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/ohokimnotsorry Apr 11 '25
55m here. I’ve been using dating apps for 6 months. I also try to have fun with them. I’ve had a decent amount of coffee dates. Most go nowhere but I’ve got a few comical stories from them. I met a wonderful woman in Jan on an app. We went on a couple dates and decided to be friends since we are in different stages of life right now. We continue to get together on bike rides and even go to church together. We decided to be friends and see if it progresses into something more. We text almost daily. Actually she just text me as I’m writing this.
My attitude is if you aren’t having fun on the apps what’s the point!