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Ozzy's OF does offer fairly explicit stuff, though mostly for a not-cheap upcharge. (Though I've quite enjoyed what I've sprung for.) MarkJ's stuff is much more expensive and less impressive. Perhaps unsurprisingly, JC was very scattered in terms of updating, so I dropped that subscription before I could get a real sense of what he offers.

Survivor's Ozzy, BB19's Mark Jansen and BB20's JC Mounduix all have active OFs. No indication whatsoever that they escort.

Ah yes, Joseph... the last-minute substitute cast member who ended up serving the most yummy eye-candy while stealthily revealing a shocking level of kindness, intelligence and integrity. Wanted him to be in the final two against Michael or Taylor...

I too use OF as a screening tool. It can be very instructive. (Same goes for twitter and Adonis.) But it can be tricky to screen for who's seeking clients versus who's seeking collabs. There are a handful of OF guys who have become my dream hires (though they don't have RM ads) and I have noticed a handful of very active OF gents who reliably advertised on RM but who no longer do so.

Anyone with direct experience?

This afternoon, the organizer of two notable NYC sex parties (whose email list I subscribe to) sent out a message encouraging recipients to be vaccinated, and providing instructions how to do s0. This fits, as these parties often have on-site STI and HIV testing available and the messages often include information about sexual health.. But it was how he closed today's message that really caught my attention... Getting vaccine to all of us who want to be vaccinated will take some time. I'm hoping the parties can return by October; we will see.

Yep. That's why I opted not to attend the LA Adonis Nude Party this past weekend. I have wanted to check out the LA party for years. I specifically arranged the dates of this trip so that I might partake. I had even paid the admission fee... But when it came down to it, I couldn't justify the risk.

Because AdonisNY only hosts on Sundays now, the emails should arrive to your inbox sometime in the late afternoon on Sunday. And, in anticipation of next weekend's nude party, emails should start arriving on Wednesday. I subscribe via three separate email accounts. All three accounts received today's announcement email (Sunday 7/24) between 330-4pm Eastern.

@lightdagger: i've bought my ticket & ditto.

As the bearer of a sizable schnoz, I just have to say: "if only this were true... if only..." https://www.menshealth.com/health/a36367348/bigger-penis-large-noses/

I'm in the both/and camp. Because he was forthright about his experience as a pro in his ad, your seeking clarity makes sense. But because you invoked his being a SW as a convenient way to issue your "not in a million years" response, he's also justified in being offended or "disappointed"... Buf if you're asking AITA: my answer would be "yes"...

I usually ask during a lapdance, which can lead to some preliminary discussion of particulars. But as far as seeing a reply to a followup text? That's anyone's guess. (I think my average is 1 in 3?) But the ones that do reply tend to be very committed to following through...

I have 'generous' in my 'about me' (or 'what I do' and 'what interests me') sections of my profile on Grindr & Scruff respectively. Nothing has come of it. I just tried to add "gen" to my headline on Scruff & it was rejected as a banned term. I tried the same on Grindr, where it seems to have not been rejected outright, but we'll see.

Correct! And just unfamiliar enough to my ears to grab my attention so I look up to catch the subtitles...

re subtitles: Because I often put these shows on while I'm working, I do often avoid subtitled shows. That said, I'm currently working through HIDDEN, which is mostly in English but has a sizable chunk of the dialogue in Welsh.

He is a stunner. (And his OF's on sale, too!)

Anyone have any recent (since 2020) encounters with RonnieJ? https://rent.men/RonnieJ (And, yes, I know most of the photos have been around a while; that's why I'm seeking current intel.)

The main difference that I'm disappointed about is the discrepancy in "last seen" info on the new interface. It may become more accurate as the launch approaches but, as of now, one profile on my Buddylist confirms that the gent has not logged in since 2015 while the new interface says he was "last online: a week ago"... (Making matters worse, I'm not a fan of the limited functionality of the BuddyList on rentmen.eu...)

I haven't, though I have enjoyed Robson Green on Grantchester. Just added it to my Acorn watchlist. Thanks!

Now you have me totally trying to guess who this is... 😂 Was he there on Saturday too?

