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You are welcome. You probably searched on "JackMackenroth." If you searched on "Mackenroth" this would have come up. A key to successful searching is to use a term that isn't too specific (such as JackMackenroth, which would only yield results where there is no space between "Jack" and "Mackenroth") but not too broad (such as Jack).

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I didn't think it would go all year!

Hilton? I was thinking a Comfort Inn and Suites. But seriously, the background is distracting and makes the darker-skinned guys difficult to see. How long does this thing drag on?

I've never heard that, but given the number of escorts who list West Hollywood as their home base it would appear to be true.

Fun!! Thanks for posting it.

As you learned, there are some card issuers who will not approve charges for adult-oriented sites. The reason is typically not discomfort with the material, it is a dispute/chargeback-avoidance measure. It goes like this: 1) Cardholder makes the purchase at an adult website. 2) Cardholder's significant other/partner/spouse/whomever who is a joint cardholder notices and questions the charge. 3) Cardholder claims the charge to be fraudulent. The same reason holds true for the merchant service providers who handle the charges for the sites. They don't want the burden of processing chargebacks and eventually drop the merchant. An article that I now can't locate speculates OF is abandoning adult content because large institutional investors don't invest in porn. It seems that despite a decent revenue stream they don't generate sufficient cash to fund operations and need outside investment. My guess is seeking outside investment will be a moot point after this.

This is just a guess based on 20+ years hiring and participating in the Forum for almost as long - when it comes to activities other than anal sex, "top" and "bottom" labels become murky. Is the guy who kicks back to receive oral while the other guy does all the work the top or the bottom? (That question has been asked here many times). What about a muscle worship session? Not everything fits neatly into a little box.

His ad expired a few years ago and he just renewed it. Hired him in 2017 and had a great time. PM for details.

Thanks for posting this information, @Epigonos. 👍

I went to Trader Joe's one mid-afternoon and noticed the store and parking lot crawling with guys who had just worked out at LA Fitness. Mid-afternoon during the week is my new TJ's shopping time.

That's interesting because they implemented the suggestion I made a few years ago regarding page behavior when moving from one page to another. After the redesign, clicking "Display More," "Next," or "[page number]" when viewing all favorites would result in the top of the new page being displayed, while doing so from the favorites filtered by a particular city would result in the bottom of the page being displayed. This required the user to scroll to the top of the page, then scroll down again if they wished to move to a different page. I described the problem using similar language to this post and they took my suggestion.

Here's a clickable link to r/TotallyStraight

The categories you suggested are a vast improvement over "ambience." Would you be willing to suggest them to RM's webmaster? Would you be OK if I suggested them? (Don't want to appear as though I am stealing your idea)

Where do you usually stay?

I think La Dolce Vida markets itself as being less sexually-charged than the other "resorts," hence the strictly therapeutic spa and disallowing outside practitioners from performing services at the resort.

I'm sorry to hear that you did not get what you paid for and were treated rudely and shabbily. My one and only All Worlds experience was years and years ago and the staff was "fake friendly." What I mean is they said "hello" and "thank you" but took a rather bi!@&-y tone. For what it is worth, as of today (8/12) All Worlds' website states The Maze is closed this weekend and next and will re-open August 20. They should have told you that BEFORE you paid for your visit. PS: Welcome to The Forum. We tend to be nicer than that here.

Yes. Quite well. Yes, one can. OK, enough with the sarcasm. Yes, it is possible to live alone and be fulfilled and happy. For me, the concept of having a partner has always been much more appealing than the reality. I enjoy my freedom to do as I choose, when I choose, and with whom I choose. That's not to say I am a hermit (far from it). It took a lot of introspection and thinking to realize that I enjoy and like my own company. I'm wired to be more solitary than most. It also took some effort to stop thinking about "living alone" and start thinking about "living with myself." Barbara Feldon (Agent 99 on the "Get Smart" series of the 1960's) wrote a book called "Living Alone and Loving It." You should check it out.

Save for a couple of months in the Boystown section of Chicago's Lake View neighborhood, I've always lived in mixed/inclusive neighborhoods and loved them. To me, we have fought very hard to be included as we are in everyday life. To segregate ourselves back into enclaves is regressive and not progressive. As @MscleLovr points out, the gayborhoods were not always filled with rainbows and unicorns. Lake View was crime-ridden and parts were (and still are) broken-down. That's why it attracted marginalized gay people - they could afford to live there. Additionally, the gayborhood was not always welcoming of those who did not belong to a clique. It was very gratifying to me when I found gay bars and other gay-owned and gay-friendly businesses in predominately heterosexual neighborhoods. It made me feel safe and like I belonged to the larger community. Perhaps my perspective would be different if I had grown up living in a small conservative town and moved to the big, scary city. However, growing up in Chicago it just felt odd that I'd confine myself to a neighborhood that was predominately any one group.

You should ask the reviewer(s) for a definitive answer, but I suspect the answer is "the provider's place isn't hideous but he still delivers a bad experience."

You are right - fewer escorts participate here than did in the past. However, many escorts who previously participated have moved on from escorting. Also, while the number of guys advertising has exploded, there are fewer and fewer guys who see this as a career. My observation is the escort/Forum members typically (but not universally) were the guys who saw escorting as a career. Another observation - most of the escorts who get slammed are not the ones who participate in the Forum.

I completely agree. You've been here a long time and probably remember what I'm talking about. It was quite silly, TBH. I'd be remiss for not mentioning the escorts did not ask for idolatry.

Speaking from a long-time member's perspective, I think publicly humiliating the individual who disagrees with the majority opinion is truly the way to go. The more they deviate from the general consensus the larger the font used when replying in all caps. Also, lots of exclamation points. Of course, I am being facetious. It depends on what the poster has to say, how they say it, and how well I know the escort. If I don't know the escort in question and the poster makes an emotionally un-charged comment (e.g. "he doesn't do much for me" or "I had a bad experience") I keep my mouth keyboard shut. When I have hired an escort and know him to provide a great time and the poster makes an emotionally un-charged comment I might say something like "your experience was different than mine" and/or PM him to get details. And then there are the posts with lots of histrionics, belittlement, accusations of completely out-of-character-for-the-escort behavior, and outlandish accusations. If I hired the guy in question I'll defend him. One other comment, which pertains less now than it did ten years ago. At one time there were escorts who were worshipped, revered, and placed on pedestals on the Forum. I'm not talking about guys like @Mikegaite and @Rod Hagen, who are well-liked and universally regarded as great guys. I'm talking about a virtual cult of personality. Any comment that was even slightly uncomplimentary resulted in mob behavior against the poster. I happened to hire one of these Forum darlings and had a bad time. Upon mentioning said bad time the comments directed toward me were not threatening but they were not pleasant. Several members PMd me and said they, too, had a bad time and were afraid to say anything. Fortunately, that type of excoriation happens less now than in the past.