![]() Eventually, I realized that the reason I fell into his feed was only because his upper age limit was 37 (he was 35 at the time). I explained I was "misrepresenting" my age to make a point. He knew all along that I had been misrepresenting my age because he had googled me! He thought it was hysterical and couldn't figure out why I would "lie" about my age by only 2 years. On our 3rd date, when he saw my ID at a restaurant, he called me out on it. I remember telling my friends that I had no idea what age he thought I was - as I had been changing my age every few days. After emailing for about 2 weeks and right before my subscription ended, we went on a date on Valentine's day to a favorite coffee shop, Gaslight Coffee Roasters. We both liked old movies, French, our neighborhood's restaurants and cafes (we lived about a 1/2 mile from each other), and cooking. During that time, I popped up in my now husband's feed and he emailed me the most charming email. ![]() I did decide, however, that I was going to prove a point, and I started changing my age in my profile every few days to show that the same profile got more hits as a 30 something than a 39 year-old. After a week or two of seeing many of the men's age restrictions, I complained to two of my friends who suggested I lie about my age but, I didn't want to date someone who thought I was only "ok" if I was younger. I was 39, and I discovered that many men around my age and older put an age cap on the women they were interested in at 30-35. ![]() When I told one of my neighbors, she said, in essence, "You have no idea how bad it is for women our age online." She was right. ![]() I decided to give online dating, which I absolutely hated, one more try. Before the wedding – tell us a little bit of your love story? ![]()
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