I Swore I'd Never Do It Again. Then I Got Back on the Apps.
If you go back far enough in my old episodes, you'll hear me swear off dating apps completely. I hated them. I said I'd never do them again, probably more than once, and I fully meant it.
Then in June, I got back on one. And this whole summer happened because of it.
Getting Back Into Dating in Midlife: What Two Years Off Taught Me
I've been out of the dating game for a couple of years. Not because anything went wrong. I got comfortable. I built a life I love, I got independent in a way that felt good, and dating just wasn't the thing I was reaching for. So when I got back on the apps this summer, I figured it would feel like riding a bike. It did not.