ShortCutie7

Heard this song for the first time this past summer and was 100% sure it would be the new “song of the summer”… little did I know, it had already been out well over a year, and it just never got the play it deserved!

EXACTLY! This concept applies to every phone call ever, which is why I will never understand why some people automatically default to calling (or expect me to pick up if they call me while I’m at work etc).

I had my very first hire a couple days after Valentine’s Day last year- my reasoning had nothing to do with the date directly, but I think I am generally hornier this time of year!

I hate phone calls in general. They are incredibly disruptive unless planned/scheduled in advance. In fact, one of the reasons that I don’t even text providers (I instead communicate via RM messenger) is that I don’t want them calling me!

Same, now all I can think of is Jonathan Bailey and Nicholas Galitzine 🤤

That’s how I think I’m perceived, as well!

One of my favorite places to lick!

I’m in my mid-30s and have zero romantic experience. Sure, I’ve had hookups and even been on a couple of dates, but my life situation doesn’t lend itself to dating/having a boyfriend (even if I were straight). It’s a little different for me since I have zero attraction to women, but I’ve also felt that “biological clock” since my early 20s when it hit me that I had never been in a relationship.

7:30 on a weeknight in a small city makes sense! And I love the Sunday 6:30 showtime!

Yes, that would make sense! Commuting between boroughs has a very different set of challenges than commuting from outside of NYC. Even pre-pandemic when I commuted via subway, I preferred later curtain times so I had more time before the show, and more time to get there since I’m less concerned about getting home late (which I inherently already am by virtue of attending an evening performance) than being late to a show..

I don’t misunderstand; I am a commuter myself and am writing specifically about us commuters! My commute between South Brooklyn and Chelsea/lower midtown often takes longer than my friends’ commutes who live in Jersey etc. By the time I get out of work (usually between 5:45 and 6), it’s too late to comfortably eat dinner and make a 7pm curtain. For my personal commute, the end time doesn’t really make a difference since the Express Busses (a misnomer lol) I take don’t actually run on the schedule they’re supposed to, so I just have to wait for one to come whether it’s at 9:30pm or 11pm. But I do understand that NJT and LIRR do generally run on schedule and commuters prefer to take a specific train.

I get that, but the “bridge and tunnel” audience members would likely not be seeing a show on a weeknight, anyway, since they would not be able to make it into midtown on time for an evening curtain (unless they already work in Manhattan, which is exactly the/my situation I’m writing about).

To be clear, I am inexperienced in terms of great, recent, and/or anal experiences. I had my share of neutral oral-only experiences back when I was more active, and was never really into anal (until now, which is why I’m trying to get more experience topping providers since I find bottoming uncomfortable and don’t want the rectal issues you mentioned).

I’m in the middle of that age range lol. I don’t generally like to eat late but sometimes if I get out of work late and then have an a show (or errands etc), I have no other choice. There were definitely issues with the fluctuating start times when they started! I do think customers are used to it now and pay more attention. And yes,I’m sure the union members with families etc do prefer getting out earlier.

I had a similar exuberance after my first time, and in fact just this past week after an amazing encounter with a provider. Those of us who are less experienced are also less desensitized.

Yeah, I don’t like the hard birthyear distinction- I know people born in 1995/1996 I would consider Gen Z and people born in 1998 I would consider millennials.

Unfortunately the pandemic ruined late-night dining in NYC… places that used to be open 24 hours now close at 9 or 10pm.

Exactly!! Who wants dinner at 5pm, even if it is feasible? Historically, even 8pm is early for an evening show to start (though that was the start time I grew up with). The term “eleven o-clock number” exists because those songs occurred at 11pm. All fair points!

This is the kind of “catalogue model” he looks like to me (except not wearing a suit lol).

As someone who used to work for a theatre ticket company, I would never do that to the poor box office attendant 😂 If the 7pm shows are genuinely selling better, that’s what matters… I just can’t imagine that if it’s not tourist season and the show isn’t geared towards families, it’s doing anything for sales, and I can’t fathom why adult-geared, standard-length shows like “Book of Mormon” and “Hadestown” have their Friday night (in January and February) shows at 7pm. This post was actually brought on by my seeing a Friday night 7pm performance of Book or Mormon a couple weeks ago… I loved the show but was annoyed that I didn’t have time to eat dinner before it. To go a bit back in time with my personal experience, part of the joy of going to the theatre as a child was getting to eat in a nice restaurant before the show, and then getting home late and feeling sophisticated watching David Letterman. Fast forward to when I had recently graduated college and was working as a vendor in theatres, the Tuesday 7pm curtain was just starting to become a “thing” and a solid 20% of Tuesday night audiences would filter in between 7:45 and 8 because they didn’t think to check the start time on their tickets.

Yep, of course I understand very long shows (and operas) starting at 7:30pm, but I don’t think 7pm is a convenient start time on a weeknight for a working adult (who is not a tourist, on vacation, etc). I do love the idea of more irregular start times on weekends (especially Sunday) and wish more shows in NYC did that!

I consider there to be two separate points of distinction: 1- if you remember where you were, what you were doing, etc on 9/11, you are a millennial or older. 2- if you have no recollection of what life was like before widespread internet access, smartphones, etc, you are Gen Z. I’m a millennial not only because of the year I was born, but because I remember every detail of my day on 9/11 and didn’t have a computer/internet access at all until I was 10 or 11.

This trend of having shows start at 7pm is going too far… it was fine when it was only Tuesday nights, but I’m now seeing even Wednesday and Friday night shows starting at 7 or 7:30! While I understand and appreciate the benefits of an early start time, it would be nice to be able to leave work on time and have a non-rushed dinner before going to the theatre.

Millennial here… I got HOURS and HOURS of homework every night from third grade or so on. Between homework, studying for tests, and rehearsing/practicing for my arts-focused classes (I went to specialized schools for JHS and HS), there was no time for an after school job. My friends who did have after school jobs suffered academically and did not graduate on time.

Vegas was my favorite place in the world when I was a child! I haven’t been in ages, but we used to stay at MGM and Caesar’s which weren’t expensive at the time.