Andy768

I'm approaching a mid-40s retirement.
I plan to circle the globe on a cruise in my 1st year of retirement, then live a few months in a big city apartment near a subway station (I've only experienced suburbs my entire life).  Having that very specific goal has kept me focused (I've had that goal since 2015).
I'm leaning towards moving to Florida for winters when I retire, because I look forward to my annual Ft Lauderdale trips more than any other.
I plan to work seasonal summer jobs with youth, because that brings me joy (camp counselor, etc.).
I plan to work with theater somehow, perhaps on the board of a non-profit local theater, etc., because theater also brings me joy
What helped me the most was to picture people I know who are already in retirement (my parents, and friends I worked with), and decide what I want to do differently or the same as they did.
 

Judge orders Alex Jones’ Infowars sold to pay Sandy Hook families in defamation case
APPLE.NEWS A Texas judge has ordered Alex Jones’ broadcast and merchandising business Infowars be sold to pay...  

Glad you’re back.  Thanks for your hard work in keeping this valuable forum alive!

Greetings folks...
As you might have noticed, this site has been offline since around mid-day Tuesday.   Our prior hosting provider decided that they are unable to continue hosting our website and had ended service to us.  Unfortunately they did not provide any notification to me about this decision and I was forced to move the site to a new server without any sort of heads up.  This includes arranging for the new hosting company, configuring the new server to meet the technical requirements, getting a copy of our current data, restoring that data (over 300GB of files), recovering the database (over 18.5 million records in that database taking up 11GB of space for the DB alone), and reconfiguring the software itself to run in the new environment.  
While migrating there was also some technical issues that I ran into that required me to coordinate with Invision's technical support team.  So that back and forth added additional time to the mix as well.  
And to pile on further… all of this occurred while I'm traveling for my day job. So I've been doing this while in a hotel in between doing my day job on the road.  
There are most likely several other things that will need to be fixed still and I'm working through them.  For example, email may only be partially working.  I still need to setup things like SPF and DKIM for the new server so our emails don't flag as spam.  There are other settings that might need to be redone to work in the new server as well that I'm not thinking about yet.  (As you might have imagined, I've not had much sleep during this whole process.)
But anyway... you get the idea.  No... we're not going anywhere!  This was a minor setback but we'll continue to move forward.  Thank you all for your understanding and support!
Rob

Yes, it can be done, but you still have to pay the consumption/VAT taxes on all the stuff bought.

I'm late to the game here, but I don't get what's so "saucy" about the photo. Maybe I'm desensitized by seeing people far more scantily clad and suggestive in photos on social media and in porn, but this seems... tame? I don't think there's even anything distasteful about it - they look cute!
As for the extravagant nuptials, hey, if that's what floats their boat, then why not? They can certainly afford it.

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.
 

I just watched Looking on HBO.  They streamed it again for Pride. 
I like how S1 starts and S2 ends.  Richie flirts with Patrick on the bus (after Patrick just had anonymous sex); Richie gives Patrick a haircut (after Patrick dumps Kevin) as the camera pans out from the shop.
They aren't streaming the movie.
I see an old thread.  A lot of people didn't care for Looking.  It worked for me.  
 

I love George.

I believe I may have been the one who told you to start one. I did see this thread when it first went up and mulled it over, but as the esteemed @BenjaminNicholas noted (esteemed among his many other amazing qualities) it can be a triggering topic. I’m not exactly eager—now or yesterday—to revisit what it was like to be mercilessly beaten by my father after coming out, or what it felt like to be kicked out of my home.  Substance matters, absolutely—but so does protecting the parts of ourselves that took the longest to heal.
 

It reminds me of Col. Edward Thomas Ryan, who came out in his obituary. 
Wishing Col. Ryan peace of mind in death and Barry Diller peace of mind in life. 
 
Veteran comes out as gay in moving obituary: ‘Now that my secret is known, I’ll forever rest in peace’
WWW.TODAY.COM “I must tell you one more thing. I was Gay all my life," he wrote in his obituary.  

It reminds me of Col. Edward Thomas Ryan, who came out in his obituary. 
Wishing Col. Ryan peace of mind in death and Barry Diller peace of mind in life. 
 
Veteran comes out as gay in moving obituary: ‘Now that my secret is known, I’ll forever rest in peace’
WWW.TODAY.COM “I must tell you one more thing. I was Gay all my life," he wrote in his obituary.  

Because it’s never too late to live in truth. Even at 83, shedding shame or secrecy can be liberating—not just for him, but for others who see it and feel less alone. Visibility always matters. Especially now!

Twunk is a much more understandable/intuitive term to me than zaddy. A twunk is more muscular than a twink but skinnier than a hunk. I still don't understand what a zaddy is.

Twunk is a much more understandable/intuitive term to me than zaddy. A twunk is more muscular than a twink but skinnier than a hunk. I still don't understand what a zaddy is.

Twunk is a much more understandable/intuitive term to me than zaddy. A twunk is more muscular than a twink but skinnier than a hunk. I still don't understand what a zaddy is.

I'm back in Ohio, it's Spring, and I have a new great-grandson!!!🎉😄😍

So while I'm a very political person,  I do my best to keep any politics out of it.   Professionally it doesn't make sense to discuss politics and that extends to my escort work  on the side.    I don't need to know the political views of a client.     There are exceptions.    I have 2 regular clients that do talk politics and while I may join in,  the conversation is limited.    We have other things to discuss ..... and to do.

Unfortunately we are now living a very particular divisive moment in our history. I have never had problems in the past in dealing with people (acquaintances, coworkers, relatives) who have a political "affiliation" different from mine, even if my closer friends of course always shared my views, but now it is a different story, the line is too thick and dense to ignore. To me agreeing with one particular Party today means too many things I am allergic to, and I am not able to just forget the affiliation. My choice.
There is a latino masseur in Tampa whom I saw in the past decade a few times and enjoyed him a lot, but I stopped seeing him when in 2020 he started sending me messages with scary conspiracy theories.
Another masseur in Tampa with glowing reviews and whom I wanted to see erased my interest when I read his posts on X.
I just can't.
 
I will never ask for the political affiliation of a potential provider, but if I find out it is opposite to mine I prefer t go somewhere else.

As someone who is genuinely short, and at that shorter than the vast majority of guys who complain about being short, I would never consider having this done- while I do often wish I were tall or at least average height, I have come to accept my height and have made it a part of my identity.

I think it's all relative.  In my family, anyone who doesn't have a rug of hair on their back is considered 'lightly hairy'.  And that includes some of the women.

Links to social media sites aren't permitted per the rules of this forum, but he calls himself eroticstrength, and has some terrific clips working out. I have no idea why he must've taped his jewels when doing a kettlebell workout. Even as a stub for a cock, I'd be pseudo-swinging around if I did those same movements!

I woke up and checked the score: 5-5 15-30 on Keys' serve. I was convinced this was about to be another Keys heartbreak and had no desire to watch or listen to it. Refreshed the live scores page shortly thereafter, and the match was no longer there. I figured Sabalenka had broken that game and served it out. I was THRILLED to see that Keys had won! I like Sabalenka too, but Keys getting her first slam was too good not to hope for. And man - what a draw she got through to get the title! Collins, Rybakina, Svitolina, Swiatek, Sabalenka... she truly earned it the hard way!

Not doubting the article but also "older generation disappointed with younger generation" is kind of a pattern too... 

I went on a date with him many years ago.