately. And so I faced my dating app fears and started researching my options. I considered Jdate but Romeo left me just as my credit cards were all being shredded, so I realised I wasn't going to pay for love, even if I wanted to, it had to be a free service. I'm not a Tinder girl - I'm not looking for sex or for multiple partners or for married men - even if their wives agree. I'm an old fashioned type, a one man at a time girl, and at fifty-five, I'm mostly interested in good company and someone to share my life with. And so I settled for a mid range and seemingly reasonable OkCupid. Maybe it's the sudden decline in hormones or maybe it'...