BoyOnABoat

He is a real unicorn. …as advertised 

I’m older than @PhileasFogg and I regularly see two twinks, 25 and 23. They think I’m in my early 50s lol. Any sense of age difference is utterly absent.

I took three to St John a couple weeks ago.  Their combined age was 5 yrs more than my 63 yrs
I’m with youngest one of those guys right now in Santa Monica and I’m more that 3x his age.
Age is a number.  So many other factors weigh into the chemistry and vibe.   I am healthy, in good shape, energetic…and I treat them as partners in our travels and not chattel 

In Seattle, hotel prices are through the roof and Pride is the weekend after next. There are a few hotties visiting, but not sure how they’re paying for the hotels. For example, the Marriott Courtyard neat Seattle Center is $490/night!

The napkin math of "just get 2-3 clients a day and charge them all $300 /hour" does not match the reality of getting a consistent stream of clientele. 

The napkin math of "just get 2-3 clients a day and charge them all $300 /hour" does not match the reality of getting a consistent stream of clientele. 

The napkin math of "just get 2-3 clients a day and charge them all $300 /hour" does not match the reality of getting a consistent stream of clientele. 

I've always wanted a gum-job. I have only heard great things about how it feels.

Also in my experience every man's body is a little bit unique. I have met a lot of older men who are up front apologetic about how their body currently works due to some surgery/injury/whatever that has happened in the past.

This stuff never really bothers me and I am well-aware that in time my body will change and get quirks as I get older, too. I think anyone who would give you a hard time is a little insecure or has not yet had any sort of injury that can check their ego. 

One twinkish guy in New Orleans had a breakdown at my house admitting to a gambling addiction then asked me for help.  Not a drama I sought participation in.  After I found him a GA meeting the next day, he started sharing his location with me asking for accountability…but when I confronted him as he’d be at casinos, he’d make up lie after lie.   So I asked him to stop sharing his location which he refused to do…even likely knowing it revealed much more about his other vices and addictions as well.  He’s subsequently fallen to newer lows and has continued to spiral.  But fortunately, we’ve gone a year without him bothering me. 

I thought BB was default until a recent trip to Europe. I was in Spain and fucking raw still seemed to be not quite the standard with a lot of guys. I learned from someone that it was a little bit harder to get access to PrEP/Doxy there so a lot of guys still played with condoms. 

I never used them in any of my encounters there, but I think the BB == default is operating under the assumption that men have easy access to preventative care. 

I thought BB was default until a recent trip to Europe. I was in Spain and fucking raw still seemed to be not quite the standard with a lot of guys. I learned from someone that it was a little bit harder to get access to PrEP/Doxy there so a lot of guys still played with condoms. 

I never used them in any of my encounters there, but I think the BB == default is operating under the assumption that men have easy access to preventative care. 

I thought BB was default until a recent trip to Europe. I was in Spain and fucking raw still seemed to be not quite the standard with a lot of guys. I learned from someone that it was a little bit harder to get access to PrEP/Doxy there so a lot of guys still played with condoms. 

I never used them in any of my encounters there, but I think the BB == default is operating under the assumption that men have easy access to preventative care. 

In my opinion 100% true.

Todays bareback porn is like fentanyl. Speaking from personal experience, it has messed up my brain so much, that if a scene has two very hot guys in it and they use condoms, I immediately stop. I use to watch both vintage porn and contemporary porn videos with condom usage without issue. But somewhere between Treasure Island Media was coming into the mainstream and Sean Cody switching to bareback thanks to Truvada, my mind switch. I remember a scene with Jarek and Raymond from SC, the part near the end when Jarek came all over Raymond's greasy butthole and just the look of his thick ropey cum then the piece de resistance when he shoved his beautiful thick long tool back into Raymonds hole...it made me cum so hard and so much, my entire room smelled like starch for days. Something just switched in my brain that day. 
A year after that video, I had my first bareback encounter as a bottom; this was with a 8.5 inch thick tool. Tore me up so bad, I bled and had to go on emergency PEP. Thankfully didn't contract anything. But I have always had a love/hate relationship with condoms. Guys have considered me to be on the bigger side and I never really had a good fit or experience with condoms. They either slip off or kill my erection. But if a partner or provider insist on it, I wear it. I will say this though, bareback orgasm is on another level. You can have an intense orgasm with a condom, but based on my experience, it feels controlled and neutered to some extent. 
One of my most memorable BB experiences happened a couple times last year in the fall and its just so unforgettable. It creates an unbelieveable connection with your partner you never forget. 

Hey, just weighing in here (as that's my profile)! I've just had my first experiences with guys from RM and they've been really fun. I'm eager to meet with men in the CoM community too. So anyone please feel free to hit me up!

Requires a $150 deposit. Pass.

