Treat yourself to something nice today. You deserve it. xxx

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        10 years out and I believe it! What I’ve heard of the apps now is swipe garbage. They didn’t often read profiles back then, I’m not sure you even can now

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          I am so incredibly grateful that “meeting on the Internet” was still a bit weird when I met my wife. I just missed the whole Internet dating thing, and there were no smartphones/apps.

          I would be utterly lost, today.

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            I had a uni lecturer who had a wife he met online in pre 96. That was genuinely weird! Meeting Boyo online was more a matter of: we’ve been at all these same gigs and know the same people, how the fuck have we not met without the net?

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          Real life. Bars, clubs, gigs, general public. You’ve got to be self aware and perceptive.

          I don’t approach anyone who’s not already showing interest. And you have to be polite when rejected. No one wants to deal with a fuckwit.

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      Some things dramatically reduce the ‘pool’ to near zero sometimes. This actually a good thing. Dealbreakers are just that.

      Sounds like you are looking for queer. I’m only a smidge that direction but 100% childfree. Filters did not offer a smorgasbord!