“NYC Man Goes on 600 Dates But Still Searching for Love”

At 43, a New York businessman estimates that he already has had more than 600 romantic dates, has participated in several television shows and is an active user of dating applications and even starred in a commercial. However, despite all his efforts, Haven’t found the right person yet to have a formal relationship.

“I would love to meet someone. I know how good it feels to be in lovesaid the man identified as Joey Batista as he told his story for the New York Postwhere he assured that, to date, in his telephone book he has more than a thousand women’s phone numbers, that he has met thanks to his constant activity on websites such as Tinder, Match, Bumble and Hinge.

Batista ruled out that he is too demanding in his criteria to find a partner. “I don’t want to say I’m picky, but I’m sincere about wanting to feel a certain way.. There have been times when I’ve been more interested than the girls,” said the owner of Joey Bats Café on New York’s Lower East Side.

Despite this long wait for a partner, he stated that he is not afraid of commitment, since was in a ten-year relationship with a woman from Massachusetts, which included five married. After getting divorced, in 2016 he met a young Colombian woman with whom he dated for a year and a half. For the aforementioned medium, she revealed that she aspires to remarry and have children, but she does not want to settle for someone who is not “the one”.

As part of his strategies to achieve a loving relationship, in 2017 Batista participated in the network program NBC called First Dates. In 2019 he went to reality show Kate + Datewhere he went on two dates with broadcast star Kate Gosselin.

In his interview with the New York medium, Batista explained that he would like to be with someone from Latin America. “I think that when you speak another language you are more open-minded”, explained the man whose parents are originally from Portugal and who communicates fluently in three languages. He also said that he prefers that are tall and athleticbut above all it is important that they know how to dance.

For a first date, Batista explained that he prefers to be the one who takes the initiative and usually invites his possible conquest to have a drink in a quiet place. Starting with a short chat, if all goes well, then they could go somewhere else for another drink and maybe something to eat.

For the second date, then try to accommodate the interests of the woman. “If you like animals, maybe we’ll go to a horse farm. I have taken a girl on an excursion and then we went to dinner, ”narrated the subject. “It has to be something fun, like watching a live salsa band and dancing.”

It should be noted that in the United States, the average age at which people get married was 30 for men and 28 for women in 2021according to data from Statesman. The North American country also has the sixth highest divorce rate in the world. Second or third marriages are also generally not exempt. 60% of second marriages and about 73% of thirds end in separationdepending on the site Divorce.com.

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