Let's talk dating apps with Lumen

The world has changed enormously since I was dating, but back then it tended to be meeting friends of friends, setting each other up on blind dates etc,
I've seen friends have good and bad experiences using dating apps. The biggest issue seems to be people telling lies or at least stretching the truth. Do they really think their date won't notice they're older, fatter or balder than they claim?

I’m all for it. A good friend of mine in her 60s met a lovely man online some time ago and they seen very happy.

As long as people use common sense and stay safe, I think it’s great.

Theyre not too bad as long as your careful and don't take it too seriously. I met my partner on dating site so its worked for me

I'm sure they have their place, but I'm a bit old fashioned and don't really trust them.

I think they do work for certain people

I tried last year and to be honest I found it hideous. I'm not going to go into too much detail but my experience has been predominantly negative, I've never even got round to meeting anyone. I spoke to many, many people & in the end I just gave up. If I ever meet anyone it'll have to be in real life, for now I'm OK though

Would never use them, don't trust them

I'm happily married so no need for a dating app, however I have a close friend who had a very bad experience with a man she met on a dating app. Saying that however, she could well have met the same man without the need of the app and suffered the same horrid expreience, it's not the app's fault, it's the man.

Luckily she is now out of the relationship, though it did take her some months and her experience really affected her, her confidence is starting to come back and I'm seeing my real friend again after all these months.

I have tried one , but found it really disappointing . I think you reach a certain age and the broad range of life experience can't be recognised however clever the algorithms. I also found that for the couple of months I was using it I lost contact with the real world as I was so focused on replies . Perhaps it was me that I was just a bit desperate at the time.

I've never used them, but they seem a bit awkward.

I don't have any need for a dating app, as I'm married, but I think I'd be nervous about using one. I don't think I'd be brave enough to meet a complete stranger, just after talking on an app.

I've never used a dating app or site and never would, read too many horror stories regarding them!

Never used a dating app but don’t see the harm as long as your careful - I met my husband on a blind date 20 years ago so not the conventional way to meet someone but worked for me

I've never used a dating app and I would be horribly worried about rejection on looks only before someone got to know me.

I would feel uneasy meeting someone this way.. Dating apps give people to much time and space to write fiction or hyped up reality about themselves... Time to sit back and fabricate responses based on what they think the other wants to hear other than speak truthfully as they would in a face to face setting when an immediate response and facial expressions can be seen. Reality never plays out like the text you read in the good books! Social anxiety is on the rise and I believe that is partly due to the like of online dating and online shopping etc.

I think they are terrible and have never used them

Never used them and never want to

I really don`t like the idea of these, and they`re certainly not for me, far too many fraudsters hiding behind fake profiles these days.

I would never use them, much prefer meeting someone in person

It is hard to meet people these days anyway so I suppose they serve a purpose but it feels less personal.

I think there used to be a stigma attached to it a few years back but now I have so many friends happily dating from them that it can only be a good thing

I think dating apps can be incredibly practical for those who don't have the time to go out and find potential partners in the 'usual' places, however, I know many people who have been burned by those they have met online, they have either had 'issues' or been married or had partners, so I am not sure I would use one.

I used a dating app, but found love wasn't what I was searching for - in fact my hubby was 10 years younger, nothing like what I thought I was looking for, so not sure they really work

Never used one. I have been married for umpteen years.

My concern about dating apps is how secure the 'vetting' of the potential daters are.
I haven't personally used these apps, but I have had interactions with unknown people via apps such as scrabble. I have had people begin games with me under false pretenses and then after they have lured me into conversations, they have admitted that they were pretending to be someone else. I am very concerned that a similar thing could happen on the dating apps.