Should we call it online neurotics?

I have come back to online dating after about a 10 year hiatus. I'm of course older now about 50.

What I am experiencing is that it seems like daters now are the most terrified and neurotic people on the planet. Is OLD a filter for the traumatized?

Most never want to move off the app to texting or God forbid a phone call. A simple meet at a restaurant for a meal is out of the question (I'm buying). One woman would only consider giving me her phone number if we met for a walk in the woods. That scared even me and that was weeks after chatting on the app.

I am not a scary person. I genuinely want to have a human connection but I am not sure if all OLDaters are on meds for daily living to leave the house. This does not include of course the fake profiles and Russian catfish.

What is you alls experiences? Is it because I am older and older matches are more traumatized? I am in Oklahoma which is a high abuse state so I can empathize with past relationship issues. However, 10 years ago people met in person and spoke on the phone.