On my Grindr profile, I very clearly state that I am only interested in guys my own age.
And yet, I still have these old timers still trying to get with this and, quite frankly, it gets on my nerves.
If an older guy tries talking to me, I usually ignore him. But sometimes if he catches me on a bad day or is a repeat offender, I will tell him off and suggest he take a refresher course in elementary school reading class.
One might argue that I'm being a rude asshole in reacting this way.
I disagree. I find that the guy that shows blatant disregard for what I want and what I've written in my profile is the one being rude. I don't write the information in my profile for the fun of it. He's either avoiding reading anything I've written about myself or he's reading it and subsequently not giving a shit about what I've said and trying to talk to me anyway.
If I say I'm not going to talk to you if you're blah, blah, blah, insert random criteria here, then that means I'm not going to talk to you if you fall under that fucking category. End of story. Nothing is going to change that.
I have to ask what these guys are thinking. Do they think I'll feel sorry for them? Oh yeah, what a great thing to base a friendship/relationship/fuck off of - pity. Do they think I'll be impressed with their tenacity? Yeah, no. Not likely.
If anything that's just going to piss me off and make me block and/or report your desperate creeper ass.
I'm not going to date or screw around with someone who's old enough to be my grandpa. Sorry to disappoint you. And if that makes me some kind of asshole or bigot in your eyes, then so be it. I have my preferences just like everyone else and I prefer not to go down on Father Time.