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This is the funniest, and probably most profound line of the year! Love it, Juan!

I really do appreciate the feedback, gentlemen. Uwsman2, I've had an eye on Eli for quite some time, and his rentboy ad comes and goes. His masseur ad tends to be more constant. I agree with Cajun that Eli does appear to be very handsome. I may have to take one for the team! ;-) Nvr2thick, I'm glad someone else recognized the torso pic used by Aslan. I actually tend to prefer ads with amateur pics over the more professional shots. Feels more real to me. The butt and cock pics seem consistent to me. I did get a pvt msg indicating that he's a real guy, so I'm not that concerned about the torso pic. I'm encouraged by the msg, so I may reach out, here. Thanks again, guys!

Anyone have any experience with these middle eastern type guys based in NYC? Aslan Osman (http://www.rentboy.com/Listing.aspx?lid=428810&iid=486166&scid=119452793&sp=2&pos=35&locid=1569&type=escort). His torso pick looks very familiar, but he does in calls, which are very convenient for me. I love the simple way he describes himself. Eliron, also goes by Lio or Eli (http://www.rentboy.com/Listing.aspx?lid=174963&scid=119529483&sp=1&pos=2&locid=1569&iid=67512&type=escort). He also does limited in calls, which is a plus. He does massages too (http://www.masseurfinder.com/members/lio.shtml). Had my eye on him for a while as both an escort and masseur. Feel free to send a private message if uncomfortable sharing publicly. Thanks in advance, gents.

I think he was disparaging HIV-positive people as having inflicted the disease upon themselves, thus implying that Obamacare shouldn't prevent insurance companies from refusing to offer them coverage. Of course, many medical maladies could be cynically viewed as having been "self-inflicted" in some way, so I'm not sure how such an argument makes sense, but there you go, seeker.

While I don't subscribe to many posters' aversion to escorts they know have done BB in or out of porn, I suppose the concern is more of an emotional, rather than a strictly logical or rational reaction. I'm like you, in that since I insist on using condoms, then the escort's BB history doesn't matter, so long as I confirm that they'll play safe with me. This is also because I take the position that every sex partner is potentially HIV positive, and since I won't be celibate or categorically shun or exclude positive guys, it's just my responsibility to protect myself. From this perspective, the guy's history is irrelevant because it's all about my conduct. But I recognize that not everyone is Mr. Spock or Data from the Star Trek universe, and doesn't have to approach things from such a strict logical perspective.

Agree with you here, Gar1eth. The problem, I guess, is that how would the escort so alert the client? A major point of contention in the previous thread on this topic, was my calling out those escorts who refused to disclose such racial restrictions in their ads. Assuming they won't do that because (drumroll, irony,...) they don't want to be judged by others who would see the ad, even if most of the viewers may not be in the excluded group, then the alternative would be to communicate that to each prospective client beforehand. Do you put that in a text or e-mail? For escorts who don't want the info published in their ads, I'd suspect they wouldn't want it reduced in their own writings also. So then they'd likely have to communicate it only via telephone conversation, which risks a level of embarrassment or humiliation on the part of the client similar to the face-to-face meeting due to the level of verbal interaction. I guess it just puts the escort in an awkward position (again, cue the irony - anyone have Alanis Morrisette's number?). Overall, it just seems like a very strange and counterproductive prejudice to hold in this kind of profession, particularly since the job is all about being intimate with people towards whom you wouldn't likely feel a regular sexual or romantic attraction in the first place. I guess that's why sociologists have often referred to racial (and other forms of) prejudice as irrational.

