Dating mid-life is a completely different sport than dating at age 20. In addition to this massive understatement, the rules, technology and even our equipment have transformed the world of dating in every single possible way.
At age 20, most people don’t have the responsibilities of careers, mortgages and children to juggle, and dating is just something that you fall into easily if you don’t watch where you’re going. Most everyone is single, with very little baggage, and bong-loads of freedom.
Here are three scenarios outlining of the common differences between life at 20 years old, and life at 40 years old:
- Wake up to the sound of vomiting at 2am:
AGE 20 – You laugh at your drunk roommate, and then when she passes out on the bathroom floor, you draw a dick on her face. Then, you go back to sleep.
AGE 40 – You clean up your toddler’s flu barf and diarrhea, wash all of the bedding and clothing, comfort your child, and crawl back into bed, as you hear the sound of your other child vomiting. Cringe, wash, and repeat for 3-4 days.
AGE 20 – Unfriend him on Facebook and block him on your phone. Goodbye forever!
AGE 40 – Spend the rest of your life trying to work things out, and maintain a healthy, respectful co-parenting relationship, for the sake of your children, and your own sanity. Draw a dick on a picture of their face, and hide it in a drawer.
- You gave him your number, and he never called.
AGE 20 – You get drunk on wine coolers with your girlfriends. One of the other six guys you gave your number to calls.
AGE 40 – You question your looks, sexual relevance, and worth as a human being. You buy that cream from that infomercial. You catalogue all of your failed relationships, and watch “Eat, Pray, Love” again. You finish that nice bottle of Pinot Noir, and draw a dick on your own face.
In 2014, you don’t even have to leave your house or speak to a live person to “mingle” on a Saturday night. Goodbye, ancient world of getting dressed up and going out to flirt with members of the opposite sex. Hello, new world of lying on the couch in your gravy stained t-shirt, tapping people’s selfies on your cell phone during commercials. We’ve all been reduced to tiny thumbnails, collectively looking for someone smart, attractive, funny, and honest - LIKE ALL OF US. Or, like our dating profiles. It should be so easy, right? None of the online dating profiles claim to be narcissistic, lazy, lying arseclowns, so we should all be swimming in love by now.
What is the hold up?
There are so many online dating options out there, and literally something for everyone. You can search for serious relationships, hookups, one night stands, married affairs, threesomes, etc., based on common interests, histories, religion, race, age, hobbies, fetishes, a photo, a tag line, a tweet, or even by who is geographically nearest at that particular moment in time. Just click on whatever lights your fire.
But there’s no getting around it – you have to actually meet someone in person to see how they move, smell, sound, and smile. There’s no online photo or profile that can accurately predict chemistry. You have to meet and try each other on to see if you fit.
Three things that Modern Blind Dates can offer are:
- Privacy – For those of you who don’t want your clients, coworkers, family and mailman knowing exactly how jiggedy your weekend was, or who you had dinner with.
- Objectivity – sometimes, we don’t see ourselves as others see us. Let us introduce you to somebody who you might never have known you’d love.
- Networking – You will get to meet a great person whom you may never have run into on your own. We don’t work with horrible people. This is subjective, but NOT REALLY.
But at the end of the day, many people are just looking for that deep personal connection that comes with getting to know a person, and opening yourselves up to each other completely. No matter which route you take, it’s a rare and precious thing that requires work and bravery to achieve.
ModernBlindDates.com was created by people who want to help facilitate this connection for others.
“Blind” and “Date” may be two of the most terrifying words in the English language for some people, but as they say, most of life’s magical moments happen when you are outside of your comfort zone. As many of us have learned by this point in life, sometimes when we let go and try something new, we get to experience something we’ve never had before.
This is our goal for all of you.
