The offer was for a 30-minute free pole dancing lesson. Then, let alone the dating thing I have avoided since the ripe old age of 15…Ībout three weeks ago Facebook started relentless spamming asking if I was “pole curious” and showing pictures or videos of normal people in their gym gear “having a go” in a gym-like looking class filled with poles. Never before!” Noooooooooooooooooo! I hadn’t even embraced the silver within me This turned from mild annoyance into pure horror when theyĬhanged into advertisements for “Silver Singles” imploring me to “Explore like Getting email advertisements for ‘Elite Singles’ despite my CLEAR aversion toĭating. How did this happen?Īaaaaah online advertising algorithms… A couple of years ago I lamented how I began Last night I went with three male friends, two of whom wish to remain anonymous, but all in our 40s and 50s, to work out our daddy issues on a pole in a free, 30-minute pole dancing lesson in the outskirts of suburban Brisbane, Australia.
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