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He's a great guy.

but verify

No you're not my type either. I would only be asking you over for coffee.

There's a hormone, vasopressin, that controls how much you pee. Your level might be off. You should definitely see the doc.

That's so nasty-nice. I'm guessing if I asked you over, you wouldn't come, knowing what you know.

Silly - you empty it every morning.

I pee a lot at night, but it's because I drink 3 - 4 liters of water every day. It's only a few steps to the bathroom, but I minimize the disruption by keeping a pee jar beside the bed.

Of course, I know that. Maybe it's just me, but even though I am placing myself in a top's hands, I want to be reasonably sure that I'm going to live through it.

It astonished me how much Italians eat at lunch- multiple courses- and they're not fat.

It's a very common practice for a cardiologist to use carotid pressure to modulate a patient's heart rhythm. I think I will leave it to the experts.

Unfortunately, there is a point of no return, beyond which you are in the top's hands, or the paramedic's.

Not long ago, a very sexy escort, a real sexual athlete, put his hand to my throat. For a split second, I was tempted but my instinct for self preservation took over and I said to him "no breath play."

I don't doubt that it's an extremely erotic experience, but the practice carries a very high risk of potentially fatal arrhythmia. And I even recognize that a top's skill level may mitigate the risk. The problem is that I'm not aware of any certification programs that guarantee that a top has the skill level necessary to keep a bottom out of ventricular tachycardia. So, unless the bottom knows his top pretty well, he's taking his life in his hands doing breath play.

A fatal arrhythmia is a more likely possibility.

Many years ago, I had a FB and we did a lot of wrestling and gut-punching. I really enjoyed it. I've never done it since though.

Fear of intimacy.

I would . I actually did hire him but could't keep the appointment because I came down with a bad cold and didn't want to expose him to my cooties.

The low heart rate (sinus bradycardia) could be caused by the hypertension. A cardiology consult wouldn't be a bad idea for you. I have cardiovascular disease on both sides of my family. I see a preventive cardiologist. So far so good. At my current age, my father had hypertension, had had several heart attacks, congestive heart failure and kidney disease. No sign of any of those so far.

There's even a name for it: post-finasteride syndrome. There are online support groups for it.

Right- spongey boners can be from estradiol that's too high.

I tried "passion," "bliss" and "sleep." The "sleep" made me very sleepy, but also got me really high, so I coudn't go to sleep. "Passion" definitely did help me really get into sex. "Bliss" also did, but I felt hung over the next day from it.

It used to, but not any more. It used to give me unnaturally hard boners . I liked the rock-hard boners but not the reduced sensation. But, at some point, my system must have adjusted to it and the effect felt completely natural. I generally take a long time to come, but sildenafil doesn't have any effect on that either way.

That fact that there's a question at all means that the balance sheet is not favorable. If it were working, he would just be enjoying it and wouldn't think to ask for others' opinions.

I like museums in small doses, e.g. going to look at a particular collection or exhibit- in and out in an hour or less. Honestly, I've never taken much notice of the men. I will make it a point to.

If you aren't getting a thing from the friendship, the answer is obvious. But the answer to the question of whether or not you are getting anything from the relationship may not be so obvious. Even though you find the relationship burdensome, you may have a stake in the relationship because it validates your self-image in some way, for example. Or the friendship is a useful distraction, etc. etc