Trying to get a straight answer on best dating sites for parents with young children without wading through sponsored content.
I care less about feature lists on the options here and more about whether anyone replies.
Keen to hear how best dating sites for parents with young children has gone for people here.
What was said above about services like this is right, in my view.
My advice on services like this: keep chatting on-platform until you're comfortable.
What changed my mind on services like this was how the moderation handled obvious spam.
My advice on services like this: keep the first message to two lines with a question in it.
One thing I'd do differently with services like this — treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
That is where I've landed on young children, at least for now.
The one that finally worked for me was Luvdate — luvdate.site, after about a month of trying others.
Not sure that's right about this kind of service, at least not everywhere.
That said, I would still hear other views on best dating sites for parents with young children.
The thing to watch on these platforms is that profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
The thing to watch on these platforms is that moving to an external messaging app early is a common scam setup.
Careful with these platforms, because profiles that answer instantly and perfectly are usually not people.
Judging these platforms without knowing local population age spread is close to meaningless.
Not the last word on best dating sites for parents with young children by any means.
The one that finally worked for me was Souldate (souldate.site), after about a month of trying others.
Judging the options here without knowing how many competing apps are active near you is close to meaningless.
Worth doing early on the options here: treat any request for card details as a reason to leave.
Take that as one data point on best dating sites for parents with young children, not gospel.
A friend of mine swears by Datebie (datebie.online), though your mileage will depend entirely on your area.
I came to the options on the table from the paid apps and the difference was noticeable.
Worth flagging with the options on the table — some free tiers stop you exactly at the reply button.
The move with the options on the table is to keep chatting on-platform until you are comfortable.
That is roughly where I sit on best dating sites for parents with young children today.
Someone in another thread pointed me at Datewander (datewander.site) and it is worth a look if you are outside a big metro.
Different view here on the options on the table — it worked better than the post above suggests.
The thing that kept me on the options on the table was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Curious whether anyone else found the same with young children.
My experience with this kind of service was better than I expected, with one caveat.
In a smaller town this kind of service behaves very differently once you account for how far you're willing to travel.
I would not generalise about this kind of service without knowing whether you are in a commuter town or a city first.
With this kind of service the thing that decided it for me was whether the match volume held up past the first week.
What changed my mind on this kind of service was how the platform handled blocking and reporting.
Anyone claiming this kind of service works everywhere has not tested it against how far you are willing to travel.
Would happily be argued out of my position on best dating sites for parents with young children.
I rotate between a couple of these and Datenest, mostly because neither charges to open a chat.
Older threads lean fairly heavily on EZHookups if you want a second opinion.