AFTER 10 years of online dating, radio presenter Verity Geere, 40, swore off men. Only then did she find the one she’d spent a decade swiping right for. When the second-hand car dealer from Essex w…
My thumb ached from hours spent scrolling. I had online dating FOMO – a compulsion to be on as many sites as possible because what if I missed the chance to meet The One?
I didn’t want to be mean, so I sat down and we chatted, but he produced a clipboard with his checklist of what he was looking for in a woman, such as “outgoing”, “petite” and his hair colour preferences. I met one date at his house before we went to a party, and he dropped his trousers and suggested a quickie the moment I walked in the door. I suggested he maybe put his trousers back on, at least until we’d been out for the evening. I did sleep with him that night, but let’s just say it wasn’t memorable.
I was devastated, especially because I could see he’d read my WhatsApp messages, but didn’t think enough of me to even reply. As the years went by, online dating changed me as a person – and not for the better.I’d be on a date, surreptitiously messaging someone else, because with so much choice, and competition, you feel you can’t risk focusing on just one person.
It was an effort not to open my old accounts, but it was also a revelation to discover how much more time I had for myself. Instead of hours spent online and on dates that went nowhere, I saw friends more, went to spin classes and sorted out my wardrobe. It felt great to focus on me.
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