Suzanne NobleHost, Sex Advice for Seniors · Sex, Dating & Relationship Advice for Over 50s

Dating And Dating App - What People Thinking About It?

14 Dec 2023 · 2 min

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In this podcast segment, the host shares a concise set of practical online‑dating tips drawn from personal experience and listener contributions. The advice includes: (1) the "1‑hour rule" – tell a date you’ll be available for only an hour, giving you a polite exit if the interaction is dull; (2) a "short‑term app presence" strategy – stay on a single dating app for a few weeks then leave to appear fresh and avoid the stigma of being a long‑time user; (3) managing expectations by limiting hope and approaching dating as a fun, low‑pressure activity to reduce disappointment; and (4) setting clear app parameters and filters based on what you truly want in a partner (age range, distance, etc.) to ensure matches align with your preferences. The speaker invites listeners to share their own tips, positioning the segment as a collaborative guide for navigating modern dating.

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We've been doing a series on our podcast talking with various people about dating and dating apps, and lots of tips have come up. Some of them are mine, some of them are others. I'd like to share them with you. The first is a sensible one, the 1-hour rule, which is tell your date that you are going to be available for 1 hour so that if it's not going well, you have a get-out clause. If they're boring, if they're just talking about themselves all the time, you can leave after an hour, and it's just an hour of your life. Number 2 is my suggestion is go on one dating app, stay on it for a couple of weeks, then come off. You don't want to look like you've been on any of these apps for too long because people think, well, you're just not, um, desirable. So I always think go on them, be the fresh person there, and then leave. 3 is don't invest too much hope. You know, a lot of people go into this whole dating scene with with all of this hope and expectation, and then they're really disappointed. So I'd say if you just go in with a sense of fun, you might meet some new friends, you might meet the one, and then again, you might not. So if you don't have too much hope, then you're not going to be disappointed. That's my suggestion. Number 4 is make sure that you set your parameters, the, um, the filters and everything on the apps based upon what it is that you want. Know what it is that you want. So whether it's you don't want to go too far to meet somebody, or you don't want somebody that's too young or too old. Make sure that you set those filters so that you're comfortable that whoever approaches you is at least somebody that you might want to date. Um, and yeah, that's really, that's really my top tips for online dating. I hope that's helped. If you've got any of your own, I'd love to hear them.