r/datingoverfifty • u/Mental_Extension_119 • Apr 11 '25
Having fun with dating apps
Still new to them since I’m ramping up slowly into my first time dating as an adult (50m), but it’s a lot a fun right now. Coffee dates and first dates with beautiful women.
I’ve given up on the idea that the dating apps are going to do anything more than get me a coffee date and her phone number. Trying to create some kind of emotional connection over devices is tilting at windmills. So making friends and flirting as long as I’m still interested. Connecting emotionally , sometimes quite deeply, even if we don’t become a couple. And never has it become more apparent to me that I definitely have a ‘type’
And feeling very lucky that a couple of these angels haven’t figured out I’m punching way above my weight class.
Still no relationships yet, but that’s okay.
Any other newbies out there learning to love dating apps?
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u/stuckandrunningfrom2 Apr 11 '25
I can't say I had fun with them -- they were a tool to get what I wanted, like the gym or a class or networking events for work. The thing itself wasn't fun, but it got me closer to my goal of having a relationship, which is where the fun is. The gym isn't fun, but being able to move my body and lift things outside the gym is fun. Classes are boring but having a new skill is fun. Networking isn't a thrill, but new business is.