My goodness, what happened here? I'm pretty sure the guy didn't call you stupid. He said that he considers discrimination to be stupid. Your use of the comma after the word discrimination, shows that you meant to call him stupid, while his failure to use the comma indicates that it is the discrimination, and not you, that he felt was stupid. Even if it's up in the air, why would you jump to that conclusion and then subject everyone else to the budding war of words between you? And just because the law is routinely and flagrantly ignored by the very people to whom it's meant to apply, doesn't make your point, but actually only further demonstrates that your opponent is in the right, in that people go to such lengths to mask their illegal behavior. Whether escorts provide a service akin to housing, or other service industries seems to be the operative analogy in question in this conversation. But if you're going to cite the illegal actions of bigoted landlords, then it seems that you've ceded the central point and the moral high ground. The idea that you wouldn't want an escort with racial prejudices in his romantic/sexual attractions going through with the session seems indistinguishable (to me) from the argument that a couple wouldn't want a prejudiced service provider making their wedding cake or catering their event. As a practical matter, that's likely true, but it completely fails to grapple with the heart of the issue at hand.

Don't know, BVB. I think I'd be a jealous wife. I might have to cut a bitch! :-P

I think you're taking issue with the use of the term "discrimination" because you're misunderstanding its meaning. Both examples you've provided are, in fact, discrimination. More specifically, they're examples of racial discrimination. However, the lunch counter is what's known as impermissible discrimination because it's done in the offering of commercial or professional services to the public, while picking one's romantic & sexual partners has always been thought of as permissible discrimination for the reasons you've touched upon. Admittedly, what escorts do straddles the fence between these areas. I was involved in that last forum discussion that BVB mentioned (that's how he and I became friends), and my position has always been this: we all have our own internal prejudices on a whole host of issues, and they affect how we see the world, including who we're attracted to. Sometimes it can be consciously controlled, sometimes not, and we often don't care to find out because we don't try or never even question it. But if an escort cannot put those issues aside, he should be upfront about it in his ads and marketing, so that the prospective client knows in advance. There is no excuse for the unprofessionalism inherent in the humiliating and demeaning experience of a client finding out for the first time upon meeting the escort that he will be rejected because of his race.

I can vouch that both JLA and Rod Hagen are very good at what they do, and you should have a good time with either (or both!). However, as awesome as JLA is,* I don't know if he'd be ideal for a first-time bottom. Don't get me wrong, he's very skilled. But he's also very well endowed. For one's first time, you may want to build your way up to that. On the other hand, I have no doubt he knows how to handle himself so the bottom isn't hurt or anything like that. But you may not want to take your first swimming lesson in the deep end of the pool, if you get my drift. Plus, there's the corollary harm of inadvertently becoming a size Queen if you start off bottoming for a really large guy and it goes well. It kinda ruins you for other men. I speak from personal experience. ;-) *Seriously, I want to bear his children, do his laundry, cook his meals, maintain his home, and otherwise be Mrs. JLA, circa 1950. <3

I think you're likely right about Louis's acting ability re: pretending to be straight! ;-) Definitely approve of Hunter Parrish. Total hunk. Don't know who Highmore is, but if you wanted to stick with the Brits, how about Charlie Hunnam? He used to be a twink on the original Queer As Folk, but now he's all man on Sons of Anarchy. Yum! Plus, don't forget Alex Pettyfer. Another blond British hunk. God, I love men! So glad I'm gay!

Don't know the first guy, but the third guy's a singer, not an actor. So, you get a do-over on that one. Feel free to nominate another Brit, though. :-P P.S., I also heart One Direction, and Louis happens to be my favorite, too! :-*

My goodness! How could I have forgotten Mr. Kwaanten as one of my Ryans? Absolutely love him on True Blood!

I agree with Axiom that there are just too many gorgeous actors who make me melt, so I could never pick just three. However, in the spirit of keeping things in the category of three (i.e., cheating): 1) The Chrises: Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Christian Bale, Chris Pine, Chris Pratt, Christopher Meloni 2) The Ryans: Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, Ryan Phillipe 3) The "J's": Jared Padelecki, Jensen Ackles, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Franco, Joe Manganiello, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jay Hernandez, Joshua Jackson Honorable mention: Shemar Moore, Henry Simmons (from NYPD Blue), Aleksandr Skarsgaard (True Blood), Boris Kodjoe, Blair Underwood, practically the entire the "Magic Mike" cast And the above is only scratching the surface. God, I love men...

