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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lucy Cavendish

The demise of the dating app? Why singles are swapping online matching for real life meetings

Dating App on screen
Many people feel that finding love online has had its day – although figures show that 323m people globally use some kind of dating app. Composite: Philip Lay/Alamy

It all started a year ago when, having been divorced for a while, I thought I might dip a toe in the dating world. I wasn’t thrilled by the idea as it is not where I expected to be in my mid-50s. But, as a hopeful soul, it felt important to see if there was life after divorce.

I was warned by friends that dating online is not for the fainthearted, but I’m a naturally curious person and, as a podcaster on various forms of dating (Later Dater) and a love coach, I thought it was about time I ventured into a world that I spend a lot of time talking about with clients and interviewees.

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