I once went through Hinge with an intern at my work and we set her range to 50 and over. The amount of thumbheads sitting on DFS sofas was unreal. Mind you, the 25 year olds were also terrible and weirdly obsessed with Sunday roasts, too. One profile pic was a mirror selfie in a urinal - taps aff. Maybe it's just an awful app??
My neck hurts from nodding. You also missed that men almost always limit their search category by age and rarely include women over 50, regardless of their own age! I reckon the apps only really work if you’re either young or living in a very big city.
The age thing is so bonkers. I will be addressing that in part two, which I will write when I have the emotional strength to think about all this shit again.
I once went through Hinge with an intern at my work and we set her range to 50 and over. The amount of thumbheads sitting on DFS sofas was unreal. Mind you, the 25 year olds were also terrible and weirdly obsessed with Sunday roasts, too. One profile pic was a mirror selfie in a urinal - taps aff. Maybe it's just an awful app??
My neck hurts from nodding. You also missed that men almost always limit their search category by age and rarely include women over 50, regardless of their own age! I reckon the apps only really work if you’re either young or living in a very big city.
The age thing is so bonkers. I will be addressing that in part two, which I will write when I have the emotional strength to think about all this shit again.
Very funny piece, Anna, and good luck to you. I’m thinking you might enjoy @Rosana S’s recent 3-parter (also v witty) about dating in her 30s.
Thanks for the top tip. I also feel I have more to say - and so many screen shots - so there may be part two at some point.
Oh do, Anna, though I’m sure there’s plenty else to write about in the meantime!
I described my own lonely hearts foray in the 1980s here, if you fancy reading.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wendyvarley/p/how-i-met-my-match?r=cmaaf&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
Very amusing. All the best
Sadly, it is reckoned to be the best app. FML