"I (F/33) am single and have been since the end of my long-term college relationship. We were together for 5 years before calling it off in my mid-twenties and I've been on the apps, trying to meet people through friends and events ever since. I've had a few short-term relationships and maybe a handful of okay dates that went nowhere - but I haven't had someone I'd bring home to meet my family."
"She knows that I want a partner in life and frequently tells me I "waited too long" and that I wasn't "really trying" with all the different dating apps available. It hurt when she said that but I was never going to sit down and explain the depressing reality of getting a "wyd" message from a 30-something on tinder to my 63-year-old mother."
A 33-year-old woman has been single since ending a five-year college relationship in her mid-twenties and has dated via apps, friends, and events without finding a long-term partner. Her mother, who married young and remains happily married, repeatedly criticizes her dating efforts, saying she "waited too long" and "wasn't really trying." The daughter felt hurt by those remarks and by the idea of explaining modern dating. The mother created a Bumble profile for the daughter without consent, using outdated photos and bland information, then presented it and said, 'see, it's not that hard,' sparking a fight and family pressure to reconcile.
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