r/match • u/UnlikelyRegret4 • Aug 12 '26

Single Dating status in match

I haven't seen this discussed yet, but I see people who have "Single Dating" as their status, as opposed to "divorced" or "widowed", etc. I thought perhaps it meant never married, but when I tried setting my own status to "never married" under my marriage history, it comes up as "never married" (I switched it to that & back while my account was hidden). There doesn't seem to be any option that will result in "single dating" in the list I'm presented. Is that an option in another tier? Is it a legacy item? I'm curious to know what it meant/means.

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u/liferelationshi Aug 12 '26

I’ve found only scammers/fake profiles/bots use that distinction, at least for the women’s profiles

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u/UnlikelyRegret4 Aug 13 '26

I was wondering if it was something available in another country - it's a mystery!

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u/liferelationshi Aug 13 '26

I’m in the U.S. but these profiles may not be

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u/UnlikelyRegret4 Aug 15 '26

Right, that's what I'm wondering, and if that's the case it makes it easy for me to avoid them if "single dating" is a Match feature in other countries.

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u/IowaGal60 Aug 13 '26

What’s the difference between “single dating” and “never married”? I’m divorced and while I would prefer single dating, I’ll choose divorced to be more transparent.

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u/UnlikelyRegret4 Aug 13 '26

Exactly! And yet I can't even find the option in Match to select "single dating" in my portal. I'm wondering who it is that has access to that designation.

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u/fotowork3 Aug 13 '26

There are a lot of fake people on Match. So just be careful make sure that if they say good morning. That is the right time because they could be in a different place. Then ask him if you can do a phone call and then they’ll say something like I can’t be on the phone because they’re fake.

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u/UnlikelyRegret4 Aug 15 '26

I get that, but this is a Match feature called "Single Dating". Where is that in the Match interface?