Andy768

Shelton showing good trajectory! Congrats to Sitsy on taking the title! After wins over Zverev, Sinner, and Ruud, he must be feeling peachy! 🍑😉

I can't think of a movie I walked out on, but I thought Twilight was just ridiculous. When it was revealed that his skin sparkles in the sun, I couldn't help but laugh - it just seemed like one unintentional absurdity after another. I turned to my companion and apologized for inviting her. It remains my standard for bad movies - like, was it just bad or was it Twilight-level bad?

Thanks for trying to clarify - I realize now how poorly I posed my question. I was actually wondering about running into any acquaintance (not necessarily a provider) at a place where you might quite literally be caught with your pants down. For context - I've never been to a clothing-optional resort, but the thought of running into a work colleague or someone in my field at one is pretty horrific to me. Of course I'd get over it, but I know it would be really uncomfortable. When I was a student, there were two times I ran into professors when I'd rather not have. Once was at the YMCA pool and I think we were both very deliberately timing our workouts to avoid being in the open showers and locker room changing area at the same time. Another was in class - realizing that I'd hooked up with the professor sometime (months? years?) earlier. We had to have a one-on-one meeting in his office at some point for the course, and it was a huge elephant in the room that neither of us acknowledged. It was painful enough to go through that as a student; really don't want to have a similar experience as a fully grown man. By the way, I've appreciated reading people's takes and stories even if they were more geared toward encountering providers, so thanks for sharing!

I wasn't very interested either. But I'm not very interested in many things others love, like football and traveling. And I have interests that others couldn't care less about. So to each his own - glad some of you gentlemen enjoyed it!

I've read a couple threads sharing stories and tips for when men have run into providers in public. Has anyone happened to run into a personal or business acquaintance at a resort/club/cruise? The thought of this makes me nervous - I'm the absolute worst at playing it cool and smooth in awkward situations - but I've been trying to embrace more of a YOLO mindset lately.

Well, I just imagine that if I were a trans woman and someone referred to me as a "mediocre male athlete competing as a woman," I think I would feel like they're trying to jab/ridicule me and my identity as much as (if not more so) than make an argument about fairness in sports. Of course Navratilova - who is a legend whom I respect immensely - has the right to express herself however she chooses. I just think when there's a choice, why not choose kindness? Identity issues can be tough for anyone; I say this as a cis man. So, I mean, just being respectful of other people's struggles by not ridiculing them doesn't seem like too big an ask to me. And I do think there can be a point at which there's too much walking on eggshells, but that doesn't mean we forgo basic etiquette.

I think it's possible to question the fairness of trans-women competing in sports (and possibly other arenas) against cis-women without crossing the line into ridiculing transgender people - which unfortunately I think Navratilova has done.

I was pulling for Yuma Kagiyama because I LOVE his overall skating (and he's cute as a button), but hats off to Malinin. There was just no beating him yesterday - it really was a fantastic, history-making skate. Also thrilled that Kaori Sakamoto three-peated! This was a fun and exciting Worlds overall!

Fun story - thanks for sharing! I go to an open gym session where some of the guys will go shirtless, and there's one guy in particular with the most incredibly built and toned body... I feel like I can't even look his way, though, because if I dare to sneak a glance I will just STARE. So I feel like I'm constantly averting my eyes - and sometimes it feels almost like he's aware of it and purposely trying to do things next to me. It's like floating a pizza in front of someone who's trying to diet. There's a part of me that loves it and a part of me that's like, "Would you PLEASE just leave me alone?!"

I'm planning a solo trip during which I'd like to lay out in the sun a bit, and I"m wondering how others who travel alone deal with the pesky issue of getting sunblock on the back. If at a resort, is this something a staff member could be asked to do (or is that against the rules)? If at a resort with mostly couples, is it poor etiquette to ask a man who is coupled to help you out? Or do you just figure out a way to do it yourself with some combo of reach around and/or applying to towel/spatula/some such contraption?

I love to have peanut buttery cereal of any kind as an indulgence too - almost always reserved for when it is on sale! They seem to have peanut butter chex on sale every so often at my local grocery store, so that's become a favorite. I can eat the whole box in a sitting, though, so I have to be careful!

Yes, I am quoting myself. Carota delivers! What a comeback!

For me, there has been a distinct difference in the general feeling around Liz Magill and Claudine Gay. I think you could argue that they both "couldn't navigate a delicate situation." But only one of them seemed to be questioned regarding whether she ever deserved the position to begin with. Maybe I missed it, but I didn't get a general sense that people doubted whether Magill ever should've been president in the first place. It just seems to me like Magill's failure was "allowed" to be "she made mistakes" without question on whether she was qualified to be president, whereas Gay has been less "she made mistakes" and more "she was a diversity hire."

Team Carota.

I really enjoyed Looking but wasn't a fan of this one. It's just not how I experience grief and it came across to me as more stylized than authentic. But to each his own! And happy to support an earnest effort from Andrew Haigh (and my local art theater!) anyway.

The idea of sleeping naked is super sexy, but I tend to get cold and will only do it if it's ungodly hot in the summer. More usually a T shirt and shorts in the warm months and a sweatshirt and sweatpants in the cold ones for me.

For me this was a swing and a miss. I've read that some of the people involved with the film felt in retrospect that it was a mistake to market it as a "history lesson" film, but that feels like a pretty accurate representation of how it came off to me: "after school special"-type messaging/subtext in an ostensible romantic comedy. Without sugarcoating it, the plot, writing, and acting of the rom-com part itself really didn't feel much different from some of the low-budget direct-to-video gay movies from the 1990s. I'm kind of surprised that it's apparently a critical darling - like, did we see the same movie? That said, I was happy to support the box office of a big studio-funded film like this, which I think really was a heartfelt effort by Eichner and the rest to produce something good. I appreciate the attempt even if it missed the mark for me, and I hope it doesn't slow opportunities for more big studio-funded LGBT films in the future. Also, I was listening to a fairly liberal-minded, young, straight woman talk about it, and she thought the sex scenes were egregious. Which was a wake-up call as to how inundated I am in my gay universe because - well, of course I didn't bat an eyelash at the content - but I really didn't realize how distasteful it might come off to even generally open-minded people.

A friend of mine had one of these years ago, and I loved it and thought it was super cool. But only used it while I stayed with her - so maybe once or twice and can't speak of any long-term experience.

Aww Delpo... And to take it to the less wholesome, as I am wont to do: wow, the thought of gentle giant Juan Martin having his way with Fed... I like it. 😈

Congrats to Carlitos! Would love for Alcaraz to take the reins and usher in a new era of men's tennis! And he's really still barely more than a kid. Will be interesting to see how he develops - both in his tennis and just physically.

Kyrgios v Khachanov is going the distance...

I've long thought Richard was adorable. That he seems so willing to bend over for all the tour alphas makes him even more so. Ruud v Barrettini is an easy choice for me: I'll take the Italian sausage. Kyrgios will be a big hurdle for Medvedev to overcome. Nick seems to have had his number in their priors. They're in a first set tiebreak right now.

Yeah, wow, that's a pretty astounding change over such a short time period!

Apologies to the mods if this would be more appropriate for the Spanking/Fetishes forum. Poor Richard... I miss Fed too! He's my fave! 😍