I’ve been on dating apps for a full 10 years, starting when I was 18 and fresh out of high school. Any woman I’ve been romantically involved with in any way I’ve met on dating apps. Never in my entire life have I met a woman initially in real life and eventually dated or hooked up with her. Dating apps have always been the only way I’ve been able to meet women at all, and that said they’re still far from reliable and far from good.

With this having been the case for my entire adult life, I’m starting to reflect on my experience in this regard. I wonder how common it is for people my age to have experienced this, or what it means that things have been this way for me. I wonder if since I have made it this far in my life without ever having even gone on a date with someone I’ve first met organically, whether or not it will ever happen at all. Will I be using dating apps forever? Dating apps are becoming less effective by the year, so what will happen when they’re so unusable that they don’t work for me at all anymore? Already I’ve noticed that they’ve become less and less effective as time has gone on.

In any case I’m hoping just to hear from others with the same experience, of only ever finding people to date using dating apps. Those who see this who have never dated anyone they’ve initially met in real life, and solely relied on apps, I’m eager to hear your experiences. What insights do all of you have? How common is an issue such as this?