Bumble, Match, JDate, Plenty of Fish: South Florida residents older than 60 share their online dating experiences and which apps they say have worked for them (or not).
Janet Wexler is grateful for online dating, saying she never would’ve met Sam Schleider otherwise. The retired government worker from Delray Beach knows what he wants and knows what to look for. His first question to a potential date: “Is the pic correct?”
The websites and apps ask participants to share traits such as height, marital status, educational level and religion before allowing communication with potential partners. Some sites offer free memberships; paid sites charge fees ranging from less than $10 to $80 a month, with services such as compatibility quizzes, a certain number of matches per day, and texting within the app.
“At the beginning, the distance was a challenge, but we both knew there was something there,” said Weiss, the southeast administrative director of the Jewish National Fund-USA. They are now engaged. The quality of the online experiences splits by sex. Older women are the most likely to say they had a negative experience, according to Pew.
Karen Cohen, 78, of Boca Raton, who asked that her maiden name be used for this story to protect her identity, has experienced this attempted scamming. Marc Weiss and Michelle Bormann, of Hallandale Beach, met online and are now engaged. Karyn Rosenberg, a grief therapist in Boca Raton, said many of her clients who are widowed or divorced see this imbalance in their neighborhoods and wonder whether to begin dating online. “Know that dating is not a replacement for the spouse you lost,” she said. And get ready to be vulnerable. “There’s a lot of anxiety and trepidation about plunging in,” she said.
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