A senior woman rejected a 38-year-old man from a dating site because his age was too close to her son's. When he pushed back saying he just wanted fun, she realized he wasn't actually listening to her boundary. She wonders if people on dating apps ever truly hear each other, especially older adults.
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Come at you from a different location today. I am near the rock pools in the Grand Canaries. It's all very lovely, and I thought I'd talk about— it's not about you. I was in correspondence on a little dating website with a guy who approached me, was 38 years old. 38 years old is way too young for me, and I told him so. And I said, I'm not going to go out with you because you're too close to my son's age. And when you get too close to my son's age, not close to my age, then it 'it just isn't interesting to me, and people that young just generally are not interesting to me.' And he said, and I quote, 'But it's just about having fun and having a good time, and you know, that's it.' But I thought, 'You're just clearly not hearing me. I'm saying to you, I'm not interested. Whatever your perspective is on our situation, that's fine, that's your perspective.' But he didn't seem to be hearing mine. So I ask you to ask yourself, when you are having these sorts of text messaging situations with people on dating sites. Are they actually listening to you?