Hello, my name is Bill, I Am a. 70 year old widower who lost his wife to cancer in 2021.
MY purpose in making this is, simple, it’s to discuss the ongoing situation, for people who are widowers or divorcees, and the problems with trying to find a partner.
As a Senior citizen the circumstances are different then for the younger generations, these days. They are used to online dating apps, and they are practiced at what they do, we at 70 and new to it all are not.
Now I have tried several different online dating apps, including, Match, Our Time, Silver Singles, Senior Match, Zoosk, and more. What I have found is they take your money, post fake or old profiles and you end up paying too much to even try their apps. Now not everyone will agree with me on this point, but, it is of course my feeling and opinion.
I look for solutions to the problem on a pretty regular basis, looking at all these apps and even chat apps, like FaceBook, and more. What I find is in the end each app wants a credit card for payment or a payment through PayPal, and the cost is usually well over a hundred dollars a year. Now unless you are rich and have that kind of money to use, as a senior citizen you break your budget trying to meet someone this way. Is it worth it to post a pic, a profile, trying to be honest while others are as fake a they come and scammers? I think not!
Is there a solution to this problem if you are 55 and up in America? And please don’t tell me it is an app like those I already discussed here. Now there are numerous different dating apps out there, I know that, but, is there any that really work and are free, no. So, in the end I decided not to pay these apps/ web sites, because they don’t really work for me.
I post a profile, it goes usually like this: Widower 70, alone, since 2021, looking for a companion and lover, for fun, adventure and enjoyment. Age 70, 5 feet eight, 185 lbs, grey hair and beard, still capable and healthy in all ways. I like bowling, pool, walking, reading, enjoying quiet times at home and going to movies or dinner with the right woman, and maybe dancing. I am not rich, nor famous, I do not wish to pay your bills, or for you to pay mine. Just to enjoy your company and see how it goes. Then at that point I leave a way to contact me usually an email address. Yet, even that does not work in today’s society in America. Why?
We have many fears in our old ages, we don’t want to be taken for idiots or fools, we want respect. We don’t wish top be taken for money or our property, or belongings either. So we guard against all of that. We have a hard time finding a honest person, who is willing to take any chance on meeting us. Why, the fear of so many nutcases in American society. The Truth is, we must protect ourselves at all costs and we know it. What no Senior citizen wants , is a dishonest, conniving person, or a con man or woman coming after them, it’s just a fact in today’s world. So, I ask what is the solution to this and what do we do?
Long ago and far away so to say, I was young once too, and so were you. In the old days, we could go to single’s dances and find someone that way. Or as teens and kids we would find someone in the park or our neighborhood. Today, these types of meetings are few and far between, because of the fears we all face. Is there a solution, I wonder sometimes if there can ever be.
For me folks, I find that once you hit 55 plus or like me 70, the opposite sex, loses interest in us. They have hobbies and families and children and grandchildren to care for them and vice versa. They become busy with family matters and ignore any possibility of getting into a relationship with anyone else. It’s just the facts of American society today, struggling to pay our bills, and mortgages and insurances and gas for cars and foods, all has risen lately. So where do we go from here?
Any Solutions or ideas, or responses? Please feel free to send them to me,
