Well, I've had really good luck with online dating, but it can be strange and it's definitely not for everyone. I've encountered a couple of people who weren't what they claimed, and I've been wooed (sometimes successfully!) by a few much much younger men (who remain good friends to this day, bless them ). But I also met my first post-separation boyfriend online (gorgeous sweet man who remains a friend even though, sadly, his long-lost childhood/college love resurfaced and swept him away - I could hardly even be mad at him for that!). And my current boyfriend - who I would otherwise never have met in a million years - is uniquely different but kinda perfect for me, treats me like a princess and is so handsome that literally a woman in his apartment complex ran into the carport because she was staring at him (and admitted it! lol)- but he's as faithful and loyal as a Labrador retriever.
I think though I benefited from just extremely good radar - I seemed to be able to read a profile and tell if someone was a match or not, I'd say 70% of my coffee dates I went on to date. Only about a third had no chemistry, and even most of those were nice guys as advertised.
My best friend on the other hand cannot pick 'em at all and never met a guy online that she liked in real life - just no ability to pick up what she needed to know from reading their profiles. Doesn't work for everybody.
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And AIDS is growing most rapidly in the 55+ segment of the population in the US, because they don't use protection!
This is definitely a problem. Our generation grew up in the pre-AIDS era, some of these guys never had to use a condom before, and if you're 60 and going kinda soft anyway, they don't always function well in one. I always follow my younger girlfriend's advice - "No glove, no love!".
