Stopped dating in 2003 or 2011 but there are such amazing places to hang that aren’t bars including coffee shops and lounges. Anyone wanting to meet at a hooch joint is bringing crutches and m’am, you’ve earned your wings. The only people you meet in bars are dreamers.
I’ve run the gamut dating sober the past 4-5 years. Even when noting I don’t drink (hinge) and sober (bumble) I still had a couple 1st dates act surprised I don’t drink AT ALL. That’s frustrating when trying to head this exact issue off ahead of time. Also, Loosid is a great concept but in my experience the past year w/the app, they have very few members, at least in my age range in LA. They don’t have the marketing $$ to spread the word like the big apps & recently they’ve struggled w/fake accounts (sigh). They just banned members signing up via VPN (they told me after I emailed them to bitch about the rampant fakes) so that’s cut down on foreign origin ones at least. I’ve also run into glorified escorts on the app which is creepy & not cool on a recovery focused app. I haven’t tried the other app you reference (it’s website only).
I just wrote about this! My advice, agreeing with OP, though, is to make it a deal :
https://open.substack.com/pub/recoverettes/p/the-bumble-profile-that-scored-me?r=2ck79i&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Stopped dating in 2003 or 2011 but there are such amazing places to hang that aren’t bars including coffee shops and lounges. Anyone wanting to meet at a hooch joint is bringing crutches and m’am, you’ve earned your wings. The only people you meet in bars are dreamers.
I’ve run the gamut dating sober the past 4-5 years. Even when noting I don’t drink (hinge) and sober (bumble) I still had a couple 1st dates act surprised I don’t drink AT ALL. That’s frustrating when trying to head this exact issue off ahead of time. Also, Loosid is a great concept but in my experience the past year w/the app, they have very few members, at least in my age range in LA. They don’t have the marketing $$ to spread the word like the big apps & recently they’ve struggled w/fake accounts (sigh). They just banned members signing up via VPN (they told me after I emailed them to bitch about the rampant fakes) so that’s cut down on foreign origin ones at least. I’ve also run into glorified escorts on the app which is creepy & not cool on a recovery focused app. I haven’t tried the other app you reference (it’s website only).