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I'm definitely a 6 (or at least 5.9) on the Kinsey scale. I've never been into women sexually even though I was much more comfortable with girls/women than boys/men in my teens. But I've never felt a yearning to be with a woman sexually. I can recognize a beautiful woman, but I am not sexually aroused by her. I see a handsome man and I want to put my legs behind my head. 😁 I occasionally like to watch straight porn and am never turned on by the women, even the beautiful ones. In fact, if the scene focuses too much on the woman (and, naturally, a lot of straight porn does) and I don't get to see enough of the man's face and body I will lose interest. I'm watching it for the men after all. I do think that most people are between a Kinsey 0 and Kinsey 6, though. In other words, most people are probably bisexual but it just isn't discussed much because of societal pressure. It doesn't really matter, though, what most people are. If you are attracted to someone, explore it.

No. That's why I put quotation marks around that word in my reply. I hope my intention came across: While I am not doubting the OP's genuine belief that he's making an offer to help someone he perceives as in need, the whole thing just makes me uncomfortable since it's presented not only as commercial transaction (importing versus someone immigrating) but also the underlying assumptions are rather patronizing. That's why I suggested to flip the script to see how he would feel about being offered such a scenario if the tables were turned. Unless I was in very dire circumstances I would, at best, view this as a naive but well intentioned offer and, at worst, highly insulting -- as if I needed to be rescued by someone who lives in a more affluent country without much thought given to how disruptive that would be to my life.

I want to see a graph or chart from Kevin Slater showing the breakdown of how the $1,000 would be spent/invested.

I like cilantro such much that I typically request extra cilantro when ordering a burrito. It's an important component of a good pico de gallo, and adds a lot to some southeast Asian cuisines. What would a banh mi be without it? I've never understood the "tastes like soap" complaint, so maybe that it just a genetic variation where some people perceive cilantro's flavor that way.

I wouldn't. I generally dislike tattoos, but especially those on the face, neck and fingers.

Well, at least your tastes are consistent. You've asked about this guy before a few times in relation to his massage ad which uses the name BodyworkbyWill. At least I assume it's the same guy since the phone numbers are the same. There does seem to be a fair amount of feedback on the forum under his escort name, starting a few years ago; not sure if you searched for Warren Parker or simply looking for someone who hired him more recently.

Many years ago I had a very cute friend who occasionally hired guys, many of whom would refuse to accept money from him after the fact because they wanted to be a sexy buddy, not someone who only had sex with him when he felt like hiring him. I know that isn't the same as the escorts hiring him, but it's a pretty clear indication that they wanted to have sex with him.

Has he been to visit you for an extended trip, for at least a month? I don't know if that would cause a problem for him, giving up his job or taking a leave, but it would give you a better idea of what it would be like to live with him in your place for a bit longer of a period of time. I also suggest flipping the script in your mind, if you can, to see how the offer would appear to you if the tables were turned. Do you think you would perceive it as a great opportunity from a generous person who has your best interest at heart, or would you be hesitant because (a) you would be disrupting your life by moving somewhere you only know one person; (b) you would be financially dependent on the person who is "importing" you to his country; and (c) you don't really know what's going on in the other guy's mind/heart in terms of what's behind the generous offer. I think that if someone is truly miserable where they are, maybe any risks like that are worth taking. If he doesn't feel like his situation in life is that bad, however, it's actually quite a risk to give up everything under circumstances like this.

Not sure about all of the other services, but I think a lot of them allow the recipient to just pick up cash at a place near them (assuming the service is available in their area). My recipient just had to show his ID and the confirmation number at a Walmart near him and was able to pick up cash there.

I sent money to someone in Mexico a few times last year. I used Xoom, mostly because it's part of PayPal so it was easier for me to transfer funds since I already had an account set up. I also looked into using Ria and xe.com; not even sure if I was aware of Remitly. I wasn't sending a huge amount of money so I wasn't too concerned about fees or exchange rates (plus I was just sending a gift of a certain U.S. dollar amount, so the fees just impacted how many pesos the recipient got), though I did look at that information and my memory is that there wasn't a huge difference. Looking right now, though, Remitly is offering a higher exchange rate for Mexico as a promotion for new customers, so if I were making another transfer today I'd probably choose them.

Reminds me of a sociology professor I had who basically said that employers pay employees to set themselves (particularly their emotional selves) aside. His point was that workers are not just paid to accomplish a task but also to do so without letting themselves get in the way of work. My favorite escorts have been men who are a good mix of being genuine and providing fantasy. If someone is too detached, it's very difficult for me to have fun. I have no delusions that these guys would have chosen to get in bed with me if they weren't working, but a good escort is someone who can create pleasure in the moment with clients and not convey, even subtly, that the only reason they are there is money.

