[Closed] Dating tips for a middle aged man - please!

You don't ride a Maverick as well do you?

PMSL

Any link, no matter how tenuous is worth exploring eh! 😉

Been thinking of applying the same mentality to the kind of girls I date as that I already apply to the bikes I own... Ugly, and overweight, but they definitely ride better than the skinny lookers! 😆

IGMC

Well, I ride I rather rare 26" Ti hard-tail, which in the company of you bunch of [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/full-suss-fat-bike-flame-athon-pt2 ]wierdos[/url] that frequent this place, makes me rather niche 😉

"an offroad retro fixie toaster" - is that what they call camp fires these days?

MoreCashThanDash - that is a brilliant piece of thinking!! Love it!!

Rachel

LOL @ mboy but it's a worrying point as I seem to be collecting things which have attracted less than positive aesthetic acclaim, So far there's the Maverick, car is a Ford Cougar, bike is a Suzuki RF900.........

.................I'm off to find a Bjork or more realistically, a Beth Ditto lookalike, woohoo...........

*single middle-aged lady waves to single middle-aged man*

*smooths eyebrows*

My tip is to stop giving a shit about what potential women might think about you.

that's handy.. 😛

Rachel

Woody, a Ford Cougar and a Suzuki RF900! Christ, I'd rather be seen in public with Beth Ditto, maybe you've got a point there! Seriously though, an RF900... I'd rather walk!

By contrast my Ducati 748SP is very much like my ex GF's... Beautiful and great fun, but financially crippling and very temperamental! At least the Ducati hasn't moaned about being locked in my Dad's garage for years though, shame I can't say the same for the ex's! 😆

*single middle-aged lady waves to single middle-aged man*

@ mboy It might not be a Ducati but it's definitely a goer 😉
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Woody, remind me of your address, I'll bring matches.

With the insurance money you could buy something slightly less hideous! 😉

I that perspective, or is the horrifically disproportionate swing arm/seat unit intentional?

It's not the best angle and swing arm is 'normal' but it has an exceptionally wide rear. The Japanese designer based it on a stingray after spending many hours at an aquarium. Quite how it ended up with such a fat arse, I have no idea. It makes up for it by being rather quick 🙂

My recently single next door neighbour thinks it's sexy, which worries me greatly as her booty makes the RF's look anorexic 😯

My recently single next door neighbour thinks it's sexy, which worries me greatly as her booty makes the RF's look anorexic

Aftermarket single seat unit then, she'll get the idea 😉

all this motor bike talk though interesting, isn't very helpful! I can stretch to buying a posh toaster but not a Ducati. What about a nice Alfie Moon shirt?

Ugly, and overweight, but they definitely ride better than the skinny lookers!

Fat birds try harder.

Those RF900s are ugly but cheap and quite quick

Lady Gresley

I just noticed your comment 🙂 am i getting excited for nothing?

My recently single next door neighbour thinks it's sexy, which worries me greatly as her booty makes the RF's look anorexic

Well, you have set your standards low with the bike... Go knock yourself out, what's the worst that could happen? 😉

ugly but cheap and quite quick

Whatever floats the individuals boat, but i'm sticking with expensive and good looking at least for the moment...

Noted MB but i think we should let supertramp and LadyG get on with it 😉

woody - let's hope she reads you post! 😉

Whatever floats the individuals boat, but i'm sticking with expensive and good looking at least for the moment...

Women or bikes?

did I mention that my email address is in my profile? 😉

RF900, not the best looking bike ever but otoh the fairing's exceptionally good at catching krill. The reason the rear end is so fat is that it's pregnant with a whole litter of GSXRs.

Dipped my toe in to this dating malarkey. Plenty of Fish is a bit weird, but thats because its free, therefore attracts all sorts. The other dating site do charge, however I suppose that if your willing to pay for a dating service it does show a little more commitment to finding someone.

supertramp - Member

did I mention that my email address is in my profile?

Ah, yes, so it is.

STW singles dating thread?

My tip is to stop giving a shit about what potential women might think about you.

Potential women? Pre-op?

A seriously fit roadie friend of mine (former national hillclimb winner) has just got together with a woman in her forties who I think he met through Fitness Singles. She is manically obsessively fit, she swims miles along the cost while he rows along in a dinghy, she cycles 100 miles twice or thrice a week then runs marathons and all of this on apparently just a handful of nuts. Oh, while travelling all over the country for work.

I have a teeny weeny feeling he's beginning to find her a bit of a pain in the backside....

Be yourself OP but SERIOUSLY get a good female friend to check you over before you go out - ear hair, stray hair, nose hair and eyebrows etc. Also to give your clothes a once-over critical-eye.

I'm not saying you are shabby- far from it but lads tend to be lads and you do slip slightly as you get older IMO.

