You probably started dating back when people met at bars or got set up on blind dates or just settled for their classmates or coworkers, got married in their 20s, had a couple kids by 35 and then got divorced.
While college-aged millennials were the first to thrust dating apps into the mainstream in the early s, the platforms have become increasingly popular among older singles as well in recent years. After all, the oldest members of the generation that first embraced dating apps a decade ago are approaching So what do I, a year-old woman, know about being a man over 40 on a dating app?
While I might not know much about being you, I happen to know a lot about dating you. But since not everyone is looking to waltz into middle age with a much younger woman β or to take dating advice from one β I also tapped two expert dating coaches, Lee Wilson and Joshua Pompey , to weigh in on the best dating apps for men over Here are their top three picks, and a couple bonus picks from me.
Both experts I spoke to named Bumble their top pick for guys over For those unfamiliar, Bumble is an early Tinder successor that differentiates itself from the competition with its signature ladies-first model.
On Bumble, women have to make the first move, and they only have 24 hours to do so. With Bumble, however, men get to take a break and let interested women come to them. Let them come to you. Both Wilson and Pompey also called out Hinge as a top choice for the over set. Owned by the same parent company as Tinder, Hinge has gained popularity in the dating-app space in recent years as a more sophisticated alternative for app daters who take online dating a little more seriously than the Tinder crowd.
