I disagree with none of the comments in the above postings. Dating as a senior (my wife passed in 2017) in his 70s is a real eye-opener, and not in a pleasant way. Initially, I was skeptical of what women friends and business associates told me; beware of predatory females; women lie, a lot; some divorcees use remarriage and divorce as a means of building their wealth (think property settlements), many have serious control and other issues, and the list goes on.

I have been on a number of sites, off and on, over the years and am not renewing my membership on the sites I currently belong to. I cannot recommend one as better than the other. I think COVID changed the online and real-world dating experience for reasons I do not understand. In my area, the single men in different age groups I talk to are puzzled as why dating has become so difficult.

I think the advice to go to a church (or several) is sound advice but be careful even there.

Stay safe! And good luck!

I have used one Dating website. It was supposed to be for "higher-end" seniors. I found it to be littered with mostly liars and scammers.
You will have a much better odds in a "face to face" environment of your choice.

OK, based on recent intel, Bumble and Facebook dating are the best. If you want worldwide coverage, go to Asiandating.com.

Since I’m overloaded, my best tips.

A) Move to where the type of woman you want to meet, lives.

My wife and I met in Miami, where there is a large population of middle-aged single professionals.

That population is much smaller, in SC.

B) Almost everyone is on Tinder. They might be on a paid site as well, but they are probably on Tinder, and it is possible to screen out most of the crazies, but you will meet some.

The money thing is... Complex. Obviously, no one wants a gold digger, but at 57, women will expect a certain amount of financial stability, and they may want to be sure the man is stable as well - I actually thought the whole joke about "post your credit score" kind of makes sense.

After reading all this, I believe posting your credit score makes sense..for both parties.

That would sort out your gold diggers fast and it would give you an idea at least of how great a storyteller you might acquaint yourself with (if it was low and there was a good reason).

I know a guy that dated a middle aged woman who was on multiple sites.. and she was trying to egg him on by sharing with him the other options she had. Yum!

All I can say is may God have mercy on your soul.

My ex split 3+ years ago. I tried them all, had fun on a few dates. I found that some were looking for free dinner (and more) and many were not someone I would be interested in. In the end it got laborious and the barrage of scammers is annoying especially from tinder.

I ended up giving up and stopped looking because it's so much work and I wasn't finding anyone I would want to go out again with.

Eventually, I was introduced to friend of friend through work and we've been dating for over a year now.

I’m 52 and divorced for probably two years. I stay in really good shape and financially set for when I retire next year. After 3 divorces, I have ZERO desire to date. I’ve entered a new stage in my life and totally happy being alone. I’m alone, but not lonely if that makes sense. I’ve done all the dating sites when I was younger and holy crap I can’t even imagine how much fun I’ve had on those sites back in the day. It was like shooting fish in a barrel. Now that I’m 52 all I wanna do is be alone and do my own thing on my own schedule. Good luck to you guys still out there on the hunt though.

I met my wife on Tinder.


Boy, were we both surprised the other had a Tinder account.

There isn't a dating app that you can reliably count on working well for you. There just isn't. What they all do for you is get you out there and socializing again. Finding the "one" from there is always up to you no matter what app you use.

As for my experience, I divorced in 2011, took a couple of years off and made sure I was someone that was:
A) ready to date
B) had some things going for him.

Found my current GF in 2014. Neither of us want to get married ever again. If you are among those that think we're going to hell for not being married...then maybe dating apps just aren't for you in the first place.

If she isn't part of my life at some point, well, I'm hoping that a truly life-like French maid style sex bot is in my budget.

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Originally posted by smithbc:
Alright, so I am recently divorced after about 20 years. I am 57 years old, and looking to start dating again. What is the best dating app out there?????

Thanks

I have no dating app advice for you, but in reading this thread I would say the old fashioned way of just meeting someone in-person is the best bet. I will be married 28 years this November to my wonderful wife and can’t imagine not being with my wife, but god forbid if for some reason we are no longer together I know I would never date again. All these stories on here just sound like so much crap to wade through although obviously a few found their mate. Everyone is different, but I would be fine living alone with no drama. I wish you the best of luck, but definitely be on the alert for people after money. As others have said, do research on the person to vet them. If you don’t know how, hire a PI to run good reports on them. I own a PI company on the side and can do that kind of stuff.