Oh dear god! Spare us this! Advice on appearance from the pasty-footed one!

Hora goes out looking like a member of the landed gentry who's fallen on hard times and has been living on the street for a few months

True but I'm not hunting for totty my dear Serf 8)

Blimey, long time since my brain and wit have impressed a lady ^^^^^^

8)

Another fairly recent singleton here, I left a wife a couple of years ago, and had one fairly serious relationship since, but had lots of fun on Plenty of Fish.

Met some nice people on there, as well as some complete nutters. One girl asked me if I'd choose to abort a Downs Syndrome baby... And that was on our first date!

Another was a diabetic that injected herself during dinner in a busy restaurant! Neither got a second date, but I think the experience goes to prove that a lot of women who are single in their 30s are single for a good reason!

Without websites like that though, it does become increasingly difficult to meet people, mainly due to the fact that most of the old 'social network' is now raising rugrats and mowing lawns at the weekend.

And as for Facebook, don't bother. I seem to have attracted quite a harem of portly, middle-aged, bored and lonely women who comment on my every move... I hope none of them read STW!

I totally disagree that 30 something women are single for a reason shibboleth. I'm a single woman in my 30's and I have absolulety no ridiculous character traits or baggage, am very good in all social situations and love the outdoors/camping/music festivals/a good night out with mates. I'm not a minger either!

I've had a few dates from POF and everyones been much more normal than your experiences. I believe thats to do with how I filter them based on responses on emails.

Maybe your personality attracts these kind of people? Or maybe you just need to filter more carefully.

andysbeans - Member

I totally disagree that 30 something women are single for a reason shibboleth.

You misread my post, I said [b]a lot of women who are single in their 30s are single for a good reason[/b]. From the stories I've heard from the women I've dated, a lot of the men on there are too!

I've met some great people, and made a few really good friends who I've enjoyed great dates with but just not clicked. They're certainly not all weird.

But if you can tell me how to filter out militant diabetics or people who ask completely inappropriate questions, I'd love to know! 🙂

I can't really. Some people seem to think its good to shock on a first date. That practise is a crock of sxxt in my opinion! Of course i'm on the other side of the fence in terms of gender and some (only some) of my experiences have included fellas who are trying to be something other than themselves.

Just keep at it and treat it with the pinch of salt it deserves. 😀

I know what you mean. I was off the dating scene for over 15 years, and I was shocked at how blatantly sexual a lot of women are. Downs syndrome girl also revealed that she was bisexual and asked me how I felt about swinging, and if I'd try "bowling from the pavilion end" if I was in prison!

Lovely girl, but barking mad!

Some years ago there was a STW singletons social networking ride organised. I seem to remember that the organisor came in for a lot of flak. 😯

I seem to remember that the organisor came in for a lot of flak.

I wouldn't want to be responsible for 200 middle-aged men chasing 3 or 4 single women round the fells on bikes, would you?

😆

Another was a diabetic that injected herself during dinner in a busy restaurant!

They do have a habit of doing that, it's like they don't want to end up going blind, having bits amputated, and you know, dying and that.
🙄

Lol Shibboleth...maybe its the aftershave?!

And Cinnamon girl, do you know why he got a load of flack? Surely as a woman who loves a bit of MTB action you (as in a woman, not actually you) would be sensible enough to predict the dynamic of the day and bask in the ego boost of it all? 😛

They do have a habit of doing that, it's like they don't want to end up going blind, having bits amputated, and you know, dying and that.

She didn't have to do it in a busy restaurant, especially after I'd told her I couldn't even watch Holby City due to my fear of needles.

It's like those militant breast feeders. Yeah, we know you have to do it, and you have every right to do it anywhere, but really??? Do you really have to do it whilst people are trying to eat???

Surely as a woman who loves a bit of MTB action you (as in a woman, not actually you) would be sensible enough to predict the dynamic of the day and bask in the ego boost of it all?

In a bid to avoid a repeat of that "dynamic", I'm more than happy to take both Andysbeans and Cinnamon Girl for a ride round the Lancashire Pennines...

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But its ok for guys to get their todgers out in front of a load of complete strangers in order to pee? Albiet in general nobody would be eating around you (hopefully!) but I find that a little bizarre.

Is it? I'd always turn slightly to preserve my modesty... And certainly wouldn't dream of doing it in mixed company.

Having said that, I did try one of those public urinals in Picadilly Gardens... Quite liberating it was too! 😳

She didn't have to do it in a busy restaurant, especially after I'd told her I couldn't even watch Holby City due to my fear of needles.

It's like those militant breast feeders. Yeah, we know you have to do it, and you have every right to do it anywhere, but really??? Do you really have to do it whilst people are trying to eat???

Now we know why you're still single.
Yes, diabetics have to inject when their insulin levels drop. What do you suggest she does, drop into a fit so you can continue to be squeamish?

