He liked bluegrass music and lived an hour away. The photo showed a trim, silver-haired man of 61 with a salt-and-pepper beard and Wayfarer-style shades. Then she saw this guy, the one with a mysterious profile name - darkandsugarclue. But who knew exactly how these online dating services worked?
She had a website for her business, was on Facebook, carried a smartphone. Back in college, she'd studied computer science and psychology, and she considered herself pretty tech-savvy. She didn't really understand how it worked. She resolved to be pickier, only contacting men who were closely matched - 90 percent or more, as determined by the algorithm pulling the strings behind her online search. This seemed to be one of the problems with online dating. But nothing clicked - either they weren't her type or they weren't exactly who they said they were. In those first weeks, she exchanged messages and a few calls with men, and even met some for coffee or lunch.
Looking for a life partner … successful, spiritually minded, intelligent, good sense of humor, enjoys dancing and travelling. The picture - outdoor photo, big smile - was real, and recent. It would have been easy to burnish the truth, but she presented herself honestly, from her age (57) and hobbies ("dancing, rock collecting") to her financial status ("self sufficient"). She filled out a questionnaire and carefully crafted her profile. She signed up for a six-month subscription to, the largest and one of the oldest dating services on the Web. The holidays were coming, and she didn't want to face them alone. It wasn't until the fall that Amy was ready to dive in. And, reluctantly, she did.Īt first, she just tiptoed around the many dating sites, window-shopping in this peculiar new marketplace. When it came to meeting new people, however, her choices were limited.
Her brothers and their families lived nearby. She'd grown up here, in a conservative pocket of Virginia.
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