PhileasFogg

yohimbine...but it has side effects

@AngusStevensxxx, I look forward to our next trip together. You’re smart and a lot of fun

I highly recommend you spend some time with him and see what a good guy he is.

Unbelievable. @Admin, is it pizza time?

Maybe you can guess why my comment is gone. 🤐

I check mine regularly. Clean as a whistle. I guess that’s because I treat humans like I’d like to be treated.

I use it. I learned of it here. It also blocks known spam calls. interesting that you say providerS, right?

Honestly, I don’t believe you. But it doesn’t matter. I’m done engaging with you. I’m blocking you lest I get angry and say what I really think. i sincerely wish you the best. good night.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? That’s EXACTLY what Mr Number is for. To protect providers and clients from exactly this!

Here’s a question for you: How did Angus find out about this thread? Seems to me like you played with the wind and reaped the whirlwind. You picked the fight thinking you’d harm him and now you claim victimhood. That absolutely is gaslighting.

It really infuriates me when one human treats another like chattel with threats and hissy fits when they don’t get their way

@AngusStevensxxx Such a shame you had to deal with this to the broader forum group, I’ll repeat what I’ve already said. Angus is a class act and good at what he does…and he cares about his reputation. if he was the guy who was described above, I would not - after a FaceTime “interview” - have invited him into my home for three days. Although that was our only in person contact, I’ve kept in touch (and he with me) as I expect I will invite him as a travel companion at a future date. He is refined, intelligent, caring, not selfish or narcissistic, and attentive My only complaint is that he got me hooked on the NYT Connections puzzle - which we did laying side by side in bed - and now I can’t start my day without doing it!

So wait! He’s bottoming for you while his husband is in the other room before you finish and then chat it up with hubby? If that’s the case, I’m not sure it matters who tells whom (or is it whom tells who?)

Be careful, you are crossing into the realm of libel. He is a public persona, with pictures and contact information, running a business and you are an anonymous acronym casting dispersion. Maybe there’s more to the story from his perspective or maybe there’s not. But the fact that you’re casting unsubstantiated dispersions with a clear intent of hurting his business puts this forum at risk and the privacy of the members at risk if Angus were to pursue you on this matter. If you had a bad experience, say you had a bad experience. But don’t call someone crazy. No, I’m not an attorney. But public figures deserve the benefit of the doubt in an anonymous forum where we participants can say anything we want with a false presumption of anonymity and an ability to harm them. In support of my position on this, I refer to to Guideline #3 on the forum rules.

Some people become so enamored with a person that they don’t want to share them. They become a form of chattel to be dominated and not a partner or companion. The nature of “an arrangement” is it must be mutually beneficial . The mind I’m referring to are unilaterally beneficial to the dominant party. and I probably should have said the healthy reason is access and companionship…not accessibility

Control. And I don’t mean that in a way that, for some, is healthy. but the healthy reason is access and accessibility.

I’m sure that was frustrating. But the guy that I spent the weekend with was far from that personality. He was bright, articulate, attentive, and very mature.

It went great absolutely yes

That’s an exhausting schedule with burnout in 30 days

I completely recommend him. Spent a weekend with me at my house. Bright, articulate, attentive, and giving

There’s much more to it than just sex edited to add: …if you find the right one

I’m not sure what you’re saying, but building on the well articulated comment @Jamie21 just made and using your example, the guy who works every 7-10 days better be ready to put on quite a show or he might go find himself high and dry for a month before he gets his next gig. The ninny isn’t the one with the cash, it’s the one arrogant enough to think that he can work two days a week and get ahead for a sustainable period.

That's completely not fair and misses the point. Relevant questions: Would he otherwise make $500/day, EVERY day, if he weren't on the trip? If so, then I suspect he wouldn't be accepting the offer at that price Your calculation doesn't account for sleep and recreation time. Adjusting for 8 hrs sleep, you're up to $31/hr. That's second quartile on the US wage distribution - which incidentally included skilled trades which have very high average wage/hour You aren't accounting was Payment in Kind - that is, the economic value of the travel, lodging, food, etc. My experience is that is probably totals about $1,500/day (in this case, probably more) of which he benefits from 50% of that cost bringing his effective benefit up to $1,250/day. In my experience, I've traveled with companions first class, provided first class accommodations, fine dining and bars, and great cultural entertainment depending on the location - all at a level that they would not otherwise be doing on their own. Then, there's the intangible benefit of something called "fun". So, it's not about what an individual service is "worth." It's about "does he make and receive more than he otherwise would have gotten?" And then, it's only up to HIM to decide if it's fair and/or if he received sufficient benefit, right? In that way, it's a simple math problem for him. The world is full of people that think their time is "worth" more than the market will pay - holding out for $xx. Many of those people are either unhappy or unemployed. @Coolwave35I'm glad to hear that you have a resolution on $. I hope the rest of the trip is great!

It’s over the top. I think it’s a vengeance post unless there are multiple similar reviews.

Suggest an amount of $/day plus you have all expenses covered. I’d suggest $500/day which, combined with travel costs, equals the general range for overnights.