Last spring I got out of a one year relationship. At the time I read several articles predicting a hot summer for dating because of the end of covid lockdown. I thought it would be a good opportunity to meet new people and play the field so I created a few OLD profiles.

I've used OLD before, and I got the hang of the new apps pretty quickly. I met quite a few eligible women, and enjoyed a lot of dating. The prediction of a hot post covid summer definitely came true for me, but none of these adventures resulted in a LTR.

Now I have pretty good self esteem but realistically I also have real shortcomings. I was really surprised by how popular I had become in the dating world. I'm wondering if something else is going on here. Is there really a large disparity between the sexes in terms of the quantity of men vs women that are seeking relationship's over fifty? It seems like I have a much greater pool to choose from even though I am the same guy. I'm thinking a lot of men my age have given up on relationships.