Full disclosure: I am not now nor have I ever been a divorced man. But while I may not know much about being a divorced man, I happen to know a thing or two about dating one. As a newly divorced man in the year , dating apps might naturally be one of the first places you turn when it comes time to start dating again.
Quick update: Tinder is practically for teens now, and new dating apps catering to Gen Z are attempting to model themselves after TikTok. Naturally, a virtual TikTok-inspired Gen Z playground is probably not exactly the kind of environment in which you want to start the next chapter of your adult dating life as a grown-ass man, especially one who has recently gone through a divorce. Fortunately, the right dating apps β used the right way β can help mitigate those difficulties and assuage any anxieties you may have about reentering the dating market after a marriage-length hiatus.
Below, Bianca shares her top picks for the best post-divorce dating apps, as well as expert tips for getting back into the online dating game or entering it for the first time as a divorced guy. For the uninitiated, Bumble is one of the earliest and most successful Tinder successors, and differentiates itself from the myriad other swipe-based dating apps that quickly flooded the market with its signature ladies-first model. On Bumble, women have to make the first move, and must message their matches within 24 hours, or the match expires.
While sitting around waiting for a woman to message you may not seem ideal, especially for an old-school guy who likes to make the first move, it could actually save you a lot of time and wasted energy.
Owned by the same parent company as Tinder, Hinge has gained popularity in recent years as a more mature platform for slightly more serious daters. Are some, even many, Hinge users looking for relationships? One tip though? Lingering stigma surrounding divorce being what it is, divorced men may worry about how their marital status will affect their performance on dating apps, while first-time app-daters may feel pressured to conform to whatever they think other people on the app are looking for.
