What are the best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship?
Started by Liam_SEAStart date Category Dating AdviceReplies 8
#1
The short answer on best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship is no, and here is the part that matters. You can ignore most of the marketing around platforms like these and just check what happens when you try to cancel.
Tested online dating in practice and the difference showed within days. How long did dating sites take before anyone here got a real reply? Hope that saves someone the weeks I lost on best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship.
#2
What surprised me about best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship was how much in real use mattered.
Nobody talks about what happens when you try to cancel, and with the sites in question it's decisive. Anyway — that's the honest version of best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship.
I keep DatingFly as a backup when the main app goes quiet.
#3
ScottB covered most of it. The only thing I'd add about best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship is patience.
None of this works with these sites unless you're patient about what happens when you try to cancel. That's where I landed on best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship after actually trying it.
Comparing against DateLink helped me see what the paywall was actually doing.
#4
Going to disagree with ScottB here. For me, none of best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship came down to how the search filters behave in practice at all.
Different providers handle sites of this type inconsistently, mostly because of what happens when you try to cancel. Take that as one data point on these sites, not gospel.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with DateLink.
#5
Going to disagree with ScottB here. For me, none of best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship came down to how the search filters behave in practice at all. The real gap on these sites comes down to what happens when you try to cancel.
The effect was more noticeable on these sites in practice than I expected. Still forming a view on the sites in question, so push back if I have it wrong.
For a lighter-weight alternative I have had reasonable results with SoulDate.
#6
If you're asking about best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship because of how the search filters behave in practice, the answer changes.
Nobody talks about what happens when you try to cancel, and with online dating sites it's decisive. Your situation might change the answer on these sites completely.
#7
Short version on best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship: the price isn't the cost — the wasted evenings are.
I'd judge online dating sites entirely on what happens when you try to cancel and ignore the rest. Anyway — that's the honest version of best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship.
#8
Going to push back slightly on how best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship usually gets described. With sites of this type, what happens when you try to cancel is the first thing I check now.
Worth noting that online dating changed after their last update. Anyway — that is the honest version of best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship.
I want to separate two things that get conflated in best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship. Different providers handle the sites in question inconsistently, mostly because of what happens when you try to cancel.
It took roughly three weeks before the pattern on the sites in question was clear. Anyway — that is the honest version of best online dating sites for seniors to find companionship.
Worth a look at DateLink if the big apps get pushy with upsells.
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