Unless it's a chihuahua saying, "Yo quiero Taco Bell." 😀

Here we go again. I don't think anyone really knows the "average rack rate" since the rates aren't available on Rentmen. I'm guessing there is a wide range, but my hiring is so limited now that I wouldn't hazard to guess an average. I doubt it's as high as $1,000 minimum for two hours, though. I don't begrudge a guy for trying to make as much money as he can. Maybe this guy is trying to capitalize on his twinkish, somewhat androgynous looks while he still has them. Particularly if he ends up making "partying" a regular part of his life he could go from twink to haggard looking fairly quickly -- I've seen that more times than I can remember.

Just to clarify, the government went after other websites. Backpage got shut down, in large part due to allegations (which seemed to be true to me) that they did very little to stop the placement of ads of youth being sex trafficked; I think the trial against its owners is occurring as I write this. Myredbook was also shut down. Craigslist felt the heat and basically eliminated certain categories of ads in order to stay in business.

If an escort wants to eliminate certain clients based on looks, I much prefer it when his ad is clear that he does that. He can either be blunt (specifically excluding certain groups of people) or give a strong hint ("prefer to work on clients who are height/weight proportionate" or something like that). What I don't appreciate is a guy not having any indication in the text of his ad that he is going to screen based on looks who then does so after I've contacted him. As others have written, it might be foolish from a business perspective since it's going to limit the pool of clients, but I don't begrudge someone who gets as much business as he wants while still declining to see certain clients based on looks. But the last thing a client wants after approaching an escort is to be rejected based on looks. If we wanted that we would be on an app looking for free hookups or out at a bar or sex club or something. It's much easier if you simply know in advance not to bother to contact someone since he clearly won't accept your business rather than be annoyed after the fact.

I thought his ads had disappeared since I didn't see him on Rentmen or Rentmasseur (where his name is Krl), but he just changed the location to Portland, Oregon for both. No indication whether he's just visiting there or if he moved.

I think there are men who don't have full-on sex with men who nonetheless market themselves to gay men by showing off their asses and doing little foreplay videos with other men. They know where the money is. They can likely pull in many multiples of $$$ with that online presence versus one that accentuates heterosexuality. A quick Google search indicates that nearly 90% of OnlyFans subscribers are men, so a straight guy who wants to maximize his earnings would do well to cater to men.

Some previous discussion here. Guess he has raised his rate considerably since he used to be "only" $600/hr. https://www.companyofmen.org/topic/119865-thatboyaaron/ If you Google search his name, you'll find a lot of other threads about him here. Obviously his photos catch people's attention. One of the threads indicates the guy is "porn star" Reno Gold. I looked at a couple of photos of him and I think that's right.

More than the already high $1,500/hr rate? Wow.

Sometimes I'm amused by factors that other people find important that don't matter to me at all. I don't want to walk into a house/apartment/hotel room that stinks, but I couldn't care less whether it's 100% tidy or somewhat cluttered or whether it's a 5-star hotel or a basic motel. I'm much more concerned about (a) the looks of the guy, (b) the personality of the guy, and (c) his ability to deliver what he advertised.

I don't know whether his photos are retouched, but if you compare his looks in scenes from several years ago to more recent stuff you'll see that he's changed a lot. He has a lot of tattoos now. I know some like that look, but for me the extensiveness of his tattoos seriously diminished his attractiveness.

My experience with him was several years ago, but since I didn't chime in on the previous thread I will state here that, unlike some of the posters in the previous thread, I had no problem with Vince. He looked like his photos and he delivered the topping I wanted. Was it an amazing experience? No. I hired him only once and only hire a guy a second time if I am truly wowed. But I still recall enough of the session to say that I was satisfied.

That's really horrible, especially since most of his clients are likely not in a position to win a fight with him. Not that I typically advocate physical violence, but I wouldn't shed a tear if I learned he attempted to do that to someone who ended up beating the s*** out of him. He's basically no different than a thug on the street robbing people if what you wrote is true.

His Rentmen photos are not very good in a number of ways, but mostly because he looks angry. I don't understand why so many men don't want to smile in the photos they use in their ads. I think a nice smile is much easier to pull off than that "I'm going to scowl at the camera and make it sexy" because the latter just usually makes the guy look like a jerk.

Yes, I probably shouldn't have used the word "budget" as that implies I'm actively shopping for something. I meant to convey that if I add up how much my current system costs, it's probably around $25,000 (though I spent less on it because I purchased some of it used).