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Depends. Am I passing only you, or am I also passing the first place runner? Also, am I the only runner passing you?

I have yet to try it, but from what I have read, insurance pushes back hard on GLP1 coverage. For many people, compounding is the only option. That said, Wegovy's cash price is dropping because of the competition from compounding pharmacies and from Lilly's Zepbound.

https://www.wegovy.com/coverage-and-savings/save-on-wegovy.html

My best friend always sends one with a sweet personal note. I send some out every few years.

Try sewing rocks into your underwear. Seriously, you can get it you have a comorbidity-- high cholesterol or sleep apnea. You may have to try Metformin first.

Many telehealth shops will prescribe GLP1s with no questions asked if you’re willing to pay out of pocket.

True. I think suspensions lose efficacy faster than solids though.

I turn off AC at night too. And I keep hearing about the Beacon as a quiet hotel.

Excellent ideas, PF! I’m looking at all of them. They are all much cheaper than the Peninsula 😱, which also has interior facing rooms. Any thoughts on the Prince Kitano on 38th and 5th?

That makes sense. Thanks.

Thanks for the tip” @SundayZip. The Beacon excellent reviews. Did you notice any HVAC noise like rattling vents? (I turn off room HVAC at night, but sometimes you can’t turn it off completely.)

I find it tough to sleep with noise, and unfortunately, white noise doesn't help as much as I would hope. Does anyone know of a hotel with quiet rooms anywhere in the city? Windowless bedrooms or rooms facing a brick wall in the back would be perfect.

As usual, Avenue Q covered this twenty years ago.

A late 20s gay male hairstylist at my old salon married a young female stylist. Everyone was surprised, especially his gay friends at the salon. One of the other stylists, an extremely attractive man, is married to a man but says he occasionally has sex with women.

Yeah, I'm done with him. What I remembered as a tendency to poke fun at me now comes across as open hostility.

Thanks, Charlie After more conversation, it’s still hard to tell if he’s pulling my leg. He’s back to stereotyping gay men. And that's when he’s not recalling unflattering anecdotes about me. “You’ll be flattered to hear that I still tell stories about you...” He accused me of “pearl clutching shock” when he talks about sex. I told him he needs a pearl necklace.

Perfect wording given the circumstances. Thank you. He said that he wasn’t offended.

I think this is right. The conversation wasn't about bisexuality, which neither of us brought up. I sent him an animal video. He jokingly pointed out that a person in the video seemed flamboyantly gay. He then mentioned that I had once said that sexuality is a continuum and that he's on the gay side. I initially misread this as a joke about the guy in the video, not about him—especially since he used to poke fun at the “continuum” idea. So i asked him about his pronouns. As soon as I wrote that, I realized that I had misread and that he would take it as gay=feminine. He replied that his pronouns are "fa*" and "swish." That's when I knew for sure that he was dead serious.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply, ML. I'm straight. The homophobic speech was directed at gay men. I believe he supported criminal penalties for homosexual conducr. He used to talk a lot about MtM oral and anal sex, "There's no such thing as bi. People are binary". etc. 12-15 years ago is when we last spoke. I last saw him well before that because we lived in different cities. As for the rift, he insulted me via voicemail, and I cut off contact. I think he left a VM a year later. This time, I contacted him. Someone I know needed some advice related to his profession, and I thought he might have unique thoughts to offer. After weeks of deliberation, I swallowed my pride and called him. He might be on here. He certainly has money.

We had already talked on the phone a few days ago. I guess it was easier to tell me over text. He's single as far as I can tell.

Thanks for understanding. I should apologize. I support him in an offhand way. I was trying to avoid sentimentality. All this happened over email and text, which made it harder. I last saw him around 12-15 years ago. Just shows how much the world has changed since the Obergefell decision.

I think you're right, Kyle. I saw this with another ex, who also all but out of the closet.

It's been many years since I spoke to this guy. When I last knew him, he was quite homophobic. Now he's telling me he's gay. We used to joke about this, and he always denied it. I had figured he was straight but awkward. I tried joshing around to see if he was serious, and he got a little defensive. How do I respond?