The advent of dating apps is a perfect example of this. I got married probably 10 years before they really started to come online. The people I have talked to about using them have trended a little older. I have one friend who tried it after she divorced and then moved a couple of times for work, so she was also just trying to rebuild a social network that was local. The scenario you paint sounds exactly like some of her experiences. I don't know how I would do in her shoes now if anything happened. (I met my husband the old fashioned way - in a bar.)
They do work for some - my cousin met her husband on one. They seem very happy and are expecting their first child. But there is quite an age difference between us - I was closing in on 30 when she was born and I am more like an aunt than a cousin. So maybe my viewpoint is different because I straddle the before and after. But for the most part, dating apps seem to encourage the type of behavior you describe. It's just faster now.
The advent of dating apps is a perfect example of this. I got married probably 10 years before they really started to come online. The people I have talked to about using them have trended a little older. I have one friend who tried it after she divorced and then moved a couple of times for work, so she was also just trying to rebuild a social network that was local. The scenario you paint sounds exactly like some of her experiences. I don't know how I would do in her shoes now if anything happened. (I met my husband the old fashioned way - in a bar.)
They do work for some - my cousin met her husband on one. They seem very happy and are expecting their first child. But there is quite an age difference between us - I was closing in on 30 when she was born and I am more like an aunt than a cousin. So maybe my viewpoint is different because I straddle the before and after. But for the most part, dating apps seem to encourage the type of behavior you describe. It's just faster now.