I was born the same year as Stonewall, which puts me in the age cohort that the term GenX was invented for. And my segment of GenX is often described as the generation that came of age during a tumultuous time of exciting and terrifying change (before/after home video, before/after MTV, before/after the fall of the Berlin wall, before/after AIDS, before/after the internet). I was also very precocious, looked to be in my later teens even in my earliest teen years, and intentionally sought out anonymous sexual encounters with men before the word AIDS was being mentioned on national news broadcasts. I was lucky. Most of my comparably sexually precocious peers were consumed by the same diseases (and addictions) that swept away so many of the men ahead of us, age-wise. But for much of my 20s, I lived in NYC and considered myself a professional homosexual, working as an attendant in a gay sex club, as an "operator" for a gay phone sex line and as a producer for a gay theatre. In those years, I attended so many memorials/funerals, joined more protests than I can count and was part of (or party to) so much sex. Such a formatively fun and painful cluster of years. I left NYC shortly after Giuliani was first elected, right about about when the "cocktail" was being introduced, right before RENT and Ellen both came out, and right as lesbian/gay mainstream visibility went from covert to overt in what felt like a matter of seconds -- largely thanks to the internet. It's hard for me sometimes to even wrap my brain around what is was like to find other gay men before I had dial up... Professionally, I spend a lot of time with LGBTQ+ young adults born in the later 1990s and early 2000s and it's a daily adventure for me to try to bridge the distance to the recent past (ie the first half of my life), while also learning from them about what they're seeing, feeling and experiencing now -- in this incredibly tumultuous time of exciting and terrifying change that we're all living in. We might as well have grown up on different planets, given how different their young lives have been, but they're often very (if quietly) curious to know more about what it was like "before" -- not so much because they want to be like me or have a life like mine but mostly because they are (like most of my friends were at that age) looking for a way to live happily in a world that doesn't feel designed for their happiness. All of which is to say: for me, being an elder is about witnessing what younger folks are experiencing, inviting those who are able/interested to also witness what you have experienced and, in so doing, learning with (not from) each other...

Putting aside the physiological/medical dimensions of drug/alcohol addictions, I do think hiring can easily tap into one's propensity toward compulsive behavior.

My pandemic isolation took me through all 21 series of Silent Witness. Also burned through the full runs of Line of Duty, Vera, Death in Paradise and Unforgotten. I've come to prefer grit &/or ghosts to twee or twitchy detectives, and definitely like it when a series takes me to a part of the commonwealth I've not much thought about (ie TheGloaming being set in Tasmania)...

A couple weeks ago I marked my 19th year of sobriety; the same week I attended the funeral of a beloved childhood friend -- with whom I had recently reconnected -- who died as a result of severe chronic alcohol abuse. Seeing her family (including her teen daughter) underscored what folks in 12step programs sometimes call the "cunning, baffling, powerful" potency of addiction's destructive force. As I sat in the funeral home, I was also reminded what a counselor told me in my first year of sobriety, when I was trying to draw a very clear line that I hadn't entertained suicidal ideation. She said, "There are two ways to commit suicide: quick ways and slow ways. Alcoholism is a really slow way to kill yourself." I don't know how many times she said that to how many patients but, for me, it was a revelation. Another statement that completely blew me away -- though I can't recall who said it -- was: "At first, drugs and alcohol can feel like a great new friend, like a running buddy who makes everything more fun or more tolerable, but -- when addiction takes hold -- that new friendship turns into an abusive relationship, where the drug/drink starts taking priority over everything and everyone else in your life until you have nothing and no one else." At my friend's funeral, I wracked my brain over whether or not I had "come out" about my sobriety when I recently connected with my friend. Her sister wondered aloud, "I wish she had known you were sober; maybe she could have talked to you." A day or so later, I remembered. I did mention my sobriety to my friend, and she congratulated me on my time. It was also in that moment that I wondered whether she was drinking "too much" but I said nothing. I get sad when I think of what might have been a missed opportunity to stay on the topic of my sobriety for a moment or two longer. I am also effectively estranged from another one of my childhood friends -- the person I considered my "best friend" for nearly four decades -- because of his unresolved addiction issues. (Nineteen years ago we got sober at the same time; my sobriety stuck but his did not.) I see him occasionally, and do respond to the occasional facebook message, but I chose to close the open door/heart I had given to him for most of my life. There is a place in my heart that will always be his, and I would so love to welcome him back into it and into my life but -- unless and until he returns to a path of healing that doesn't prioritize drugs/alcohol/drama -- I must hold him (as they sometimes say in Al-Anon) at a "loving distance." PS: If a gay-friendly Al-Anon group meets in your area, @BeamerBikes, you might consider visiting a meeting. They will understand what you're going through.

@Coolwave35 - I believe you have an announcement to make?