The menopause has caused me to lose weight and I have a leaner look than I did in my 20s. With gay and straight friends approving my photo profile, I go online expecting ridicule or silence. I put the apps’ radius near to my office. I choose the widest male age range – and wait. The response is incredible. The photos have pulled men of 22 – and yes, I could almost be their grandmother – up to 63. My timelines are packed with splendid males, creatures so beautiful that I gasp. It’s a box of chocolates from which I get to pick and choose (especially with Bumble, where nothing happens until the woman makes the first move). Analogue life was never like this. I chat to them and discover that every young man likes kissing, has a bike and thinks he’s a photographer – a fascinating trope.
The response is incredible. The photos have pulled men of 22 – and yes, I could almost be their grandmother – up to 63. My timelines are packed with splendid males, creatures so beautiful that I gasp. It’s a box of chocolates from which I get to pick and choose (especially with Bumble, where nothing happens until the woman makes the first move). Analogue life was never like this. I chat to them and discover that every young man likes kissing, has a bike and thinks he’s a photographer – a fascinating trope.