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[–] ExtraordinaryJoe@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (10 children)

In my 50s and I don't bother anymore. It's just not worth the hassle. In my 30s I would have had to send out 100 messages to get 1 date. It's so much worse in my 50s.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If I ended up single again at my age, I don't think I would try again. Not due to difficulty, but just apathy. Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt. I'm my own human now, doing my own stuff.

It would definitely suck to be single again, and I'd mourn what I lost, but there's more to life

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah same. For one thing the odds - what am I, Roy Sullivan? - but real talk, I only had lightning strike that time by not dating, having a multi-year dry spell in my twenties, and only pursuing someone I knew was special and spending ages talking to them. If that's going to ever happen again, it won't be because I forced anything.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

wow, that's a relevant user name if ever saw one lmao.

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