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DPs new obsession!

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Snookerloopy · 22/05/2020 21:20

Help Me! I’m going to shoot myself if I have to hear anymore about bloody cycling!!😱
DP has always been sporty, played football very well in younger years, still plays 5-a side 3 times a week (lockdown put a stop to that) he’s part of a gang of overweight 50-somethings puffing round a pitch, but they love it and enjoy it.
Since lockdown, he’s re-discovered his bike - and is now totally obsessed! It takes over every conversation, out every day going miles, he wants all the bloody gear (and it’s expensive!) and tonight ... the final straw...
He thinks he should fake-tan his legs and arms...!! He’s nearly 60, but in reasonable shape, but he’s also Celtic, so red hair (when he had some) and the palest skin, that burns furiously the minute the suns out!
I’ve tried explaining how fake tan works, how it would look against his milky white skin etc, but he won’t listen!
So - should I shoot me so I don’t have to listen to the cycling saga any more?
Or
Should I shoot him so I don’t have an orange Dp with scabby knees?

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Aquamarine1029 · 22/05/2020 21:22

I would shoot him.

SunshineDays2019 · 22/05/2020 21:30

Ha ha your post made me laugh! I suspect you love him to bits! 💞

madcatladyforever · 22/05/2020 21:33

LTB.

Snookerloopy · 22/05/2020 21:40

😁. I would LTB - but we don’t live together!
He’s just asked if the new Nivea tanning and firming cream would work for him.... Hells Bells!
He’s quite a ‘blokey’ bloke so this new “David Dickensan” obsession is unnerving😳 I’ve had to listen to stories of sore balls, raw bums, sweaty cracks, scabby knees, scratched arms from riding too close to a hedge (😆) arthritis that’s only just appeared, etc etc
Each day I pray for rain... real proper heavy rain...

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Pedallleur · 22/05/2020 22:09

But then he will need an expensive rain jacket! Keeps him from getting in your way. Just agree with him. Someone I know used fake tan when he went to do an event in Italy one March. No way he was showing up in Milan with milk white legs. If you have been to Milan you will understand.

Davros · 22/05/2020 22:25

Tell him to shut the fuck up

Snookerloopy · 22/05/2020 22:50

I am hoping that once lockdown is eased and the 5-aside football starts again, this sparkly new obsession will die a quiet death! I can’t see him going out in the pouring rain somehow... we’ve been blessed with many days of dry weather so far, so he’s yet to be tested...

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