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The Angry Old Baby-Man: The Online Dating Bully Phenomenon Empowered by Trump
During a rather quiet Sunday here in Bali, I was working on a couple of articles for my local client. I had also joined Zoosk, the online dating site, if nothing more than for the comedic value. As someone in her mid-sixties who lives a bit of an outlier life, my chances of finding someone online at this age are probably zero to zero, especially because those waters have been so badly muddied by dishonesty and scammers. Still, I joined, paid my pennies and have actually been-if nothing else- highly amused. Truth, you never know. I’m more likely to find someone out on my running trail. Looking forward to getting to my gym, too. Like attracts like in this situation. I like fit folks if I’m going to date anyone.
Which is clearly a problem for a great many people.
In my profile, in which I have taken care to be very clear up front about my preferences for a very athletic partner, I am also careful to be honest about my adventure travel responsibilities which keep me on the road. That profile, along with the only two photographs that I had available to me here in Bali (the others are on my laptop at home) is very clear (it has to be, there’s limited space). It also only appeals to very particular kind of potential match. That’s intentional.