Internet dating - any good for separated over 40's?

forgotmyname

Hello everyone,
Guy in mid forties just coming out of a long term relationship and absolutely no idea of the "scene" now. I'd be fairly outgoing with a wide range of interests and not overly keen to have another serious relationship. Most of my friends are married, with kids, etc and unavailable for an unattached fella loooking to have some fun again! Is Internet dating the way to go? Can anyone recommend a good site?

Cheers

Gary ITR

forgotmyname wrote: »

Hello everyone,
Guy in mid forties just coming out of a long term relationship and absolutely no idea of the "scene" now. I'd be fairly outgoing with a wide range of interests and not overly keen to have another serious relationship. Most of my friends are married, with kids, etc and unavailable for an unattached fella loooking to have some fun again! Is Internet dating the way to go? Can anyone recommend a good site?

Cheers

I know a guy that's in your situation and he has tried meeting people on dating sites. He seems to have a date every weekend anyway but I think a lot of them are 'hook up' sites rather than find a partner.

VaioCruiser

I don't know if referrals are allowed here but a two close friends found excellent results on a site called Match. Their only complaints about sites were that most women wanted long term relationships from the start.

Good luck.

forgotmyname

Thanks guys for replies. Anyone know of any sites worth trying? What about sites such as anotherfriend.com?

LegacyUser

forgotmyname wrote: »

Thanks guys for replies. Anyone know of any sites worth trying? What about sites such as anotherfriend.com?

Yep AF is good..you will find all sorts on there..looking for LTR, one nighters, weirdos etc etc ..Ive met them all.. met current gf on there and perfectly happy..we're both 40s too..

Best of luck with it

cathygeiser

As far as I know, eharmony.com and match.com are the largest online dating sites around the world. There are many sincere singles.
I knew a new one,duckduckdate.com is very simple but has a new dating concept. It is fun.
But you know, lots of websites are required to pay for the premium membership. So we can't tell which one is good.

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Filipino dating is not way far from here. He is here.

LegacyUser

I've just turned 40 myself, and in the same situation. I've joined AnotherFriend, but only recently so haven't met up with anyone yet; and can't give you a qualified recommendation. I'm also looking at GetOut.ie which also looks interesting.

LegacyUser

I am a 34yr old Female and i find Plentyoffish.com the best dating site around it is free and there are loads of Irish Singles on it looking for evertjing and anything.

ladygirl

my neighbour (lady in her 40's too) is on smooch.com and plentyoffish.com. She finds these great,

best of luck to you...

VaioCruiser

Unregistered wrote: »

I am a 34yr old Female and i find Plentyoffish.com the best dating site around it is free and there are loads of Irish Singles on it looking for evertjing and anything.

None of these are free. Free to register, but not free to communicate with other members.

Nevyn

okstupid opss I mean okcupid.com seems to have a fair few older irish people on it, or so I am told...

LegacyUser

VaioCruiser wrote: »

None of these are free. Free to register, but not free to communicate with other members.

Beg to differ, plentyoffish IS 100% free.

VaioCruiser

Unregistered wrote: »

Beg to differ, plentyoffish IS 100% free.

I accept it looks like a good site but it's not 100% free if this page is anything to go by.

https://www.plentyoffish.com/seriousmember.aspx

I am open to correction of course.

All the best.

forgotmyname

Hello all again,
Thanks to everyone- I'm glad I'm not the only one considering the internet dating route. Don't get me wrong- I wouldn't be relying on it but I feel it might be worth trying. It seems to be a good way of meeting alot of people. As I'm not sure what exactly I'm seeking maybe a wide range of dates including crackpots may be no harm! Hopefully I can handle them.

I've looked at a few sites such as anotherfriend, match, getout and not sure which one I'll subscribe to. I might try one for a few months and see. Any difference between AF and Match- I'm based near Dublin.

Cheers

LegacyUser

Just wanted to say i am a member of plenty of fish and Make friends Online and to be honest i find Plenty of fish the best.You have to pay to use MFO and i found it hard to meet anyone on it I have been on POF and have spoken to loads of people and meet up with a few had a laugh but no connections as yet but i live in hope

magazine

Hi there,
Just stumbled across this thread... I'm a writer working on a feature about the over-40s online dating scene in Ireland. Would anyone be willing to have a chat about their experiences with this? Would be best if someone was confident enough to use their real name/photo but not necessary.
Please let me know if you're interested.
Cheers,
magazine

nesbitt

OP online dating is good but you must remember that you get 'all sorts' on line just as you would in a club/pub on any nite of the week. Write your profile with care and attention and get a good recent photo of yourself. Be honest as to what you are looking for and you can't go far wrong. I would advise not to message/email for too long before you organise a meet up for coffee. Sounds a bit twee but it gives you a quick meet up with no alcohol involved and without the date from hell scenario. If you hit it off and there is chemistry etc. then you can organise a date. Most of all be careful and have fun.

Johnnnybravo

I saw a few speed dating flyers up down in the south east at the weekend. Ive heard there good nights, Ive never been on one but at least its informal.

Emme

forgotmyname, regardless of whether you do internet dating, speed dating or simply meeting face to face (the best way in my opinion), as a single man over 40 the world is your oyster. Truly it is. There are loads of women out there waiting to meet a man just like you so go forth and socialise

Best of luck.

i know a few couples in there forties and older who have meet on dating sites ...i meet my partner on another friend ...

i think pay sites are better ( but thats just my opinion ) because if someone has to pay for something they are usually more serious about it.

one thing if be very clear about what your looking for ..because if you say you not looking for anything anything serious a percentage of woman are going to think your only looking for casual sex and that off putting ...