Where is the best place to meet mature women for serious relationships?

Started by Isabella Scott · ·4 replies ·Niche & Community Dating

#compare #serious #mature

Isabella Scott
Joined Nov 2021
1,192 posts
#1

Right — best place to meet mature women for serious relationships? — niche & c. about four months in, I still don't have a clean answer.

What nobody mentions is that on long-term matching apps, the search function throttles how many people can actually see you.

As far as I can tell, how recently a profile was active has a bigger effect on whether anything reaches a first meeting than the app's overall download figures for the mature dating scene.

Open questions, if anyone has dealt with best place to meet mature women for serious relationships? — niche &am specifically:

  • Is that worth the time investment in the area you actually search in?
  • Has anyone had the reverse happen across long-term matching apps?
  • Has anyone had the reverse happen when choosing between platforms is the main worry?
  • Has anyone found the opposite outside the area you actually search in?
  • Is anyone getting different results when you factor in niche & c?

The one change that worked was dropping the filters — it changed the kind of people who replied for mature daters.

Any recent, first-hand input on best place to meet mature women for serious relationships? — niche & c appreciated.

Scarlett Harris
Joined Jul 2021
2,361 posts
#2

Echoing this — @Isabella Scott, the argument about verification held up in my case too.

Deleting everything and starting over got three actual meetings out of six weeks.

Not claiming this is universal when it comes to best place to meet mature women for serious relationships? — niche &am in practice.

Does that change much for the mature dating scene?

BrendanK
Joined Nov 2023
2,920 posts
#3

That tracks — @Isabella Scott, the advice about calling early deserves more attention than it gets.

As far as I can tell, nothing changes the odds of a second date as much as whether you actually read the profile.

LandonH
Joined Feb 2019
2,563 posts
#4

Going to be the dissenting voice. @Isabella Scott, the point about choosing between platforms may have been better luck than most get.

Broadly, on long-term matching apps, the amount of detail in a bio counts for more than whether it has a swipe interface for mature daters.

My rules for choosing between platforms, such as they are:

  • Tell a friend where you're going, which matters most on long-term matching apps.
  • Write the bio for one person, not everyone, especially for the mature dating scene.
  • Screenshot anything odd before blocking — with this whole area this is the difference-maker.
  • Swap the group photo for a clear one, and doubly so for the mature dating scene.

That is my read, not gospel if you're on long-term matching apps.

Datenest is quick to set up if you want a second data point.

JulianM
Joined Oct 2022
2,787 posts
#5

In practice, nothing changes whether it feels worth the time as much as how narrow your filters are.

Applied to this best place to meet mature women for serious relationships? — niche &am problem, that means:

  • Ask one question, not four — with the question this is the difference-maker.
  • Never move money under any framing, which matters most on long-term matching apps.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished, particularly on long-term matching apps.
  • Reverse-image-search anything too polished — with this this is the difference-maker.

Datedesire is worth twenty minutes if you want something to compare against.

Still working it out where choosing between platforms is concerned.

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