So here I am 60 and single, living alone for the first time in my life, feeling lonely and miserable. I'm successful in my business life, I'm reasonably wealthy, I'm reasonably fit and attractive for my age, so why not apply my skills to dating.
But where to start? I didn't have a clue about internet dating, never tried it before, so So here I am 60 and single, living alone for the first time in my life, feeling lonely and miserable. I'm successful in my business life, I'm reasonably wealthy, I'm reasonably fit and attractive for my age, so why not apply my skills to dating.
But where to start? I didn't have a clue about internet dating, never tried it before, so I did some research and joined a site, set up my profile, loaded a couple of decent (recent) photos, and away I went. But this first site kept matching me with women of my age, and not that many -- let's say almost none - seemed to catch my attention. I had a few conversations, shared phone numbers to a couple, got to the stage that we mutually agreed to meet with one.
She was hot, 49 year old Asian with a pretty face. We agreed to meet for a drink and I turned up on a wet and windy night at a country club. I was just a minute late, and she called me. She told me where she was waiting and headed in that direction. As I approached, I noted an old Asian woman seated, but she looked nothing like the photo, so I kept on walking, then she called out my name
"Dave?". I turned and there she was. Internet dating lesson numbers one, never trust someone's age, and number two, never trust a photo. There was no resemblance at all, that photo must have been taken 20 years ago, and as for age, well I think I was the youngest. We had one quick drink and then I was out of there.
I needed to a different strategy, so I did a bit more research and joined another dating site, one where "experienced and attractive people meet". I set up my profile and the messages starting rolling in, but this time the clientele was totally different, the women were younger, some way to young, but an attractive 30 year old caught my eye. She was also Asian, I don't have "yellow fever", but I do like brunettes, be they Caucasian or Asian, and this lady was gorgeous, long black hair, a fairly curvy figure for an Asian, and a gorgeous smile, no fantastic smile. We exchanged messages, switched to Whatsapp, texted, talked and video called, and arranged for a first date over the course of a week. I must say we seemed to get along well, and despite my reticence with our age gap, she assured me she was into older men. Her first bf was 50 when she was 18, so 60 and 30 was nothing she said. Her current bf was too young for her, being only 36, but he virtually ignored her in the bed room, which I found very unusual having seen the hot photos she had exchanged. She was into older successful men, and that was just fine with me. So, a lot of expectation had built up over that week for the first date.
