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Oh goodness yes.

If I had $500, I would make a go for my friend's really hot brother, Str8 Chasers / Bait Bus style. For the record, my friend is more of an acquaintance.

1) What activity commonly portrayed in porn is hottest to you? Lots of tender, passionate, kissing. A massage that leads to so much more. Licking the bottom's feet while in Elevated Pirate's Bounty. 2) What activity commonly portrayed in porn leaves you cold? Abrupt cuts. Lingering close-up shots. Condoms that magically appear, if applicable. I don't mind the actors being filmed putting it on. 3) Have you ever been inspired to try a sexual activity by something you saw in porn? Having sex outside in not-very-private areas. For me, it wasn't really as exhilirating as it seemed.

He is very good-looking, really in-shape, and for the most part was an amiable guy. But he was very disinterested during our time together. For me, meh.

Hello everyone. We (myself and the escort) agreed to not continue with our overnight date. I decided to tell him two weeks before our meeting (several days after starting this topic). I said, not verbatim, that "I was looking through your Twitter photos, and saw that you posted one of yourself at a distinguishable location. I know you are a discreet person and value your privacy, that's why I wanted to be honest and let you know that through this photograph, I was able to find you through the establishment's social media page. I apologize for the invasion of your privacy, and would respect your decision to both cancel our appointment and to stop any further communication in the future." His reply was brief. "Thanks. Yeah, I think it's weird that you know who I am." I ended it with me wishing him the best and thanking him for his time. He didn't reply anymore. He removed the photo in question soon after.

Hello, everyone. I'm in a bit of a pickle. Through a photo that he posted on his escorting Twitter account, and some not-very-difficult sleuthing, I was able to find out the identity of a guy that I'm seeing next month for an overnight. By this I mean I was able to find his real social media accounts—he participates in them almost daily. Our first time seeing each other was only for 2 hours, so we didn't really chat much. This time around, we'll be together for about 12 hours, and obviously not all of it will be intimate. I asked that when we're not in bed that we'd hit up a local bar and just drink and talk. Because I feel relaxed around the guy, I highly doubt I'll be able to stop myself from uttering something from his not-escort life, if not at the beginning of the overnight, most definitely once I've had a few beers or wines in my system. http://media.zenfs.com/en-US/video/video.snl.com/SNL_1606_10_Surprise.png On one hand, I'm pretty sure he'll be cool with it. On the other, he might freak out. My question is a very broad one, but I think it's most pertinent: Should I tell him that I know or should I just let things happen and hope for the best?

I typically don't dwell on regrets, although there are two things that I would probably have done differently if I had a chance to: 1) Traveled more when I was younger - This is a very millenial thing to say but honestly, whenever I watch YouTube videos of 23-year-olds going on backpacking trips across Europe (and road trips in the US), I get very jealous. I'm making up for it nowadays with at least one major, out-of-the-country trip each year, barring a major expense (or losing a job, which happened to me last year), but I still wish I acted on my wanderlust earlier. 2) Left my former employer before I settled - "How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?" Was the question that kept replaying in my head when I was fired from the banal job I had for 5 years. Although I was ecstatic that I was gone (my former coworkers were even saying that I was probably the happiest guy who has ever lost a job), I wished that I had left earlier and pursued a better-paying, higher-profile, and more creatively stimulating company. I would have paid for the chance to gloat at my former boss. The reason I stayed for so long is because of regret #1...I had just developed a "taste" for traveling. I wanted to be sure that even if I take almost month-long trips, that there is still a job that I can go back to. (The quote by the way is from "Up in the Air." Excellent movie.)

$1.89 in my side of New York City, $1.58 near where my parents live in New Jersey.

I've been to naked yoga classes. The only time I've popped at boner was at the start of class, when there's nothing else occupying my mind (and it was only in the first 2 classes I've taken, because I got quite excited about everybody else who was naked.) Once the classes start, it's a different story. You'd be so busy posing (and holding it in some cases) that even if you do get an erection, it doesn't last for very long. And yes, it's no big deal to get hard. People don't really care, unless you act on it. I feel like #3 is posed, and the photographer deliberately asked the yogi to become erect. #5 looks like it's towards the end of the class, so people now have an opportunity to relax again (and consequently get hard).

Moot point, but there is a Starbucks at the Long Island Rail Road station, adjacent to Penn Station (coming into Penn Station from 33rd and 8th, take a left—if you see an Auntie Anne's to your left, you took the right one—and walk about 300 feet to the LIRR area). I got stuck one time at the Penn Station because of a snow storm—I had to wait at the station until midnight to even find out whether or not the train I was supposed to take is coming. The place was quiet, almost hauntingly—a stark contrast to how it was just a few hours earlier. I ended up checking in at a relatively cheap hotel nearby, but I could never forget how, well, out of character Penn Station was at that time.

