Tinder For Older Men
Tinder is the night: Surge in middle-aged men and women using dating app to hook up for casual sex encounters. 3% of the app's 50 million users are now aged between 45 and 54. And last generation. With 55 billion matches to date, Tinder® is the world’s most popular dating app, making it the place to meet new people.
Does Tinder Work for Older Guys?
Are you finding yourself single as an older guy?
Maybe a previous marriage, for instance, kept you from discovering online dating sites and apps until now.
The good news is you’re not too old for Tinder — the world’s most popular dating app.
Last year, at least 1.5 million people over 45 were looking for matches on Tinder.
And a great many people over 30, 40, and even 50 — a majority of them divorcees or widowers — are joining Tinder by the day. The number is growing exponentially.
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How to Make Tinder Work For You Immediately 🔥🔥🔥
Now that you know older guys are welcome on Tinder, here’s how to make it work for you.
The real trick to meeting great people is to understand that — on Tinder — you are your photos. If someone doesn’t like your first photo, they probably won’t make it all the way to read your bio.
To meet high-caliber people, you need to use pictures that make a great first impression — not just about your good looks, but about who you are as a person.
A simple answer to this is to test your pictures on Photofeeler.
Photofeeler tells you how you’re coming across in pictures (according to the gender and age range you want to target). And it’s been known to 200-400x matches on Tinder.
Go to Photofeeler.com now and give it a try!
As perhaps a rarity who sought to find love, not sex, on dating apps, I – in my mid-twenties at the time – made sure to set my Tinder age range strategically at 19-30. But again, I wasn't looking for a hookup, so to this you may ask: What do most men set their age range to on Tinder? I will get to this answer eventually.
I personally selected this aforementioned range as I was already used to dating older women (but also made sure they were under 30 as I —ignorantly— assumed women older than that would want to start a family earlier than I would) and set my lowest possible age to 19, because I didn’t want to date a high-schooler and was told by my well-meaning parents that they could see me marrying a younger woman. Being legal drinking age didn’t hurt, either, I guess. (I'm Canadian.)
As evidenced by the responses I received from a group of men on the subject, all men strategically set their age ranges for different reasons – some seeking love, setting their ranges for similar reasons I did, and others set their ranges as wide as possible to have more profiles to swipe through as they presumably sit on the toilet.
Since the app doesn’t have many strategies one can apply prior to matching with another person, the age range has proven to be more strategic than originally perceived. Based on the responses of 12 men, here’s what guys set their age range to on Tinder, as well as their reasons why.
1. Daniel, 30
21-40. Cast a wide net and let me decide who is the best fit.
2. Rich, 30
27-32. Outside of school and in the workforce so we can relate.
3. Jake, 34
18-40. Tinder is about judging people on looks and I can’t do over 40 – well, maybe I could if she was really incredibly good-looking or something. On the other hand, I’ve got no problem picking up an 18-year-old from high school.
4. Tristan, 25
24 - 30. Because older girls tend to be cooler.
5. Joey, 32
When using it initially to date, six years younger to two years older. After I realized it wasn’t for me, I went all ages 18+ for more variety of pictures to go through.
6. Pete, 29
25 - 33. 25-year-olds are hot and reckless and 33-year-olds are mature.
7. Evan, 28
18-40. Because it's a hookup app. When I become more serious about finding a girlfriend, I'll opt for less superficial app (Match.com, etc.).
8. Dave, 40
18-39. Because love ain't got no age.
9. Andy, 29
18-65. The more darts you throw, the more that will land on the board.
10. Ed, 31
27-33. I've found women under 27 are too immature and inexperienced while those over 33 are often looking to start a family much sooner than I am.
11. Justin, 30
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21-35.
12. Macaulay, 28
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18-52. I’m desperate.
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