After getting divorced last year, I [41M] spent months this year feeling down and a bit depressed after using dating apps and meeting people, finding non-connections (on either side) & the suspense in wondering what the other person is feeling/thinking, as well as meeting a couple people where we started to like each other but they decided not to continue with me. I'd been feeling fairly lonely and down.

Several weeks ago, I started talking to a lady [38F] from a dating app who is easy to talk to, and we seem to have similar personalities (liking some of the same things and laughing at the same things). We text and flirt often. We've been on 3 dates so far, and they've all been great. The last 2 dates have involved holding hands, butterflies in the stomach for both of us, and the last date also involved some cuddling and making out, and we said we like each other and aren't interested in finding others now and we want to see where this goes.

We're both fairly chill and like to relax (I think it's important to find someone who enjoys similar things in that way). One thing is she's religious and I'm not very religious (I'd consider myself agnostic), so hopefully that wouldn't be a problem. But we've both been excited to see each other, and it feels great.

We're still in the early stages of dating right now, but I wanted to share this because it happens - it is possible to find someone you like on OLD. This gives me some hope.