Well, there is a photo of two girls together in the banner image. Whether this is to suggest that they are lesbians or two very close BFFs, I don't really care; if I were to pay for a snuggle buddy from their website, I'll say I'm a regular guy who needs to snuggle with a bro. lol

The Andrew guy is an actor in New York City also named Andrew. The tone of voice used in his description at the Snuggle Buddies website is quite similar to how he talks on his Facebook page, too. I don't know, he actually might be the real thing. Now, for the topic at hand. I'm not against the idea; although I probably won't do it.

I love long kissing sessions with both men and women. I can't imagine an intimate act such as having sex without locking lips at the beginning, middle, and post-coitus. My most recent hire was such a good kisser that I had to rush to finish because all I wanted to do was keep kissing.

Any mode of transportation that doesn't involve a car is always going to be my preferred method of going around. I'm used to taking the subway and walking to work and wherever else I have to be (cabs or Uber only if absolutely necessary). But if my company would incentivize taking a bike specifically, then I might consider this as well.

I had him for massage and play three years ago. Unless he has changed, which I doubt personally, I highly recommend him. He's not bad on the eyes, gives a great massage, and a very sensual guy to be with. The only reason I haven't seen him since is because our schedules never aligned since then. Perhaps it's because of his rather cheap rates that he's always booked. I won't consider him for an overnight, however (thanks, BabyBoomer for his rentmen link). When I saw him, his English wasn't the best. I struggled to make small talk with him and had to repeat myself often just so we understand each other. An overnight would be quite a challenge whenever we're not rolling in the hay. Again, though, three years is a long time. His English might have improved by leaps and bounds for all I know.

Plenty of YouTube videos now have a "speed" option, under the "Settings" icon. I use this quite often when listening to French and Italian talk shows in the background while I work.

Wow! Thanks for the recommendation, BSR! I don't speak a lick of Spanish, but I'm pretty sure I'll find my way with Los Nuestros! I've always considered watching a TV show or a movie to be a very good indicator of one's comprehension. When we need to read something, we can take our time. But with a movie, having to rewind often gets old real quick. I personally can't watch a French film without French subtitles yet (I still need to read what was said) but I'm pretty good with cut-up segments like this: http://www.canalplus.fr/c-humour/pid8256-c-bloques.html?vid=1310058. It also helps to know the topic beforehand, so that I can muster up all the words I know in that particular subject matter.

Instagram Direct, their messaging service, is much more easy to spot, at least in the app. I don't know if it's the same if you're viewing Instagram photos on a desktop browser.

One of my favorite '90s boybands, 5ive, is collectively guilty of this. Every time they are interviewed, I'd always go "Man, they sound funny for Americans." lol

Immersion, for me, is the best way to become very good at a language. It's equal parts necessity, plenty of opportunities for correction, and environment. When in a foreign country, you're in their domain, you follow their rules, which includes language. Sure, you will eventually find someone who would like to learn English, giving you some reprieve, but this person isn't trying to learn English 24/7.

I have no experience to confirm nor deny the veracity of your first claim (regarding white Americans, bilingualism, and homosexuality), but I do think being left-handed has one advantage in Chinese: The direction of their writing is favorable to southpaws in that it's top to bottom, right to left. Thank you. That's all I was curious about—whether a German speaker who finds themselves suddenly in a Dutch-speaking country can find a way to get by (somehow). I mean, they can just speak English, since around 90 percent of the Dutch speak English in some capacity, but I digress.

In the same train of thought, will a German understand a Dutch, or is it vice versa? I have only elementary knowledge of German (and my ear hasn't been developed for it yet), but I find that some spoken Dutch sound quite similar to German.

Or, this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO2ZMlqVoA0 "You're just adding le to every word!"

Spot on. I always require a native speaker when I learn a language, irrespective of whether they are teaching me the standard register of their language or not. Nothing against non-native speakers, but accent is a very important aspect of learning for me, in that I actually want to speak with an accent that would make a native go: "Are you sure you're not local?" (It's only happened twice in my travels, but hey, I still wear that like a badge of honor!) I guess I can say that I got lucky when I took French in college. My professor was a Marseillais who then was only living in the US with his wife for five years. He has picked up on a number of Americanisms, but not the accent, and he is (was) very adamant that it would stay that way.

My French tutor back then said that in the real world, no one is grading you when you're speaking a foreign language. Native speakers would know that you are not a fluent speaker, and will let but the most egregious error pass. For me, at least back then, boosting my confidence (i.e. actually attempting to speak / write in French) is far more important than saying something grammatically correct. It's kind of funny that I was most taken aback by the "merci" in the video. I kind of understood some of it, but you're right. I'll be hopeless in Switzerland with just standard German. A Filipina friend told me that if we are being "strict," the official language of the Philippines is Filipino. Tagalog refers to the dialect where Filipino was largely based from. Is it true? Ever the cliché, one of the things I asked her is how to curse in Tagalog. I was surprised at some recognizable Spanish...like puñet@ and put@.