As for breast-feeding - why not? Feeding is what adults do in a restaurant, why not babies? Babies' hunger is not subject to standard dining hours. If it needs food, it gets food.

Somehow I suspect you're either not a father, or are somewhat repressed.

🙂

I was lead to believe there was a whole etiquette to using the urinals, so as to avoid having to stare at each other's todgers?

(bit of an edit there to sort out some Lion induced - mad auto-correction...)

Rachel

It's like those militant breast feeders. Yeah, we know you have to do it, and you have every right to do it anywhere, but really??? Do you really have to do it whilst people are trying to eat?

Eat? Isn't that what the baby is doing? Would you like it if people found the manner in which you ate so offensive they expected you to do it in the toilets? Tit. Literally.

 

Thats my point Rachel, nobody has to look at breast feeding women either. Peeing and breast feeding are 2 of the most natural things a person can do...I'm sure some women pee and breast feed at the same time and if they do that in public whilst eating and injecting insulin into their brains they've probably been on a date with Shibboleth!!

Jojo, until you can learn to detect sarcasm, I'd keep your insults to yourself. 🙄

So there we have it,the single man of a certain age,in search of a woman,should avoid breastfeeding in public,and learn to pee in public.Or am I missing something?

It would be interesting to hear from the folk that went on the social networking forum ride ... anyone care to comment?

Perhaps they're all too loved up to waste time on here,unlike the rest of us.

No, you're spot on thejesmonddingo...after all it is Friday night 😆

Awww, I love happy endings Jesmonddingo! 🙂

Shibbeth, my apologies. Sarcasm doesn't translate well in text... And you forgot a winky... Sorry! Breastfeeding being seen as somehow unnatural is one of the few things that makes me see red 🙂

Shibboleth, I detect you are being slightly misunderstood, it happens to me all the fxxking time!

Quite alright jojo, I'll wink in future... 😉

andysbeans - Member

Shibboleth, I detect you are being slightly misunderstood, it happens to me all the fxxking time!

What do you mean?

[edit, sorry... 😉 ]

With your breastfeeding comment man, keep up! 🙄 😉

Funnily enough,my wife breastfed our son in public as needed,no negative comments,you don't have to flash your tits,so why does anyone object to one of the most natural things in the world? I suspect the objectors are repressed,and looking for a sexual implication that isn't there.

Erm... Misunderstood... What do you... Oh never mind 😉

I'm off to watch Corrie and drink a lonely bottle of wine... 🙁

"Erm... Misunderstood... What do you... Oh never mind
I'm off to watch Corrie and drink a lonely bottle of wine..."

Lonely?... Middle aged perhaps? ...You should try a dating site!

*winky*

Middle aged??? Nooo... I don't think so, is mid-thirties middle-aged??

Harrumph.

Can someone organise another singles ride? I quite like the idea of being chased by 200 men? 😀

Ah, actually I've just spotted a flaw in that plan - I'm so slow on a bike I'd be chasing the men 😳

Gotcha shibboleth...eventually.... 💡

Why don't 'we' just organise one? Do we need a scapegoat when it ends as badly as I predict?

Are you who I think you are lady Gresley? (JJ?)

Just come on the bogtrotters ride tomorrow. 6 or 7 women attending and about the same in men. Yorkshire Dales

Ah, I already have plans tomorrow. The trotters ride round my neck of the woods quite often, I'm north of Preston, Trough of Bowland area.

Where's the ride? Aren't they mostly from my area?

Some years ago there was a STW singletons social networking ride organised. I seem to remember that the organisor came in for a lot of flak.

It would be interesting to hear from the folk that went on the social networking forum ride ... anyone care to comment?

Hehehe. At least one phone number was swapped that day CG, don't fear, it wasn't all in vain! 😉

Didn't end up going anywhere mind, did meet up for one date and a (bike) ride, but that was it...

Yeh they are and they usually ride near the lakes but tomorrow they've changed direction starting from Airton, Mastiles and the rest I can't remember. £2 to join them, what a ripoff 😉

£2?? Bargain. My Tuesday night group costs a tenner a week... But I get a slap-up feed and 2 pints of finest ale for that...

It's the only decent meal I get most weeks... 😥

Hmmm, maybe you should stop watching corrie and start learning to cook, women like a man who can cook 8)

I can cook... Should I put that on my POF profile? 🙂

My efforts at sorting out a date are seriously hampered by the fact that I have my kids every weekend. Put paid to all day mountain biking too, but its a price worth paying 🙂

Keep it coming I'm making notes- on a first date:

-no weeing in front of her.

-no injecting stuff

-no breast feeding - why did little Britain just flash before my eyes?

- no combinations of the above

anything else I should avoid?

now all I need is a date!

andysbeans - you got it in one 😉