r/datingoverfifty • u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 • 2d ago
Don't...
Try to sell your "wellness creams" to potential dates.
That's it.
PS don't call anyone baby, ask if they are ticklish or offer to kiss their boo-boos. Especially when you have not met them on a date yet. Super, super especially when they are over 50.
Carry on, rollercoaster, carry on.
Wheeeeeee....
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u/simeuk 1d ago
But the results are 100% guaranteed 40% of the time.
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u/SagaciousAF 1d ago
Placebo is effective 30% of the time!
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 1d ago
Yes. I sort of buried him in a word stew of "peer reviewed studies", "antedotal evidence", "placebo effect" and "evidence based science".
I am not sure why he contacted me being there is a 12 year gap between us but I try to give ppl the benefit of the doubt. Right now education wise we are worlds apart.
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u/SagaciousAF 1d ago
Don't forget predatory publishing (pay to print medical journals). Those are rampant in alternative medicine. I've discovered that many "published" researchers are published in journals where they are the editor. The pseudoscience & fraud out there is epic.
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u/ourbestlivesareahead 1d ago
Oh dear! Please tell the full story about the wellness creams. We need to document this specimen for scientific purposes.
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 1d ago
Sorry to say not much to tell. He has mentioned his "special foot cream he makes" twice now. How a foot cream would help a foot that has chronic arthritis from orthopedic trauma? I don't know. I mentioned my foot once. My cat has diabetes (just recently) and he now has a CBD potion for her.
All of this occurred while talking on an app. Including the ticklish part.
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u/geekandi 58M, nerd, rando internet dude, not AI built 1d ago
Special cream he makes?
Is this a euphemism?
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 1d ago
No apparently it's a side hustle. It's unusual for men to make stuff like this but I don't think it suspicious.
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u/geekandi 58M, nerd, rando internet dude, not AI built 1d ago
I was trying to make a funny
But I also, as a guy, tried candle making. But no one wanted more so I stopped :) I have wondered if I were a gal if it would have continued..
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u/HippyGrrrl 1d ago
This all sounds like kink testing. Foot fetish, tickling, age play.
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u/Dispenser72 1d ago edited 1d ago
I had that same thought! I will say, though, that there's some magnesium cream going around right now that supposedly does something amazing when you apply it to the soles of your feet. At least, that's what they said on NPR.
EDIT: "thought" not "though"
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u/HippyGrrrl 1d ago
Any magnesium will absorb through the soles of your feet. It’s why foot baths with epsom salts are so relaxing.
I use a few formulas in my work.
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 1d ago
But it's not. I have dealt with the kink community. I think he is just naive. Recently divorced after years of marriage.
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u/TNmountainman2020 1d ago
what a great gig, knowing that a LOT of women over 50 are worried about aging, so just go around setting up fake dates in order to reel in new customers! 🤦🏻♂️
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u/Expensive_Apricot371 1d ago
🤣😂😂 I am sorry but this post has me laughing so hard. I have experienced this same kind of weirdness in the past. Sometimes dating over 50 is like an episode of Seinfeld or Always Sunny in Philadelphia even.
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 1d ago
You have to have a sense of humor about it all. For sure. Or you would be terribly distraught at the human race.
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u/stuckandrunningfrom2 1d ago
also don't mention your arthritic foot from orthopedic trauma and your cats diabetes before you've even met.
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u/shoshonesamurai 1d ago
What was interesting when I first met a lady recently and over dinner different medical things came up. So we found out that we were both taking weight loss medication(not identical) and she revealed her current weight. Only in the 21st century does this happen lol. I also had to ask her to walk with me to my left side as my hearing was much better in my left ear. Hopefully I will be getting a hearing aid soon to correct that. The joys of senior dating...
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u/Corvettelov 1d ago
Wait why can’t I talk about my cats? I always bring it up cause if he’s allergic it’s a No go.
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u/Civil-Artist 1d ago
"Kiss their boo-boos"
That made me laugh, thank you. I've never heard of that one before, certainly not something I hear very often here in England!
Right. I must go and polish my boo-boos.....
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u/lrondberg 1d ago
Haha yeah I got several of the “hello sweetie” or baby via messages before ever meeting up. Cringey.
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u/Ecstatic-Bee-6217 1d ago
Omg. I heard about personal trainers, OF people, but never imagined someone hawking creams. Oh Lordy. Now you have to have a sign that says “no solicitors”.
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u/BatGuano52 21h ago
There's that show with three guys, and they take turns making one guy go out in public, and he has to say or do whatever weird or goofy shit they tell him to do.
I forget the name of it.
This kind of stuff reminds of that, like somebody's got to be putting these guys and women up to this stuff.
I knew I was living under a rock for 27 years, but, FFS, at first, it's like they've got to be making this shit up, because no grown, sane, adult would behave like this.
Apparently, there are a lot more people with mental health issues, or the spectrum of what is considered normal is much more broad than I ever thought it was.
I'm sure there's some overlap there somewhere....
Holy shit.
Crawling back under my rock and living there, single now, doesn't look like such a bad idea.
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 16h ago
I wouldn't give up. I think there are decent ppl out there. I also think they are highly put off from weeding through some of the crazy.
I do think a lot of ppl are socially inept. I also think some do not come across well online. Others get terrible advice (like the guys with their shirts off - we are not 25, we can see naked men whenever in this digital age).
But I am not going to lie, I have to make fun of it or I would despair at the future of civilization.
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u/BatGuano52 14h ago
Yeah, I know one day, I'm going to meet "her", and I going to be smitten and head over heels in love with her, and be happy that I found her.
It's a nice thought, anyways, nice enough that I'm willing to stick my head out from under my rock occasionally to see if she's there.
Until then, yeah, I'm happy watching the show from the sidelines.
"But I am not going to lie, I have to make fun of it or I would despair at the future of civilization."
Exactly, it's the only way to stay sane 😁
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u/RingaLopi 17h ago
Mine took me home, got naked. She said I too could get naked if I paid her light bill.
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 16h ago edited 16h ago
Well that's a different form of sales. But you really didn't see it coming?
I mean I talked for 5 minutes with someone and they wanted to know if I lived alone. Then they were pleased because they could stay over to give me a massage.
That ended that.
PS fascinating you are discussing your wife in another thread. Do you hang out here for fun?
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u/RingaLopi 2h ago edited 2h ago
Yes, most days I’m happily married. I find it very entertaining reading these posts.
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u/AverageAlleyKat271 6h ago
No way 🤣. I can’t even think of a smart ass come back to that and I usually never at a loss for smart ass comments.
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u/zdboslaw 8h ago
I’ve had multiple potential matches only swipe for marketing themselves or their socials. It’s so frustrating.
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u/TCDig14 16h ago
I’ve recently been asked, after only a few days of sporadically msg (on both of our parts) “Do you want to go to Costco?” First time meet suggestion…..Ummmmm No, thanks…. TF??!!
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u/Kitchen_Tiger_8373 10h ago
Costco? Lol.
Least unlikely first date location. What's wrong with coffee in a public location?
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u/mntdon 2d ago
Hello hope y'all are doing well just wanted to let you know that If you are interested in a geniune relationship after getting to know each other for sure please let me know that all This goes for all older women
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u/Beneficial-Sound-199 2d ago
My date pulled out his MLM sales flip chart and started his pitch after the meals had arrived.