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Perhaps. But doesn't an escort have a voice to express that prior to accepting a booking? If an escort isn't comfortable with what a prospective client wants, isn't it his prerogative to simply say "no" to the booking? And if an escort says "yes" but then later realizes he doesn't actually like the terms of the agreement, wouldn't it just be better for him to call the prospective client back to say so rather than just ghosting him?

I think you are misunderstanding me. My points are this: I understand that "carnal urges" will cause men to have sex with other men, even when that activity is illegal. Hell, most of us here are of the age where gay sex was still illegal in many parts of the U.S. and we didn't abstain. That doesn't mean that I absolve people of the responsibility to make wise decisions. Having sex at work is riskier than having sex at home. I assume there are professional ethics involved in nurses having sex with patients at work, too. And, as you noted, there is a pandemic going on so removing protective equipment and engaging in sex with a known infected person when one is in a position to interact with a lot of other patients is just wrong, wrong, wrong. My second post was simply a response to the notion that "carnal urges" explained the nurse's behavior. My response was intended to convey that carnal urges explain the sex act itself, but not posting information about that sex act. It in no way was intended to analyze the reasonableness of that specific sexual encounter given all of the other factors involved. Obviously it was irresponsible on a number of levels, but given that some men do think with their "little heads" more than their brains when they are turned on the poor choices made (by both parties, not just the nurse) does fall under that description of "carnal urges."

The article indicates that both men risk prosecution and jail time, not just the nurse. What would the charge against the patient be if not simply a charge against him for having gay sex?

That explains having sex. I am not questioning that. I don't expect gay men in societies where being gay is illegal to just forego sex. To post the details on social media is what seems incredibly stupid to me, and I don't see how carnal urges were in control there.

The last sentence of that article indicates they could face up to 10 years in jail "if convicted." I'm guessing that just means "if convicted of having gay sex." If so, then one has to wonder what the guy who posted all of those details was thinking.

To my eyes, neither of those people are the epitome of sex appeal. They aren't bad looking, but seem rather average to me.

I expected to find a thread about being overwhelmed by planning what will happen to your body and your stuff after death. Isn't that usually the topic covered by the phrase "final arrangements?" I have moved more recently than you (about a decade ago), but I am potentially going to be in your position in about a year. I also find the idea of moving a bit daunting. For the first time I may just spend extra money to have other people do most of the packing.

Bringing up D.O. or contacting D.O.? If you speak with D.O. regularly anyway, why not contact him to ask if he knows whether Paddy is escorting in your area right now?

I may have posted this story here in the past, but I vividly recall looking at a fitness magazine cover with a friend once who said the guy on the cover wasn't attractive. I asked him to take a second look because I thought he was extremely sexy. After a second look, my friend admitted that the guy was hot, just not his "type" because the guy had dark skin. It's true that some people immediately "turn off" in their brains simply because of skin color. It just doesn't make sense to me. I pushed the issue farther with this friend and asked if he would honestly turn down this guy if he propositioned him and my friend naturally admitted that he'd have sex with the guy given the opportunity. In other words, the guy was sexy when given a second look but ordinarily my friend wouldn't give a dark skinned guy a second look.

Wasn't Alig just following in Leigh Bowery's footsteps? Bowery was already pushing the envelope in a variety of ways in the club scene in London and I've more often seen/heard Bowery mentioned as being an influence for other artists. I don't know whether Alig was much of an influence outside of the New York club scene of which he was a part.

Oh, I misread the previous post and was calculating $27,000 per month. That's incredible that anyone can make over a million dollars in a year for mostly just showing off. Maybe the $27,000 week was an anomaly, though; I see that figure was released during a week he pledged his proceeds to charity, so it's possible he gained subscribers who decided to check him out because he was donating the funds.

I find him cute, but the videos I've seen him in haven't appealed much to me. I'm surprised he has so many paying followers that he makes $140,000 annually from one website.

Interesting read. Hindsight is 20/20, I know, but that article certainly does hint that things would not turn out well for him. He doesn't seem to have changed at all in prison, and returning to the same group of friends he had at the time of the murder (some of whom thought it would be funny to mock the murder by bringing a toy hammer when they picked him up upon his release) wasn't a decision of someone who wanted to chart a new and healthier course.

