Thinking of trying online dating site…good idea?

Thanks for all these comments, I’m finding them very enlightening. ClassicFM dating sounds good as that is the radio station I listen to.

Bear in mind that what may appear to be discrete dating sites e.g. Capital FM are actually run by companies which have other dating sites in their stable. Capital FM's is owned by Dating Lab, a Jersey registered company which runs sites for Global Radio (which is Capital, LBC, Heart and others and other media brands e.g. The Times, The Telegraph and Saga.

This may mean that though you register with, say, Capital FM, your profile may also be seen by people who register with dating sites run by those other brands. You'd need to check the small print.

It's can be a good thing in that your profile will be seen more widely but also means that it is being seen by people who don't necessarily share your interest(s) e.g. classical music, or your world view if that is important to you.

For example, Match group own more than 45 brands as well as Match including Tinder, PlentyOfFish and OurTime.

Hi I found my husband online we were in our fifties, I wasn’t finding the right sort of man going out in pubs. You can chat online getting to know someone, your interests etc. Then meet in a public place in the daytime is best.

I met my husband through a dating site. We married 3 years later and will be celebrating our 10th anniversary this summer the day after my 70th birthday. We too started out as ‘pen pals’ , progressed to phone calls weeks later and met only after 3 months of exchanges. I had been on the site about 3 years, met some weird men, some time wasters, and some pleasant men - one of whom I’m still friends with, but on the whole had fun.
I think the process is a bit like house hunting, I had a wish list but when push came to shove I picked with my heart. My lovely husband was too far away, not in my specified age group and did not share some of my interests. I had rejected many who did tick these boxes. I love him more now than I did then. I feel most fortunate to have found him.
Use your good sense, have fun and see what happens. I wish you the very best of luck.

Nana 5852
What a lovely post!
Congratulations to you.

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