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Just to clarify: I don't think anyone is suggesting that an individual needs to use a broader term when referring to themselves. If you are a gay man then you are still a gay man unless you want to call yourself something different. The broader terminology is meant to be used when referring to the community as a whole. If one writes LGBT this specifically means lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender; what about those individuals for whom one of those labels doesn't apply? That's why the acronym has been expanded.

It doesn't matter to me. I've even seen additional letters added -- another Q for queer, A for asexual, sometimes a second A for ally and P for pansexual. And then there is LGBTQIA+, the "+" referring to a number of different gender identity and sexual orientation labels across the spectrum. Acronyms like these are easy enough to use in writing, but it does become unwieldy when speaking. I doubt there could ever be a consensus of a single term to use because inevitably some people will feel left out of whatever label is used.

I'm not sure why someone would be relieved to discover he has already been exposed to the novel coronavirus since it is unknown at this time whether someone exposed could be reinfected. I guess if you know you were exposed and never had symptoms then maybe it would give you piece of mind that if you got exposed again you are still unlikely to have symptoms, but I don't even know if that's known at this time. There is still so much unknown about this virus.

When I was putting more effort into online dating, I frequently came across profiles where I would think, "Oh, this guy looks similar to me in terms of age and body shape, and he's looking for a relationship like me, yada yada yada" and then I'd reach the end of the profile only to see the guy was only interested in guys half his age who were in much better shape.

By seducing them, I meant that was the fantasy portrayed in the video. There is a whole genre of videos like this -- mostly older (but sometimes not that much older) guys who are clearly recording their paid sexual interactions with men. Obviously not every escort would be willing to have his encounters filmed like this and it's probably for that reason that many of these producers of porn feature guys who aren't pros and don't end up doing work for other studios. Sometimes I wonder how much a guy like Jake Cruise or the guy behind Military Classifieds pays the men they have sex with on film. I assume that before it was easy to watch porn online that guys like that ended up profiting from their hiring; nice work if you can get it, assuming you don't mind having your sexual encounters filmed. I personally never would have been comfortable selling videos of my sexual encounters.

This is sort of the appeal Jake Cruise had for me 20 years ago. He was even older and fatter than me at the time and yet he was seducing all of these hot younger men. Of course I knew that there was money involved, but it still enabled me to fantasize more about being in his shoes in the moment than when I watched two men who didn't look at all like me going at it. Not that I disliked the latter, either; I'm somewhat of a porn hound.

I had no idea that KitKats in Japan come in so many varieties. Most of the ones listed on this website seem like they would be embraced by Western pallets; I don't even know what some of them are.

I like onion pancakes, but it doesn't mean I want to eat them with milk poured over them. Maybe Koreans don't eat cereal that way, but that was my first thought. If it's eaten dry, then it's basically a cracker and I have no trouble with the notion of eating an onion flavored cracker.

Having been fat for quite a long time, I can attest to the fact that many gay men aren't very welcoming of fat men. I have occasionally -- but thankfully very rarely -- been subject to the verbal abuse that this guy describes. I feel more invisible than anything else. I do wonder if this guy is contributing to his misery by perhaps focusing too much on the kind of men whose photos are shown in that article. Not that it excuses boorish behavior, but if someone fat is relentlessly cruising muscle men he cannot be surprised when most of them (or even all of them) aren't interested. Generally guys who devote that much effort into looking that way aren't particularly interested in guys who don't share that priority. I also noticed that he seems angry at the types of men he assumes are exclusively desired, even trying to equate being young and skinny with being a meth addict. I think a lot of this guy's misery comes from within and not the community. It reminds me of one of my favorite sayings: Wherever you go, there you are.

Yes, Edge was updated in a recent Windows 10 update. I think Microsoft is really trying to push the use of Edge because, as far as I can tell, the only purpose of the recent Windows 10 update was to promote Edge. If you don't want to switch to a different browser, you can save photos you are viewing in Edge (or any other browser) by using Windows snipping tool. It's under Windows Accessories under your list of programs. It isn't as simple as mouse click save as, but it's easy to use and the benefit is that it allows you to save any area of your screen, not just an isolated element such as a jpg that's being displayed. For example, if you wanted to save the text of a guy's ad you could do that. You basically just select what you want to grab (if it's a photo, you will simply draw a box around the photo in question) and then save what you indicated to a filename of your choice.

Really? Maybe it's my imagination but many times I thought I could see the outline of his dick clearly enough that I could see the outline of the head of it. Pause it at 8 seconds and look again.

Wait. He was giving a lesson on jumping rope? I was a bit distracted watching something else jumping around in his pants. Seriously, I did pay attention to his lesson as well. I'd say he did a good job of explaining and demonstrating a lot of technical information in a relatively short amount of time.

Used to have an ad under the name JasonJamesX according to Google Image search. There were a couple of threads on him where there was a little banter but only a couple of posts from people who actually met him.

I like cilantro so much that I usually ask for extra cilantro and onions when getting a burrito or tacos. Another cuisine in which it's widely used is Thai.

