In November last year, mum-of-two Danielle Aiikin posted on Facebook that she was ‘done’ with dating apps, writing, ‘I'll stay single. It's peaceful, it's quiet, it's far less hassle! Here's to going into my 40s single, thriving and completely DONE with ghosting, love-bombing, lies, bare minimum effort and delusion.’
The post was quickly flooded with responses, both from men keen to blame Danielle for the way she was treated by her matches on the apps – and women pointing out that the men's angry responses were validating her decision to remain solo.
Danielle, 39, an operations manager from Newcastle, says, ‘The post went berserk – within days, it'd had 350,000 views. The men in the comments were horrendous, coming for my appearance, outfit and age and saying that I likely…