I'm 40F, and I spent the last 13 years or so online dating off and on, with some breaks here and there. I think the apps are steadily getting worse, but I've been always a hopeless romantic, and especially when I read meet cute stories in the newspaper, I think "oh that'd be so cool if that were me."
I'm a very peculiar person in that I LOVE birding, play music professionally, eat vegan, and don't drink, smoke, do drugs, so that eliminates most online dating profiles lol. But I sometimes wonder if I'd meet someone while birding, or at some industry convention. Not that that's my sole intention of being out in the world, but sometimes you just don't know!
IRL is where it's at these days, and while I'm ok with just living my life, I'm open to a meet cute!
Anyone with interesting meet cute stories that do not involve any dating apps or online formats?