“Once I was told to download Hinge, my dating just went ballistic” 💕 ellieapeake explores what it’s like to use dating apps in your sixties
Michael joined hordes of older people only just trying out dating apps for the first time. Divorce rates among the over-60s have doubled since 1993 – and it appears these newly single people are looking for a good time.
For Michael, entering this new world of online dating was disorientating. “Going on dating apps is painful. They offer up a lot of rejection that I haven’t been used to,” he says. Psychotherapist Isabelle Hung runs The Divorce Club, a support network for divorcees. She encourages people to throw themselves into the dating apps. “For the older people that come to our meetings, we like to do a few coaching sessions on how to use dating apps and the new rules that come along with it,” says Hung.
“People dating in their sixties and seventies are very nostalgic for how they met their first partner. They think it should be like that again: an instant attraction and meeting naturally through friends or the pub. But later in life that isn’t always the case, and you have to allow room for that.”For some older daters, there can be anxiety about meeting up with someone online.
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