One's tastes can also broaden by actually having sex with different guys. I think when I was a teen/young adult, I really did go for the tall, blond "surfer type." As I grew older and had enjoyable sexual encounters with a variety of men, I started noticing the attractiveness of a much wider variety of "types."

8 inches sounds like a nice Christmas gift. ?

As far as I know, the contributions made through Amazon's Smile program are based on a percentage of customers' purchases. It allows customers to designate which charity they want their contributions to go to, even if it isn't yet listed on Amazon's site. I sort of look at it like this: Instead of giving customers a 0.5% discount on what they buy, they instead distribute 0.5% of purchases made through Smile to customers' designated charities. Because of this I'd say that it really isn't Amazon backing anti-gay charities; it's just that some of their customers choose to back anti-gay charities. Does anyone believe Amazon is going to say to their customers who want to support Catholic Charities, for example, that they should shop at Walmart instead because they no longer want their business?

Having a photo of such a well known person in a Rentmen ad is why I have no respect for their business practices. I've read excuses in the past that they cannot possibly be tasked with verifying photos, but how could they possibly not immediately recognize such an obviously stolen photo?

My short answer: No. Not knowing anything else about the guy, it could just be a joke. Maybe it's the intentional message you want it to be. The way to find out is to ask him.

I don't know that I would say there has "never been a better time" to lose weight. I am still working just as much as before the pandemic, so I have no more free time than I used to. I have only had access to a gym for about a month since late March; I used to use the gym every day for at least an hour. I do still exercise outside when I can, but I am not able to get the same intensity of exercise that I did when I had gym access. So, like many people, I have gained weight this year.

Usually a reverse number search finds nothing, but occasionally I will find reports that the number is a "suspected spammer." I think the bigger problem is number spoofing. In other words, the number displayed on your phone isn't the number that's actually originating the call anyway so blocking the number has little effect. Spoofing is why so many spam calls appear to originate from within your own area code and prefix.

Yes, that surely would produce a much better image. I was attempting to offer an alternative that I thought was more practical, though. A small projector and screen (if necessary) could be stored when not in use. Not everyone would want a TV mounted on a wall by his bed and it would cost much more to buy a TV (probably $1000+ for an OLED set).

1. I hired the guy mostly because of problems in my relationship. Short version of the story is that my boyfriend was a big slut and I really wanted a monogamous relationship. So I was mostly reaching out to the guy in the ad to have a "fantasy boyfriend" experience (to feel loved), not just to have sex. While the guy was nice, obviously an hour encounter with someone is not going to produce what I was looking for. 2. The guy had one of his testicles removed because he had had testicular cancer. It's been so long that I don't remember the details, but I remember that he had to use a pump to get an erection (not a turn on for me at my then-young age, though today it wouldn't bother me) and said he couldn't ejaculate. I've always been much more of a bottom, so being in bed with someone with a penis that didn't function in the way I wanted was disappointing sexually. I remember at the time thinking it was odd that someone with his sexual performance issues was working as an escort, and I still think this way. If I were to hire someone today with the same issues, I would appreciate knowing this in advance versus finding out after the guy arrived since I really want the guy I'm with to ejaculate. My subsequent hires were more successful and initially all came via Craigslist: A hot Asian hunk who would massage me and then "force" me to suck him off. A skinny, well-hung Vietnamese guy who advertised as a masseur but who enthusiastically fucked me every time we met. And then a variety of other guys, all found on Craigslist or in an AOL chat room.

Late 20s/early 30s. I was in an open relationship. My live-in boyfriend was out of town and I decided to hire someone from the classifieds section of the Bay Area Reporter. The guy was very handsome and had a spectacular body. A combination of factors made it a less-then-stellar hire for me, even though he was totally my type and seemed like a sweet guy.

Another idea: Unless you like to keep the print-outs, how about just buying a mini projector? You could project images to a wall near your bed. If your walls aren't white, you could buy a portable screen that can be put up just when you want to use it. Given the cost of ink jet supplies, this would likely be far more economical in the end than printing out every photo you want to look at. It would also have the added benefit of giving you a larger image, though unless you spend considerable money the clarity will obviously not be as good as a high quality photo print out of a much smaller size.

Wow. Even with Covid, I might have a hard time turning down that deal -- assuming it's actually porn performer Jacob Taylor who shows up. I was so smitten with Jacob when I first saw some of his porn scenes.