I am 50ish, starting to grey, hairy male. I never had any trouble beyond what is normal for most people. I now tend to go after women half my age, so if someone was going to treat me like I was a creep, that would be the reason but a rarely get that.

I am thinking they are seeing things that you are missing but no one can quite put their finger on. It is really hard to tell by just a single comment on reddit on what is happening.

To be honest, unless you got some destructive or abusive behaviors, I would only keep a passing interest on that thought.

In my experience, if one person takes a hundred tries to get one hit but another person only takes 20 tries, as long as they both keep trying, the end result is the same