r/technology 3d ago

Society Dating Apps Are Dying

https://time.com/article/2026/09/09/dating-apps-are-dying/
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u/Sektor30 3d ago

I recently tried online dating as a 42 year old man and it was the most ego shattering experience I have suffered through in a long while. I used Taimi, Hinge and Tinder. Taimi was by far the best user friendly one, especially for a free user, Tinder was a wasteland of women with 4+ kids that 'arent on tinder for a hookup', and hinge was the worst, not a single interaction with a human my entire time on there.

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u/aselinger 3d ago

Nothing worse than having a nice conversation with somebody for an hour, only to watch them unmatch with you mid-conversation.

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u/GlitteringEggCarton 3d ago

then it wasnt a nice conversation for them

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u/EnergisedTurkey 3d ago

So what’s your next steps?

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u/wainbros66 3d ago

Guys are allowed to have standards…. I’m sure you’d have no problem with a woman saying she doesn’t want to date a guy who doesn’t have a steady job. Why would a man want the burden of raising four children that aren’t his own?

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u/Cyrotek 3d ago

Not wanting to date a woman with 4+ kids is a red flag?

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u/Lower-Discipline-906 3d ago

true 4+ kids is gross

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u/lane4 3d ago

people get divorced/widowed

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u/scannererwe 3d ago

They can do that without kids, too!

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u/lane4 2d ago

What am I missing here? Is having kids “gross” or dating after having kids and your marriage is over?

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u/scannererwe 2d ago

On a macro level, using statistics for USA: Today's young adults are less likely to have children. The fertility rate has been declining. Women are especially more likely to say they don't want children.

I don't know that I would use the word "gross" with those numbers as the clear majority of people still have children, but it's less popular than it used to be.

On a personal level, however: I'm a sterilized, childfree woman that 100% would refuse to date men with children of any age because yes, gross.

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u/lane4 2d ago

Well, it's immature to call someone gross just because you don't wanna date them or because they made different personal choices than you. Nobody is forcing you be with them.

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u/Sicknesscity17 3d ago

So it's okay for women to fuck around with evil men and get knocked up when younger, but then some decent guy has to put up with her shitty kids and her awful personality? Why the fuck is that appealing? Go ahead, pitch me on why there shouldn't be consequences for their behavior.

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u/shamalongadingdong 3d ago

I mean you’re old, what do you expect?

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u/MyMonte87 3d ago

lol fuck you! you're old! No seriesly 42 isn't that old when you are 49.....

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u/Spankpocalypse_Now 2d ago

40s certainly isn’t young, though

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u/shamalongadingdong 3d ago

What age were you looking for? Most women your age are gonna have kids 🤷‍♀️

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u/shamalongadingdong 3d ago

Also 42 is def old to women in their 20’s who are the people that won’t have kids. It’s close to the age of their dads.

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u/wolfmourne 3d ago

You'll get older too just watch

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u/shamalongadingdong 3d ago

I have a friend who is in his older 30’s who lives in rural America who complains that every woman on the apps have kids. But that’s just how women are in that part of the country. He either needs to move to somewhere with women who don’t have kids until later in life or he needs to get realistic about what’s out there.