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If you are looking for the movie "Company of Men", yes. Happened to me, that's how I came across this website. I decided to stay, though. Feel free to explore and decide. No one can tell you if you are in the wrong place, just you.

Only one picture, last review was from 2018, same one picture for a long time, and of very poor quality. Nope, not for me.

I share the feeling. I am about to go vote today. Great idea. I'll have both.

People have gotten escorted out by security for being disruptive.

I wish I could say that it's surprising. The times we're living. In my town they cleaned up house a few years ago. Several non-profits that are supposed to help the community have been the center of scandals around racism, homophobia, embezzlement and sexual misconduct. Their reputation is questionable at best.

That was featured in the morning "news" yesterday in my local station. Didn't know that he has an OF. It makes sense now that they were focusing more on his crotch than the squirrel. Took me a minute to focus on the story. Owner of Instagram-famous squirrel says its seizure by state officials was ‘overkill’ WWW.NBCNEWS.COM Peanut the squirrel, an internet sensation that sparked an animal sanctuary in Pine City, N.Y., was euthanized after being seized from his home along with a raccoon, a...

Pictures that are current. A reasonable amount of pictures (one or two pictures, sometimes not even showing face doesn't cut it. I definitely agree with the "Ask" thing. Looking at the profile is asking. Applies to everything, not just pricing. Clarity in the description, doesn't look like a copy/paste from a wellness website. Consistency in the description, baffles me to see contradictory statements in the same profile. I don't mind age shaving for as long as it's not excessive (as per my own definition of excessive). Rules instead of boundaries. I am looking for a provider, not applying for a master's degree. Compatible with my taste and preferences in roles, look, what they are into. Gay as his sexual orientation. "Straight" is off-putting to me.

Why does liking and enjoying your job have to influence anything? You really expect people to be miserable at work? So he liked it. Is he not supposed to? Not sure what that's supposed to change.

Doesn't mean anything. I myself have been with quite a few people and don't have a single review anywhere in this world (that I know of). The only difference between many and that one person is that we have a clear idea about how many people that person has been with. Doesn't mean that a person with few or no reviews hasn't been with that many or more. It seems to be about perception and comfort, not about reality.

Absolutely not. Doing construction and maintenance work, based on your skills and interest in doing that work, and being coerced/solicited into sex work with a person that you don't like, and a person of a sexual orientation that is not yours, are quite far from being comparable. Exploitation can and does happen with both types of labor, but that's where the similarities end.

Yes, it makes sense.

Interesting, and I agree, but that's not the subject of my post. Yes, you can call yourself anything you want. I was talking about the legal aspects of the profession and the state requirements. I can perceive a little frustration, and have known some licensed massage therapists that express their frustration with so many unlicensed people who don't know what they are doing and are using that profession as cover for escorting. Has to be tough. I don't believe all clients are educated enough to make a good selection. I wasn't, and I'm not alone in that. What I see is that many licensed therapists work at medical offices that offer massage as part of physical therapy, those that are covered by insurance.

I see the same in the younger generation. It's a sad thing that they seem to think that ones own body is something that should be hidden, or that nudity means sex.

Like with most-to-all of the terminology (aka slang) that we use in this subculture, there isn't a specific definition for it. I have used that terms to characterize providers, with both good and bad connotations, also former and current coworkers, past managers, religious people, contractors, family members, supporters of the political party opposite to my preference, computers, criminals on the news, and media and literature characters. I guess "pig" is some kind of multipurpose term used in different contexts.

I had never gotten a thrill by rejecting or telling people off, although I [definitely] do know how to do it when I feel that the situation merits it. I normally progress from polite no, to a firm no, to NO!, to... depending on the setting. I know that my approach can be, and has been, a problem with predatory men who still seem to think that a polite no is flirting, but soon they find that it's not. I also make sure that my body language matches my words of rejection. I do remember in the early days of social media, I learned about this couple who had in their profile: "We have rejected thousands of requests for friendship and access to our private pictures", as if that's supposed to be some kind of badge of honor. That made me change my profile to include "If you are one of those 'I'll block you if you are this, I'll block you if you like that' kind of people, do me a favor and block me. I have no time for your petty bullshit". Suddenly there were several profiles that "disappeared" (sure I was blocked), but there was also a noticeable increase in friends requests. I never understand that thrill of publicly rejecting people. Not sure I want to understand it either.

I guess it depends on how you word it in your profile. According to the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals website, Then they list a link to states and their particular regulations. That makes it illegal for anyone who doesn't meet the state requirements to call themselves a Licensed Massage Therapist. Keyword: licensed. Apparently is OK to just call yourself a Massage Therapist.

Sorry that it happened to you, but glad that you saw right through it. It could have been worse.

[Some] Scammers seem to think that sending pictures like that increase their credibility, where the reality is that it's one of the biggest red flags. Any person in their right mind will never send a picture of his child to a stranger.

Can't tell you exactly how, but I have managed to have [extremely] happy endings with masseurs who are bottom. Let them do their job, they know what and how to do things. They find a way for you. After all, they are the ones doing the work.

I have handled that the same way you did. Finishing up myself and pretending I didn't mind by not holding it against him, but still finishing up by myself.

The risk that i have taken in the past is relying on the word of the other person being on PrEp.

There are resources for the homeless, not the best, not great, but beggars should not be choosers (I say "should" because it's USA, after all). However, I wonder if you initiated the conversation with him via a website. If so, he seems to have money to maintain a profile, a phone and a computer to keep it up and running. And I know that there are public computer centers, programs that give technology access to the general public, and some are even in shelters for the homeless. However, to successfully run an escort business online, you need more than that. I know, not because I have been an escort, but because I have managed such technology access programs in the past, so there are constraints, rules, regulations, requisites and control over access and what type is "allowed". That makes me suspicious about the veracity of his reality. I'd be suspicious. Personally, what I'd do is see him in person. I have a very sharp BS detector, so I could determine if he's lying about being homeless and needing $31 for a meal (I know it's New York, but still). Though I agree of those being many of the reasons for homelessness, there are many other factors, and they don't necessarily have to do with the attitude of the homeless person. If that was the case, I should have been homeless for my entire adult life. I wouldn't vilify the homeless person. The "Incompatible with polite company" thing seems to be dictated by the person who has the power over finances and decisions around how the person should be living. Some people are victims, and some people seem to deserve being homeless by their own actions. I think that should be out of scope. Having the financial means to live doesn't entitle people to determine what is and isn't "polite".

Mugs from cities I've visited.

From a NY Urology clinic: From UCSF Medical Center (Q&A pamphlet for patients): It is a risk, it can also be minimal, but they cannot eliminate the possibility of it occurring.

Kind of. I have gay friends, some for decades, but what we have in common is that we're not that much into "the community", if can call it that. What I see in the newer generation of the community is as much hate and discriminatory behavior than the conservative side shows, so to me is quite off-putting. In my experience, many gay men don't feel very comfortable with me due to their judgemental, biased and stereotyping attitudes, not to mention how abrasive I become when they rub me the wrong way. I'm not going to change, and they're not going to change either, hence, I only have a handful of gay friends.