He's absolutely beautiful, although a bit young for my usual tastes. I'll actually be out there in a few weeks, but he's a bottom, so we're not a great match. Too bad. I'd love to hear more about him, though.

He's pretty. Wish he was still in NYC. I'd take him for a spin, no doubt. Oh well...

Not to unnecessarily revive an old thread, but I decided to bite the bullet and get a sensual massage from NYC-based ApollonSecret.com this past Sunday afternoon on Halloween Eve. I had my eye on three of the six boys featured on their website, one of whom, Zack, I found to be most attractive. When I called, I was told that they had three or four boys available, and Zack was one of them. I told them I could be there in about 20 minutes to a half-hour and they said that Zack would be available. Sadly, like artichok's experience, this was nothing but a bait and switch. The address was no longer in midtown-east in the 50s, but was a bit more south, in Gramercy Park in the 30s. That wasn't a problem, but what should have tipped me off is that they wouldn't give me an address until I was near the place (giving me only an intersection). When I arrived I called again, and in less than 5 minutes this slender and kinda cute blond Russian boy approached the building, let me in, and then led me upstairs. As he was on his cellphone, he didn't formally introduce himself to me until we were in the rather nice room upstairs. He told me his name was Zack. But as the Zack on the website was a lean but muscular brunette, and this guy was a super-thin blond twink, I knew that even if he was "a" Zack, he wasn't "the" Zack I'd been assured would be my masseur. At first he seemed surprised when I told him that he wasn't Zack. Then when I said I used the website to make my choice, he admitted that he wasn't "Zack" (as if he really existed), but that he came because Zack is really busy. I said I wasn't happy with that, and he politely but with a slight tinge of attitude (but to be fair, it could have been due to his thick accent) said that I had the choice to stay and get a massage from him or to leave. I, of course, chose to leave, and I didn't cop a New York attitude with him informing me that I had the right to leave, as if I would have let him or anyone else force me to stay. Even if he was telling the truth (doubtful), I didn't have a problem with my 1st choice being unavailable, especially since there were 2 others I'd been interested in. If they had told me who was really available, I'd have made a selection from that, if they were to my liking and accurately portrayed on the website. I just don't like being misled. So, all in all, if you like thin blond twinks, or if you don't care who gives you a massage (depending on if they randomly assign guys to the task), then perhaps this could work for you. But if you're like me, and care about your choice of masseur being respected, then ApollonSecret is not a business to patronize. Just my humble 2 cents.

Chris Hemsworth was also in a 2009 movie with Steve Zahn & Timothy Olyphant called "A Perfect Getaway". Lots of scenes of him with just shorts & sandals on, and very ripped and lean but still buff. He was much larger than shown in that younger photo someone posted earlier, but obviously not as muscular as in "Thor". I'd like to think that his build in Getaway represented his more natural, adult, filled-out body. I've been in love with Mr. Hemsworth since his very brief cameo in the 2009 "Star Trek" reboot movie as Captain Kirk's father. Glad to see he's now making it big in Hollywood. If he was available for hire, I might have to mortgage my house! By the way, his brother Liam's quite handsome as well.

Oops! Seeker, I thought I saw one, but I must have been mistaken. Over the past few days I've been looking at, it seems, every escort profile in NYC in anticipation of a special evening next week. Guess all the info blends together after a while. You're absolutely right, that a photo of the equipment should be included. My personal rule is that in his ads an escort should always prominently display the equipment that's directly related to the main services he provides. It usually annoys me to no end to see self-proclaimed tops not show me what they'll be topping me with, or bottoms who don't show their rear ends.

Hello, does anyone know this particular escort in New York? He seems delicious: 6'2", 210 pounds, 9" cut. Nice pictures on the rentmen site. His profile can be viewed here. I'm thinking of setting something up for Monday night and most of the escorts I've contacted have not been getting back to me by e-mail or phone. Came across Kadu on rentmen and am seriously considering him. Would appreciate some feedback as soon as you guys are able. Thanks in advance. http://rentmen.com/hotkadu