Blind date: ‘Hopefully I made a positive impression. I’m as eager to find out as you are’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 16 March - 06:00
Kirstie, 32, who works in emergency management for local government, meets Tom, 32, a doctor
What were you hoping for?
First, for him to show up! And for someone kind and interesting to have a decent conversation with.
Weekend podcast: teacher Michael Donkor on coming out to his pupils; finding love via small ads; and are bad habits your fault?
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 16 March - 05:00
Should you blame yourself for your bad habits? (1m53s); author and teacher, Michael Donkor, on the dilemma of whether to come out to his pupils (7m50s); and missed connections: four extraordinary stories of couples who found love via small ads (26m05s)
Continue reading...I’m not surprised people are suing a dating app company – our addiction to swiping makes us miserable | Georgina Lawton
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 14 March - 10:00
Those who – like me – have spent years looking for love on a six-inch screen know the pitfalls of these platforms
On Valentine’s Day this year, a lawsuit was brought by six people in the US against Match Group , the company behind dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge and Match. The suit blames dating apps for game-like tactics that, they say, contribute to addictive behaviour, making miserable swiping addicts of us all.
Match Group denies this, calling the claims “ridiculous”. But anyone who, like me, has spent years on and off the apps knows that there are clear parallels between love algorithms and online gaming – only with dating apps, we are the commodities.
Georgina Lawton is the author of Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity and the Truth About Where I Belong
Continue reading...Online dating in your middle age feels like praying for a miracle | Shanti Nelson
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 11 March - 10:04
When I got back on the apps, I made up my mind to embrace midlife, menopause and online dating. So much for optimism
I need an online dating intervention. Or a miracle.
It’s 2am and I’m wide awake – weary, wired and spun out.
Shanti L Nelson is a writer and photographer
Continue reading...Blind date in Sydney: ‘I thought I was a huge Taylor Swift fan, but Todd out-Swiftied me!’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Saturday, 9 March - 01:00
Todd, 30, an operations manager, meets Alicia, 25, a lawyer
What were you hoping for?
I went in with an open mind and no specific expectations, but I was hoping to find someone with the same kind of zest for life as me.
How we met: ‘I had the hots for her – but she was still wearing her wedding rings’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Thursday, 7 March - 11:00 · 1 minute
Paul, 61, and Louise, 60, met in 2022 through their choir. She was a widow and he was expecting to stay single, but life had other plans
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Tell us your story of how you met someone special
Three years after losing her husband to cancer in 2018, Louise moved to Cupar in Fife for a fresh start. “I’d been living in Glasgow but had so many memories of my husband there. I wanted to be by the sea on the east coast, where the weather is better.” She found work as a religious guidance counsellor in Perth and quickly fell in love with the peaceful, rural community. “The only thing missing in my life was music,” she says. “I’ve always loved singing, so I joined a community choir in the spring of 2022.”
She soon met Paul, who was also in the choir. “I’m an alto and he’s a bass but we were sitting very close to each other in practice.” Paul admits he had “the hots” for Louise from day one, but was too shy to approach her. He had lived in the area for 28 years and been divorced for 15 years, with no expectations of meeting a new partner. “I was setting myself up for a single retirement,” he says. “I was working at a local college teaching green-keeping – how to look after golf courses. I’d given up on the idea of love.”
Continue reading...Blind date: ‘She observed that my suit would have been more in keeping with a funeral’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 26 February - 13:00
In a Blind date over-60s special , Susan, 70, a therapist, meets Gerard, 68, a retired social worker
What were you hoping for?
I was hoping that Gerard would be a good conversationalist. I was also hoping that there might be a spark.
Blind date: ‘She’s uncomfortable with compliments, so only one: beautiful’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Monday, 26 February - 07:00
In a Blind date over-60s special , Raina, 68, a happily retired artist, meets Tony, 68, a musician
What were you hoping for?
A fun afternoon in Brighton, with good company and a decent meal.
Blind date: ‘We met eyes and squeezed each other’s hands. It felt intimate’
news.movim.eu / TheGuardian · Sunday, 25 February - 13:00
In a Blind date over-60s special , Sajeda, 70, a retired scientist and cook, meets Fred, 74, a musician
What were you hoping for?
To meet someone to do fun things with. I was diagnosed with lung cancer in October 2022 and have since recovered, so now I want to have fun and make the most of life. I wake up singing and dancing most mornings.