I haven’t been on the dating scene for quite some time now but have plenty of friends who are currently on the dating scene. I am getting to the age where people are either all settling down and having children or they are splitting up with their long term partners and joining the dating scene once again.
It has definitely changed since I was last single (eight years ago now!). Social media is bigger, we have apps – so much has changed that the dating scene is honestly quite daunting! One of my friends is currently giving Watford dating a try – we live in Hertfordshire and she has met a few local lads who have taken her fancy. However she is quite happy to be single and just chat to local men so maybe adult dating would be more her thing?
I also have a friend near Birmingham who has recently separated from her husband and is giving Birmingham dating a try. She’s had a few nightmare stories but hopefully she will find love again soon in her area.
Dating has changed so much since I was single though. Now you can meet through an app and more often than not, get crude messages before even discussing other things. There were only a select few dating sites around back then – now there are so many. You used to meet people for a drink in a local bar or go bowling or to the cinema – Steve and I went out for a meal and to the cinema for our first date – now you can do all manners of things for a first date. You may chat to them for just a day and decide to go on a date and other people you may chat to for weeks before you decide to go on a date!
My Welsh single friends have Gwynedd dating to try out, and there are even sites out there for specific counties (Warwickshire dating) and even a site that covers all those small little isles that usually get left out of everything – try
Western Isles dating if you live on one of these!
Dating has surely changed since I was single. There are local sites for all areas so you can always find someone local to you who is looking for love but you can also find love on apps or even social media. It can be daunting – especially for my friends who have recently come out of fairly long term relationships and are looking for something new – but exciting too.
How has dating changed for you?
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Great post! I feel like dating has changed SO MUCH since I was last dating. I have been off the market since I was 21 (15 years ago – yikes!), and I guess I was lucky to have been set up with my husband by a mutual friend. I would love to see what it’s like to use dating apps, and go out on dates, but I guess that would be a little bit wrong 😉