I had correspondence with a man out of state who made a request along these lines.
He acknowledged upfront that it might come across as rude, and then explained that he had been attacked by a group of Latino men decades ago. He said my appearance reminded him of them, described my look as “scruffy,” and said it was the least sexy a man could be. He then asked that, if I visited, I change how I dress and groom to better suit his comfort.
Setting aside that I’m not even Latino, I found the framing uncomfortable. There’s a difference between a light, reversible request, like specific clothing or grooming for a scene, and asking someone to alter their overall appearance based on a personal association like that.
For me, presentation is intentional and part of how I express myself. I think it’s important that both provider and client can show up feeling genuinely comfortable and attracted to each other as they are. If the baseline attraction isn’t there, it makes more sense to find a better match than to try to reshape someone to fit a preference.

I've seen Mike a handful of times and he is just great.  Introverts get their energy from within, not from other people. They will respond to other ppls energy, however.  This strikes as true with Mike...he waits to see what energy you bring and then responds to it, this may come across as shy or even lack of interest at first.  It doesn't take long for him to warm up tho' 🔥

I had correspondence with a man out of state who made a request along these lines.
He acknowledged upfront that it might come across as rude, and then explained that he had been attacked by a group of Latino men decades ago. He said my appearance reminded him of them, described my look as “scruffy,” and said it was the least sexy a man could be. He then asked that, if I visited, I change how I dress and groom to better suit his comfort.
Setting aside that I’m not even Latino, I found the framing uncomfortable. There’s a difference between a light, reversible request, like specific clothing or grooming for a scene, and asking someone to alter their overall appearance based on a personal association like that.
For me, presentation is intentional and part of how I express myself. I think it’s important that both provider and client can show up feeling genuinely comfortable and attracted to each other as they are. If the baseline attraction isn’t there, it makes more sense to find a better match than to try to reshape someone to fit a preference.

I had correspondence with a man out of state who made a request along these lines.
He acknowledged upfront that it might come across as rude, and then explained that he had been attacked by a group of Latino men decades ago. He said my appearance reminded him of them, described my look as “scruffy,” and said it was the least sexy a man could be. He then asked that, if I visited, I change how I dress and groom to better suit his comfort.
Setting aside that I’m not even Latino, I found the framing uncomfortable. There’s a difference between a light, reversible request, like specific clothing or grooming for a scene, and asking someone to alter their overall appearance based on a personal association like that.
For me, presentation is intentional and part of how I express myself. I think it’s important that both provider and client can show up feeling genuinely comfortable and attracted to each other as they are. If the baseline attraction isn’t there, it makes more sense to find a better match than to try to reshape someone to fit a preference.

"Client refused to send minimal deposit and insisted I pay for my own airfare to go to appointment 🫠"
You don't have to be afraid, just simply be aware of the impact, and ask yourself "will the impact justify this action?"  Some interactions deserve to have poor reviews. In this business a 4 star review is a poor review. 
I am sensing there may be a generational gap here, so let me illustrate more the impact - keeping in the forefront of your mind I have never said 'don't leave bad reviews when warranted'. A online review is modern day version to writing down a notice and sticking it up on a restaurants door for EVERY customer to see before they enter, for the next 5 years (Or maybe a better analogy is placing a stone plaque on the entrance - since they stay there forever.) It is not like a letter to the editor in a newspaper only read by people that week, or chatting with friends about whether you think they would like the movie or not.
It is published FOREVER. Superglued to that provider for eternity like a scarlet letter. Would you feel comfortable posting a note like that to warn people? If yes - write the 4 star review. If no, then don't. 
If a server forgot to add  ketchup in your to go bag with fries, you wouldn't feel like posting the note (I would hope). If the server overcharged your card hundreds of $$$ and then refused to give you a refund, you would leave that note. If the server didn't put ice in your water, you wouldn't feel like posting one, but if they served you a drink in a unwashed glass with cockroaches in it - you would and rightly so. 
It is not an insult, it just has a disproportionate impact than it should. ( Well, actually now I think about it more - you are correct it is an insult, because of the impact.  Maybe that IS a good way to view it. If you want to insult your provider - leave 4 stars. If you don't, don't.)
You are correct that reviews on RM is not a great system. An imperfect system, but it is all we have to work with. For legal reasons the text written on the reviews are only visible to people who are aware that they can do so by using a VPN. All people see is 'this person left me unhappy/unsatisfied', and the inference is 'you will be unhappy too'. 
I guess the other question to ask yourself is - would I hire someone with 4 star review? If you wouldn't, think of that before you leave one. And if you would - just be aware that despite it not bothering you - it will turn many people off from hiring that person again, they will never be able to recover that 5 star rating even if they see 100 more 5 star appointments. If you think that is deserved, by all means go for it. 
If you take this comment as intended Have a nice 5 star day.  If you choose to be offended, have a 4 star one.