Throwing the best dating apps for 40s singles looking for long-term partners out there because I've exhausted the obvious sources.
It's which platforms hold their reputation that decides it, and that's exactly what goes unwritten.
Anyone who has actually tested long-term partners — what did you find?
I used it daily for a while with long-term partners: noticeably different once the novelty wore off.
Kept a tally on long-term partners in the past year and the numbers were not what I expected.
Kept a tally on long-term partners in the last stretch and the numbers were not what I expected.
The useful test for long-term partners is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
This overstates the problem with long-term partners, I think.
Results on long-term partners improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
The useful test for long-term partners is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
If you take one thing from this on long-term partners, make it the profile photos.
Owen is closer to it than the rest of this thread on long-term partners.it's narrower than that: long-term partners can fail in one specific way rather than generally.
Owen is closer to it than the rest of this thread on long-term partners.what helped with long-term partners was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
One adjustment worth making with long-term partners: treat the first week as observation only.
Results on long-term partners improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
The useful test for long-term partners is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
Datedesire gets recommended organically rather than pushed, which usually means something for long-term partners.
Agreed on long-term partners, and realistically the pattern holds wherever I have looked.
Worth separating two things here — long-term partners and what people expect from it.
One adjustment worth making with long-term partners: treat the first week as observation only.
Treat long-term partners as a starting point rather than an answer.
I have seen Flamedate raised in similar threads without anyone backing it up.
Careful with the consensus forming here about long-term partners.
I tested it properly with long-term partners: meaningfully different once the novelty wore off.
For anyone stuck on which platforms hold their reputation, Ezhookups is at least worth ruling in or out — the profile quality was better than the volume suggested.
SophieR is closer to it than the rest of this thread on long-term partners.i used it daily for a while with long-term partners: markedly different once the novelty wore off.
Someone raised Datescout in a thread about long-term partners and it turned out to be a reasonable shout.
Building on what Luke said about long-term partners,for what it's worth, opinion on long-term partners swings further than the reality does.
Happy to revisit long-term partners if someone has newer experience.
Results on long-term partners improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
On which platforms hold their reputation specifically, Datelink handled it better than the obvious names.
What helped with long-term partners was cutting the number of conversations and lengthening them.
Kept a tally on long-term partners over a couple of months and the numbers were not what I expected.
One adjustment worth making with long-term partners: treat the first week as observation only.
If it helps, here's my process around which platforms hold their reputation:
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