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No. I believe that knowing what's important to you is a measure of emotional and psychological maturity... and I certainly hope that I'd already reached that level of maturity.

Thank-you for this post, @Monarchy79. I too suffered from introvert-shaming in my younger years. It wasn't until around my 40s that I started accepting it and, as you say, started living in my truth. So many people misunderstand introversion. They assume it means being shy and withdrawn. Personally, I enjoy social interactions and love being with good friends and family -- but at the end of the day, I need my own space. I need the alone time to decompress. Then I'm ready to go again. I've read a number of articles that define different types of introverts. One categorization defines 4 types of introversion: Social Introversion: Says no to going to a party. Would rather be home doing some kind of solitary activity. When they do socialize, they keep to small groups. This probably ties into a feeling of exhaustion from too much social interaction. Introspective Introversion: Tends to be pensive and introspective. They look inside themselves and self-reflect often. People with high levels of thinking introversion don’t share the aversion to social events people usually associate with introversion. Restrained Introversion: It takes this person a while to get going. They don’t jump out of bed ready to embrace the day. It may translate to being quiet or standoffish in social situations but would later blossom into more participation in socialization. Anxious Introversion: They stay at home from the party but for a reason. They feel self-conscious and even when they’re alone they ruminate about their social interactions. I'd put myself mostly in the the Introspective category although I sometimes see a touch of the other types in myself.

How come nobody's listed a bowel movement on their daily routine?

I was fortunate in having a neighborhood friend who told me about masturbation before I tried it myself. He was a year older and had been doing it for a while. He pulled down his pants to demonstrate and told me I needed to do it in order to make jazz and I would need jazz to make babies some day (in hindsight, I think he meant jizz). I went home to try it and just like that, I become a devoted masturbater!

This is an easy question for me to answer... I see guys walking down the street or in public places and often assess their attractiveness by asking myself, Would I blow him? I never ask myself, Would I like him to blow me?

Went to my local supermarket early this morning, hoping to avoid crowds. No crowds but availability of groceries was hit and miss. It was good to see sanitizing wipes at the entrance and in most aisles. Produce, dairy and meat departments were well stocked. But aisles with paper products and cleaning supplies were a ghost town. Even liquid soap for automatic dishwashers was gone! Why would people hoard dishwasher soap? The only other challenge was check-out. With only one check-out line staffed with a person, they were encouraging people to use the self check-out registers. These work well for barcoded items but take forever for produce without a barcode or SKU label. Have you every watched a little old lady with blue hair try to get produce items through the self check-out? I would have stepped up to help if we didn't have this social distancing thing going on.

I'm a big fan of cottage cheese with fresh fruit for dessert instead of something with tons of sugar. There are nutrition professionals that argue for full fat cottage cheese and I think their arguments have merit. But I can't quite get myself to go full fat, so I compromise and buy 2%.

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Not to speak for the OP, but he might already be working with a doctor and is looking for a safe, understanding sex partner with whom he can trial recommendations or treatments subscribed by the doctor.

It's difficult for me to separate changes in the escort market from changes in my personal desires and expectations. But I do see a couple differences. Now I see more traveling escorts which, for me, is a negative. If I hire in my home city, I want it to be someone who can become a repeat -- not likely when the escort is just passing through. I also now see more ethnic diversity in the escort pool (at least in my go-to source which has been rentboy/rentmen). This, for me, is a positive. I find that my tastes in men has really diversified so it's great that the market has kept up. I can't think of anything else to add without sounding like my grandpa pontificating about how good it was "back in the day."

A friend is suggesting that we join a small group tour of India. I'm ambivalent. I'm not sure I want to join crowds of tourists at the must-see sites or be another relatively well off Westerner gawking and tsk tsk'ing at the "unfortunate conditions of the poor, but oh-so-colorful natives". On the other hand, it is India and, well... people must travel there for a reason. Maybe my preconceived notions are inaccurate.

