Wanted to open a thread on the best dating sites for older singles who want a traditional date because the coverage elsewhere is shallow.
What I want to understand is which are worth opening rather than the feature list.
Interested in what didn't work with traditional date as much as what did.
Tested traditional date deliberately rather than casually and it changed my read.
Ran traditional date alongside two others for comparison and the gap was considerably smaller than advertised.
Ran traditional date alongside two others for comparison and the gap was significantly smaller than advertised.
The useful test for traditional date is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
Ezhookups is the smaller name I would test alongside whatever you pick for traditional date.
Your read on traditional date lines up with mine this year.
There is a version of this I agree with: traditional date can be inconsistent rather than bad.
The useful test for traditional date is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
The checklist I use now for traditional date:
Owen has this right about traditional date —i had the opposite result with traditional date, and I gave it a fair run.
Results on traditional date improved once I stopped optimising for volume.
Kept a tally on traditional date across a few weeks and the numbers were not what I expected.
If the big platforms are all paywalled for traditional date, Datebound is a lighter alternative.
I have seen Datingfly raised in similar threads without anyone backing it up.
If you take one thing from this on traditional date, make it the profile photos.
There is a version of this I agree with: traditional date can be inconsistent rather than bad.
The one I keep returning to for traditional date is Datedesire, mostly because the messaging is genuinely open.
I'd treat confident claims about traditional date with some suspicion, including mine.
I gave it a fair run, and what stood out about traditional date was how quickly the pattern set in.
Worth separating two things here — traditional date and what people expect from it.
My notes on traditional date recently say the opposite of the popular take.
Kept a tally on traditional date for a while now and the numbers were not what I expected.
Worth separating two things here — traditional date and what people expect from it.
By and large, blaming traditional date misses what's actually going on.
Tony, that has not been my experience of traditional date.one adjustment worth making with traditional date: treat the first week as observation only.
The useful test for traditional date is whether you'd recommend it unprompted.
Kept a tally on traditional date since the spring and the numbers were not what I expected.
SandyB, that has not been my experience of traditional date.i ran both at once, and traditional date behaved exactly as you say.
Depends heavily on context — traditional date can be fine in cities and thin outside them.
One adjustment worth making with traditional date: treat the first week as observation only.
Happy to revisit traditional date if someone has newer experience.
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