My Story

I met my best friend in high school. We got married, had children, and built a family together. When our marriage ended, I found myself starting over and facing something I never thought I would have to figure out—dating.

Friends encouraged me to try online dating, so I did. I spent hours looking through profiles, exchanging messages, and eventually meeting some of them in person, only to realize that there was no real connection. It’s really hard to get to know someone and their personality through texts and messages. And when your time matters to you, being intentional about who you spend that time with matters, too.

So I thought, why am I spending so much time getting to know someone online before actually meeting them? This made me wonder whether we had the process backwards.

I started thinking about how my grandparents’ generation met. They didn’t have profiles to swipe through or text messages to exchange. They simply met the old-fashioned way. This idea changed the way I thought about dating.

Dating for me is about meeting someone naturally, seeing if your intentions and dating goals align, and discovering whether there is enough of a connection to want to take the next step.

This inspired me to create CatchMeOffline. I wanted to make another way for singles to meet naturally, in person, and build that genuine connection from the start. I believe singles should meet first, then decide if they should date next.