Is this normal for a belly dance instructor to do?

[Larry]

A friend of mine had a very elderly looking teacher, looked to be in her 80's and she said her movements seemed "stiff" so she said she would massage her belly.

She rubbed and squeezed her belly and my friend was just laughing because she was ticklish, and the woman said that she had "a nice soft tummy"

She even poked her finger into her belly button, not sure how that's part of the massage? Is any of this a regular thing for belly dance teachers to do?

[Kashmir]

No! And it is pointless. It is the joints that are likely to cause stiffness. A good warmup before class would be more useful. I suggest your friend finds another "teacher".

[Shanazel]

Ahem.

[Roshanna]

Well, this post ticks all the fetishist boxes... New user with only one post who does not seem to be a bellydancer, weird stuff focusing on body parts and tickling... Hm.

[Darshiva]

You forgot the GILF thing. Larry here has a very specific fetish.

[Larry]

No! And it is pointless. It is the joints that are likely to cause stiffness. A good warmup before class would be more useful. I suggest your friend finds another "teacher".

Thank you for your response

As a couple of people have guessed, it didn't really happen - I had asked something like this on another site a while ago, and someone had answered that this was normal so I wanted to see how true that was. Thanks for answering my question~

[Shanazel]

Ahem. Again.

[Darshiva]

So Larry's a troll, not a creepy fetishist? To be fair, he could easily be both.

[Shanazel]

We have such good filters anymore that it is sort of nostalgic to have either trolls or creepy fetishists. I haven't smitten anyone in the longest time.

[Zorba]