As a single late 40-something, I found myself chuckling in agreement with all the main points of this really well written article.<p>The online dating process, to me at least, falls somewhere between setting myself on fire with lighter fluid and posting cat vids (well, anything really) on Facebook.<p>I tried it a few years back and very quickly realized it just wasn&#x27;t for me and didn&#x27;t fit my personality worth a damn.<p>It&#x27;s a desensitizing&#x2F;lonely&#x2F;desperate numbers game where all incentives lie with lining up as many &quot;targets&quot; as you can and hoping for hits.<p>The OP is right, tho...as you get older it gets harder and harder to find potential long term mates, especially if you are a recovering addict with felonies in your background, as I am, for every women I did meet online immediately ran background checks.