Is it as many people describe? Do you have an easy or difficult time with it?
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I'm not quite as old as you, but you might be surprised on dating apps. I initially left the age requirements off when I first got on them and every single match I got was around 20 years old. I've talked to some older friends too and it's apparently not uncommon. You can set your age requirements to whatever you want and I can almost guarantee that most of your matches will be at the low end and your age matters almost not at all. Very unexpected and I do not recommend dating someone in their 20s, but you might find that you fare a lot better than you expect.
Thank you. I'm a bit of an outlier in a lot of ways, and I'm awaking to the fact that if I want to find the right person from me, I'm going to have to increase the volume of people I date, and probably the easiest way to do that would be to tackle online dating, so it's probably in my future.