Thanks for the thread. New to SD / SB but not the game
I'm a senior member on the International board (same name) as I've spent most of the last decade on a plane to and from Asia. In Asia, I usually just used the free sites (Tagged, Baddoo, etc) to build-up a group of good friends / FWB. That usually creates momentum and you're off to the races. My standards are pretty high, and I managed to do fairly well.
I'm also becoming long of tooth now. Not as long in tooth as Hollywood (you're my hero. Love the rainbow coalition you have going). But long enough that the 20 somethings are harder to catch. I've been using AFF (I know it sucks now. But I had good luck a number of years ago) , and Ashley Madison with pretty good luck with the 30 somethings. But, I yearn for the 20 somethings. So here I am.
So I created a SD4M account yesterday, and I'll give an accounting after my free trial is over next week.
BR