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Yup.

VERY concerned.

It's pretty 'artificial' but I absolutely love the walkable community area in DC Ranch (the sports bar has excellent food and a fantastic assortment of whiskey); my dad used to have a second home there before the '08 crash. Was just this January (it seems like a lifetime ago) staying nearby and it's the only snobby place I'd ever consider actually living.

Fear does a lot of nasty stuff to our brains. When you experience the fight-or-flight response and can't fly (you're already at home) and can't fight (the real enemy is too small to hit), it gets elevated to a mental battle. I only hope that people in general will not carry it outside. Another reason for bringing a semblance of normal back 'on line' as soon as reasonably feasible. My prediction: civil unrest in the United States in May if we are still required to remain on lock-down. My recommendation: re-sanitize all your touch surfaces. I live with three other people, one of whom is high-functioning autistic; training him to constantly wash his hands and sanitize surfaces has been an interesting and diverting challenge during this time.

Photos look somewhat familiar. Just to make it clear, I'm NOT currently hiring!! https://rentmen.eu/Ruggedbro Thank you as always . . .

Victor, this is actually very cool, but were you a track athlete or were you guys just bored . . . ?

Bump . . .

This is why we should have a much deeper and healthier suspicion of what the government tells us to do 'for our good' than we actually exercise . . .

Bromance.

Bumping for any additional info

Whoops, sorry guys! Having trouble manipulating the quote feature! I TOTALLY miss Lief/Eric; he did have a great gear collection and was a great dom. He moved out of the LA area; I hope he's OK.

Hm. Bump here too.

In OC right now - so 'bump' again!

I had one local guy who advertised for over a year. I met him twice and he was always #1 on my list if I had free time. He started seeing someone last fall, and took his ad down, and (very politely) told me he was unavailable - at least for as long as he's with the person he's now with; or perhaps I should say 'as far as I know.' He might be seeing others (and not me) but I doubt it. We still text occasionally and he's super polite. I'm guessing I'll hear from him if they break up. Not hoping for it (or at least trying not to hope for it). Just realized this didn't really answer the question, but I feel like it's just tangentially relevant enough that I'll leave it in here.

It's the jock peeking out of the top of the shorts that makes this so hot . . .

They still have open gang-style showers like that anywhere anymore?? And yes, I know there are some threads on the sorry state of showering in America today . . .

Any experience, gentlemen?

So . . . I think I've been blocked by him. First time ever. We talked about 6 months ago when he was back in LA via text, and we had a misunderstanding about his ability to accommodate some of my requests, but as far as I knew, we left it off fine . . . then I have him on my RM buddy list and click on it occasionally when he's heading back to LA - but just this morning - boom. Have no idea why (no communication more recent than 6 months or so). Guess I'll let it go.

Bromance, but damn funny. I had buddies in college who did this, knowing where my interests lay . . .

Bump!

This is quite irritating - and I find it happens quite often. Having said that, it's cool that guys I'm attracted to are interested/willing, but I'm usually on the hunt for someone with skills, safety, and trustworthiness. Also equipment (meaning bondage gear).

Shawn, that helps me understand why I often did not get follow ups to email threads when the provider was 'on line'. I like the supposed privacy of the messenger system, and I've generally been impressed with how frequently I get responses; but I understand the issues now, and will probably stick with text or via the messenger system just asking for the provider's email.

This is an interesting one for me - I definitely grew up in the era when tattoos were something you got if you were (1) in the merchant marine/navy/marine corps; (2) were in a biker gang; (3) had been to prison. Some of my high school buddies then got tats that we thought were so 'daring' at the time - and they are a brushtroke compared to what we see now. Then I started working with some younger people who had very large, very expensive, personal tattoos - and realized it was a generational thing. My issue with tattoos now is in some sense the message - which is personal to each person of course (and often it's just 'yeah I thought that was a cool design') - but I've been attracted to some guys who have tats that are clearly or subtly satanic (pentagrams, goat's heads, etc) and I just can not and will not 'go there' with anyone who has that sort of message on their bodies. I think this might be dense/unfortunate because it could be that such is NOT the intended message of the person bearing the tats.

Consider it resurrected, BD!