1. Don't attempt to "read into" ads unless you are willing to pay a high rate for what you think will be an exceptional experience that ultimately might be disappointing. Some guys knowingly write enticing ads even though they know they are going to fail to deliver. Some of the most expensive and disappointing massages I've had have been by guys with lots of provocative photos and texts who then provided untrained (not therapeutic) massages with nothing erotic beyond having a guy in a tank top touching me. 2. Have a specific conversation as to what you are looking for. If you are not comfortable doing that, then at least do your research here and commit to hiring guys who have feedback that indicates you are likely to get what you are looking for. There is still no guarantee as I truly believe (and respect) that just because client A has a certain experience with masseur X that doesn't mean client B will. There still shouldn't be a night-and-day difference in experience (if a guy advertises erotic massage, one should reasonably expect something more than a mediocre rub from a clothed guy), but just because a masseur goes beyond mutual touch and a happy ending with one client doesn't mean he's going to do that with every client. There is still such a thing as chemistry between the masseur and client so that's why I'm accepting of the notion that "your mileage may vary" is reasonable. 3. If you really want an escort experience, book an escort from an escort website. If you want to book an erotic massage with the option of negotiating more once you are there, then look for guys who have both masseur and escort ads or, again, have a conversation with the guy before hand about your desires. This can be tricky if you don't have a clear indication that the guy is open to more, though, so I would personally be hesitant to have that conversation with someone I've never met unless I know based on his ads or reputation on this site that he's open to more than massage.

If this show was brought back it would certainly not have the same vibe as it did then since the culture has changed so much. Even the 1970s version of the much more risque Match Game had to be made even more crude when it returned to TV four years ago. I also love watching What's My Line. It's on Buzzr in the early morning where I live. Right now they are running episodes from the later reboot with Larry Blyden as host. Those episodes are okay and still feature Arlene Francis, but I much prefer the original incarnation with John Daly.

Yes, I have had guys I have not hired AND guys I did hire relock their photos. I don't take it personally; I assume the guy simply wants to keep some photos more restricted so he regularly relocks them for everyone. I'm not sure why you are giving this guy a second thought. You told him you're not interested in him so why would you want to look at his ad again even if he kept his photos unlocked?

You must be joking. An escort asking for a deposit for a simple 1-hour appointment is not communicating commitment since, as many posts over the years here will tell you, a lot of clients have paid up front and been ripped off and there are a lot of escorts with stellar reputations who don't ask for money up front. It's up to each client whether he's willing to pay a deposit up front, but I think that apart from longer engagements the majority view requests for money up front as a deal breaker. The reverse is definitely true, though: I don't think a client is going to send payment in advance if he isn't serious about keeping an appointment.

Not sure why this is in the Deli instead of the Spa since he runs a massage ad, not an escort ad. That being said, I wouldn't repeat. I'll send you a PM, Phx3rings, so as not to violate the policy against writing reviews on the message forum.

I don't recall his name on Rentmasseur and I don't see his ad there now (though I'm pretty sure he had one when I hired him about a year ago), but the only guy advertising on Adam4Adam in Ann Arbor was a disappointment for me. Seriously outdated pictures and a mediocre massage - more like light rubbing all over.

I made it to 24 seconds. Something about his demeanor is extremely off-putting.

Maybe he's on TMobile's network. They had a huge problem yesterday with both calls and texts. I think they have resolved the texting issue, but I think their network still isn't 100% functional with respect to calls. I agree with purplekow that you are letting your insecurity get to you. It sounds like you are talking yourself into believing that the guy is no longer interested in you and you are even suggesting to him that maybe he feels that way, too. If you want to end things, just do it. Otherwise try to keep your anxiety in check and allow a more natural back-and-forth to occur.

I think part of the issue here is that people use "escort" and "masseur" interchangeably sometimes. This post is in the Spa section and the thread title mentions "masseur," not escort. I understand that if someone is closeted it might make his life difficult if it was exposed that he hired male masseurs, but for many of us it wouldn't be an issue even if a massage provider threatened to expose us.

I have used my personal cell phone for over two decades for this hobby and haven't had any problems apart from some guys who send follow up texts for way too long in an effort to get repeat business. I don't begrudge people who feel the need for greater anonymity, but I'm personally not concerned about being outed since I started my coming out process when I was still in high school over 40 years ago.

I think the only time I have given money to someone where there was an aborted session was when there was a misunderstanding. One time in particular I recall because the massage started with the provider fully clothed and then he started listing the various "add ons with additional charges" I could get. I definitely felt hustled, but since I hadn't been entirely explicit with him when setting up the appointment I really didn't have the ability to claim that he was changing the terms of our agreement. I gave him a nominal amount of money to leave. Most of the time, however, I give nothing. If someone is radically different looking in person than in the ad, I simply say that to the guy who opens the door and I leave. I have had a couple of guys try to argue with me as I walked away, but no one has chased after me (yet). I don't believe in paying dishonest people, particularly when I am the one who wasted my time getting ready for the session and going to them. If the guy who answers is at least close to what I expected, I proceed with the session. True, sometimes it isn't obvious that a guy has put on a bit of weight until his clothes are off and it can be disappointing to find a bit of a paunch when you expected a flat stomach, but it isn't like I am completely unattracted to guys who carry a little extra weight.