I'll be there!.... assuming my flight arrives on time and no problem checking into hotel. 6pm sounds good to me.

If he sounds flakey I'll call back to try and discern if it's a google voice number (the equivalent of a blocked number) This is the criteria from your list that concerns me. Up until a couple years ago I used my one and only cell phone number for everything, including communicating with potential escorts. Then I had an unfortunate misunderstanding with an escort and he decided to publish my phone number (I've since learned that he has a reputation for being a temperamental prima donna so it's not only me). But it was disturbing enough that I switched to google voice for escort related communication. I'd hate to be black-listed simply because I use a google voice number.

A man has to be buff with hard abs and a big dick to be sexy.

The guy pictured does some modeling for Aronik swimwear. Pictures are also on his instagram site. Of course that doesn't mean the model is not also advertising his services on rentmen. But it is a factor to consider.

What about student senior discounts?!

My question is a twist on the "Where to retire?" thread from @MidwestCoastal. I really enjoy the progressive, midwestern city where I've lived for the last 40+ years and have little desire to permanently move. But like many others, I'd love to go someplace warmer during our cold winters. So my question is, where is a good place to spend the winter months? Once I narrow options to a short list, I'll probably visit a few places and then do a trial rental at the top contender. Of course Ft Lauderdale and Palm Springs are the obvious choices, but there's got to lots of other good options. I'm open to anywhere in the US, Mexico, Central America and South America. Here are a few things that I'm looking for: - Liberal - A supportive gay community - In or near a reasonably sized city. I'd go crazy in a rural setting. - Fairy easy access to an airport (I may decide to travel during the winter months). - I'm fluent only in English but I could learn to get by in a Spanish speaking country (or I'd be eager to try). Suggestions?

I find that figuring out the correct format of international numbers can be a pain in the *ss. I've had the other person first send me a message and then saved the number from the message to my contact list. It's also helpful to google international phone number format for <whatever country>. (e.g., when to drop a leading zero or a trunk code digit).

I will be there this year. Just sent my RSVP via DM.

Is it okay for someone to take your Facebook profile picture and display it on a discussion forum that promotes white supremacy? Or how about a site that traffics in child porn? ... even if they do not insinuate that you are a white supremacist or use child porn. Keep in mind that everything on the internet is or can be digitally linked. Meaning your profile pic on the white supremacy or child porn site can be easily linked to your Facebook site. I'm not saying that a M4M site about hiring escorts is a bad thing (far from it!), but lots of men would be uncomfortable being, in any way, associated with the site.

Rhubarb mixed with either strawberries or blueberries. I don't like anything too sweet, so I especially like it when the baker/recipe holds back on the sugar, letting the tartness of the rhubarb come through.

I'm clearly not the only one who thinks that posting pictures of your classmates here is way out of line. I don't believe you have any malicious intent @Gar1eth but remember, everything on the internet is (or can be) digitally connected.

For me, it's more important to have protocol for staying healthy: daily exercise, good diet, no smoking, no recreational drugs, alcohol in moderation. I have nothing specific for looking good except shower, shave and the occasional haircut.

I agree 100% that Aaron Travis stories are intense... very intense. But not like a horror movie. I'll just say, you should have a box of tissues or some paper towels handy when you start reading. Travis is a talented writer who knows how to bring uber-hot characters to life -- and he creates vivid sex scenes. His stories often include dominant alpha males and subservient guys who service them, either eagerly or by coercion. I get off on the alpha male scenarios although I'm turned off by some of his story-lines that involve coercion. Forced sex is not sexy to me, not even in a fantasy.

I enjoy audio erotica when it's part of a well written novel (or novella) and has well developed characters, an actual story-line and plot. But for me, this is not porn and does not fuel JO sessions. I've attempted to to listen to hardcore audio porn but tend to be put off by the narrator's attempts to sound sexy. My brain does a much better job at bringing written porn to life than an actor's narration.