Ive found these things to be true in my experience. I recently deleted my profiles on dating apps and im not going back to them ever again. Im 46 and too old to endure this tired bullshit. The FOMO, lottery mentalities they have. The sociopathic tendencies of online dating users. The covert narcissism. Love is a pretty simple and liberating thing and we all need it in its various forms. It's a tragedy that people--esp men-- complicate it manipulate it and twist it qnd punish with the idea of it. I hate that its hard to meet anybody during the pandemic outside of online dating. But for me, I'm dealing with a big heartache right now and there's nothing I can do about it, and getting somebody new isn't going to fill the void right now its futile to try. I finally mounted a 5 feet by 6 feet panel of mirrors in half of my living room so I can watch my form as I do calisthenics. Ive lost 22 pounds and am working on 19 more. And im just trying to obsess on turning my body into Sarah Connor from Terminator 2, thats my goal. I want to be incredibly functionally strong and see what my body is capable of at my age. And spend my last few months of unemployment trying to keep a roof over my head, and deciding do I want to get serious about starting my own painting business or do I want to keep looking for a job. This stuff takes the edge off how I feel and it ultimately makes me better.ducks. all goodbyes aren't gone. Or maybe when the pandemic is over I'll serendipitously run across a nice man. But I will never return to online dating, every single asshole on there can eat a bag of dicks.