5 minute reads from a 50something woman

5 minute reads from a 50something woman

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5 minute reads from a 50something woman
5 minute reads from a 50something woman
Puppies in the window

Puppies in the window

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Cary J Hansson
Feb 03, 2024
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Who remembers the first online dating site?

Who can tell me when it started?

It was Match.com and it started in 1995.

I didn’t even have a computer in 1995, and it would be another four years before I was caught making patterns in the air with the mouse, as I tried to get it to the follow that little cursor thing on the screen, Godammit! I know I’ll never …

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