Online dating for US-ian 50-60s?

November 28, 2024 8:12 PM

Close friend in their late 50s in California is interested in dipping a toe back into dating. She is a gamer, goes to a lot of conventions, and is a lefty weirdo in the best sorts of ways. Where is a good place for her to check out?
posted by arnicae to Grab Bag (4 answers total)

Is she cis and straight? The most common apps for straight women in that age ground wanting to date men are Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge. They're all a bit different. I think Tinder is the biggest. I don't think any are inherently better or worse than the others.
posted by bluedaisy at 8:53 PM on November 28

One data point: I'm in LA and I just had Thanksgiving dinner with a male friend in his 50s. He told me he met his 50something girlfriend of one year on Hinge.
posted by BlahLaLa at 9:18 PM on November 28

No matter which app she uses, have her check out Burned Haystack Dating Method. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cvvwed-g29z/ Online dating suuuuucks and using this method may make things more bearable for her. The method assumes that women are looking for a long-term monogamous relationship but even if she isn't looking for that right now, it will still help weed out the creeps, scammers, potential abusers etc.
posted by foxjacket at 5:21 AM on November 29 [8 favorites]

Plura is for a bit of oddball as it's mostly to sell events, but it also has a bit of member meets member dating thing.

Silver Singles just sounds a bit... old.
posted by kschang at 10:27 AM on November 29 [1 favorite]