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Look for a masseur on rentmasseur who ALSO has a profile on rentmen that lists things beyond massage. That way you've got the option to "upgrade" the session if you wish. At a spa in general, even the naughty ones, a decent fraction of the masseurs have limits that are short of what you appear to be looking for.

We've literally engineered activity out of daily life -even typing burns fewer calories now than it used to. Some people have extraordinary willpower and/or a tendency to be thin in the first place, but most people lack one or both of those traits. It's an uphill battle for most people to stay fit, and most people lose it. But their lives in general would improve in other ways that might enable them to reinforce the better habits with that kickstart. I'm not ready to pull the trigger on it yet, but at 53 and 25 down with probably 80 to go and having trouble making progress, I'm absolutely considering it. I stayed fit up until my early 30s when back issues caught up with me and I could no longer run an hour a day and spend another 90 minutes in the weight room. My sister just started because her doctor told her "for you, the risk of keeping the weight on is greater than the risk of side effects." That's something to consider. These generally aren't people who never actually tried to lose the weight. They're people who have failed so many times they've lost count.

Maybe part of it for him is the imagined thrill of "cheating" and you being there shatters rhe fantasy.

Lpsg generally has the rundown on everything out there. Google name + lpsg and you'll find a thread on them in most cases. Also useful for finding out if anIG model has an OF they don't link to in their IG profile.

There is still the whole "one more commitment on the pile" aspect that deters some of us. Even if didn't bother the partner, it would bother me. Someone asked me why I'm single despite good job, house, etc. My response was after caretaking for various family members who simply can't reciprocate and would be in dire straits if I just dropped them, I feel like I don't have anything left to give, and I don't want to be "the taker" in a relationship.

Varies widely with employers depending on what they do. If you work with data, there are generally restrictions on what countries you can go to and log in. I am allowed to work from anywhere in the US but otherwise only in countries where my company has a physical presence.

Given he mentions he's on PreP in his ad I suspect you are correct...

Didn't he used to offer 4 hand with a partner? Did they split up or did he retire/pass?

I know somieine who had a single outbreak of Herpes 1, tested positive for it, never had anither outbreak and a later test was negative. Does that mean they actually cleared the virus or can you test negative when it's dormant? If the latter then yeah everybody likely has it.

He was only 78?

Remember if you live long enough, eventually you almost certainly will find yourself in a position where someone needs to take charge of your care. Possibly for a very long time. Moving far away from all relatives generally isn't a great idea for that reason, unless you really have "f you" levels of wealth and trusted advisors to manage your affairs...which probably insulates you from most of what you fear about election outcomes anyway. As an example of what could go wrong, if you're NOT rich, what happens if you move overseas and they decide Social Security is only payable to US residents? Everything is gonna be on the table in a way people have been assuming it won't in 10 years or so.

He's still around and still in shape. Shane Rollins(who IIRC was only in the business for a year or two) was fun, as was Tony Cummings.

If it's blank I take that as a sign that erotic might not be an option. Similarly I would take "Negative, on PreP' as an indication that, um, full-service probably IS an option.

There are guys who like to watch their women get massaged or more. I think that's his audience. He can't come right out and say he won't deal with a solo man so he has to beat around the bush.

The ad pretty much screams between the lines that he's not on here for masage and not here for "unaccompanied men," so of course nobody is trying him. I doubt if you're a single male he'll even book you. Maybe one of our married-to-a-woman posters could book with their wife and report back.

He danced at the Gaiety pre-2000....he's def not 39...

Eh, while there aren't levels of kosher, members of certain Jewish communities will want to know exactly who did the certifying.. And I had a Jewish coworker who when she got married told her husband basically, she'd observe most of the rules, but she wasn't going to do the whole two sets of silverware thing and then "have to throw a spoon out because I used the wrong one for ice cream accidentally."

"Don't shit where you eat" is generally good advice. Take it.

Given he mentions he's on PreP in the health status item, I'd guess there's a shot. But given he doesn't check "Erotic" it's probably a YMMV situation.

Go on...

I've never actually been to Palm Springs, though I go to Vegas several times a year. I considered moving there, but I think they overdeveloped and have concerns about the water situation taking an ugly turn just as I'm too old to manage a move myself...

The top 1% have pitted the next 9% against the bottom 90. And it's getting ugly.

It's not just about the gap between the super-rich and everyone else. It's about the gap between the top 10-20% and everyone else, buying up real estate, walling themselves off in towns with no non-wealthy people, being able to float their kids as they take unpaid internships, etc. I maintain that it's markedly harder today for people who are of average ability but reasonably hardworking to get by and/or ahead. I'm doing okay, but I'm doing okay in a game that is rigged, and more than I care to admit of my financial success was due to being in the right place at the right time.

Um, they were saying that abiut weed 30-40 years ago when they were putting the "Just Say No" campaigns into schools. I doubt it's 100x more potent now than it was in the 60s.

I do think the current era is very quantifiably different in that median income and median housing costs have pretty much decoupled. This board skews older and has already climbed the ladder. But rents havs climbed far beyond what people making average money can pay and still do things like save. Whether that's due to houseflippers, AirBNB, or venture capital is another question. But I look at what my nieces and nephews are making now vs when I was starting out. Their pay is less than double and rents for equivalent housing is well over triple. And they have a higher loan burden than I did. We collectively pulled up the ladder behind us, consciously or not. As for these smash and grabs, I will say I work in insurance and while burglary is up it's still not that high as a percentage of claims on a countrywide basis. I think it's a very localized phenomenon that gets more publicity because everyone has a camera and the ability to broadcast now. Items being locked up is partly so the store doesn't have to pay a couple of security guards. Every business is reducing headcount and if these stores were staffed like they were 25 years ago that alone would deter a lot of petty theft. Crimes are crimes of opportunity. SF is an outlier because it's a small area that the wealthy really just completely took over and the surrounding areas are just as wealthy so the poor couldn't just shuffle over a bit