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re: Graph: How most couples meet through the decades

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Posted by JerryTheKingBawler
South of Memphis
Member since Jan 2023
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Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:24 am to
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The Boat

No cap
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
9950 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:24 am to
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but that hasn't been the case for at least 5 years. Things have changed.


Wrong. I got divorced two years ago as a solid 5, and 3/4 of the dates have ended up in sex. Women over 40 are into the D.
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
9676 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:25 am to
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My buddy hasn’t been married and smashes tons of chicks on dating apps. If I were single again I’d have some fun but would never be in a relationship with a woman on an app as most are damaged and ran thru.


People on here are in denial likely because their current relationship is from an app

Everyone knows the women on there are getting fricked and ghosted weekly.
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11525 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:28 am to
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I say it’s a tragedy because in the world of apps you’re always looking for better. You can find a beautiful woman with a decent career. However you’re into bigger butts so you pass on here to find something better on the app.


I get that, I just think it’s narrow to consider online to mean dating apps. I met my husband super randomly on a scrabble game app (nerd, I know). People meet online a lot of different ways, which makes sense since everything is online now.
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:28 am to
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People on here are in denial likely because their current relationship is from an app
honestly I think the majority on here are too old to have met their spouse on a dating app. Those weren’t around in the 80s
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:29 am to
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Well now I'm curious about the people who met online in 1983


They had ways. My parents got divorced in the late 80's and my mom was meeting people through Prodigy singles ads.
Posted by Funky Tide 8
Bayou Chico
Member since Feb 2009
54810 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:29 am to
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I've heard plenty of stories from coworkers who are on there. Dating apps are for simps.


I will take your word for it, as I actually haven't used a dating app in years. My experience is anecdotal, but before my relationship that ended in 2019, I agree that it was super easy to slay poon off there. But when I got back on in 2019, it was like pulling teeth to get any chick that I matched with to actually meet up in person, or even have a decent convo on the app. It seemed as if the chicks were only on there to boost their self-esteem.
This post was edited on 10/10/24 at 9:38 am
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
36404 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:30 am to
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Isn't it better to have a pool of 100,000 people to pick from, rather than a pool of 400?


No because life’s too short and you’ll never pick IMO
This post was edited on 10/10/24 at 9:30 am
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:30 am to
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honestly I think the majority on here are too old to have met their spouse on a dating app.


I think you overestimate the average age of posters on here
Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
9950 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:31 am to
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ghosted weekly.


Women need to take responsibility at some point. We bang, your text message volume/insistence increases by 3x, I tell you I don’t need that kind of drama but we can meet for a drink later, and then the contact attempts go up another 5x, you’re getting blocked.
Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger
Member since Nov 2015
22158 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:32 am to
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think you overestimate the average age of posters on here
Do I? I said that a little tongue in cheek saying 80s but we didn’t have dating apps in the 90s and most of the 00s either.

I’d think the average poster age on here is between 45-50
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
14149 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:33 am to
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I will take your word for it, as I actually haven't used a dating app in years. My experience is anecdotal, but before my relationship that ended in 2019, I agree that it was super easy to slay poon off their. But when I got back on in 2019, it was like pulling teeth to get any chick that I matched with to actually meet up in person, or even have a decent convo on the app. It seemed as if the chicks were only on there to boost their self-esteem.


I got that same vibe when I was on it around LSU. When I met my wife on Bumble we were both living/working in a very rural area. There wasn't much to do other than work.
Posted by ronricks
Member since Mar 2021
9676 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:33 am to
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It seemed as if the chicks were only on there to boost their self-esteem.


Don't disagree and another reason to not use them. Women just want attention and 'likes' it feeds their ego. I have fat disgusting female co workers that have several dates lined up a week from apps and there is no way they are using recent pics or no filters because they look terrible. They think they are 'hot' because they have men willing to take them out. Its pure delusion.
Posted by St Augustine
The Pauper of the Surf
Member since Mar 2006
68754 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:37 am to
Grad school 20 years ago exactly here.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51451 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:39 am to
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Met the wife at Fred’s in Tigerland, late 90s. Never did the online thing.

Same. I met my wife at a bar in the early 00s, but through some mutual friends. She wasn't just some random girl I ran into. We've been together over 20 years at this point.
Posted by RanchoLaPuerto
Jena
Member since Aug 2023
619 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:42 am to
Well about 50% who got married pre-“online” got divorced, and most of those wish they had never met their former spouse.

So maybe this is a good thing.
Posted by Midget Death Squad
Meme Magic
Member since Oct 2008
26882 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:49 am to
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my mom was meeting people through Prodigy singles ads.



I read this as Playboy singles ads
Posted by momentoftruth87
Your mom
Member since Oct 2013
84089 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:54 am to
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Well about 50% who got married pre-“online” got divorced, and most of those wish they had never met their former spouse.


How many second marriages last longer than the first for both parties? I assume it’s low and even lower if found on a dating app or they’re just as miserable as they were during their first. I went to school with my wife and know her better than anything, I couldn’t imagine finding some woman and trying to learn about all their flaws as the relationship goes on.

I also wouldn’t want a woman who is coming out of a relationship that has tons of baggage and I’m late 30s where younger girls seem like a headache.
Posted by blueridgeTiger
Granbury, TX
Member since Jun 2004
21698 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:54 am to
I met my late wife when my college roommate's girlfriend fixed us up - married for 49 years.
Posted by 2geaux
Georgia
Member since Feb 2008
2693 posts
Posted on 10/10/24 at 9:54 am to
There is no "meeting in the checkout at Piggly Wiggly"?
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