Nikki Corbett 6/19/26 Nikki Corbett 6/19/26

Back on Dating Apps in Midlife: One Date, One Ghoster, and a Lot to Think About

I swore I'd never get back on a dating app. And then I did.

This is week one of The Summer of George — my commitment from now through September 30 to say yes more, date again, and meet new people and get out to see what the world has in store for me. I'll drop a quick recap every Friday on how it's going. Here's what week one actually looked like.

Nikki Corbett 6/11/26 Nikki Corbett 6/11/26

Dating Again in Midlife: The Summer I Decided to Say Yes

I matched with a guy on a dating app. We planned a date. Thirty minutes later, he unmatched me.

That's how I'm opening The Summer of George.

I named it after the Seinfeld episode where George gets let go from his job, ends up with a three-month severance, and proclaims it the summer of George. That's me right now. Not unemployed, but standing in a quiet moment after four very busy months, looking around my house in Scottsdale, and deciding to do something about it.