Reluctant Daddy

Quite frankly, I was frigging terrified and the handcuffs looked like the real deal. If he was LEO, I didn't want to challenge him and make things worse. And if he wasn't LEO, I didn't want to antagonize him and risk being physically harmed. My brain shut down and my first instinct was to save myself from whatever. Chalk it up to me being a very stupid old man . I really never thought someone would do something like this.

I haven’t been on for a while, and haven’t really been actively hiring since 2017. I’ve been using Grindr and other apps/sites for this type of activity. Today I set up an appointment with someone on skipthegames.com. After several messages and exchange of photos we met this afternoon. He asked that I produce payment before anything happened, and I did. As soon as I handed him the money, I heard “Sir, please turn against the wall and place your hands behind you back.” He pulled handcuffs, and I kind of chuckled and asked for some confirmation that he was LEO, and was assured that I would know he was once we were in the police car. I completely lost it and let him know that something like this would absolutely ruin me. After desperately pleading with him, he agreed to turn a blind eye in exchange for additional compensation. He wanted $1,500 to make it disappear. I was able to come up with less on the spot, and had his word that this would be the end of it. He said that we both had a secret about each other that would protect us both. His rationale was that he would tell his colleagues that I got cold feet and backed out of the arrangement. Not sure he was really LEO, but wasn’t really brave enough to take the chance. Dirty cop or shyster hustler? He told me that they’ve been scooping sites like skipthegames, Grindr, etc., looking for “generous men” and that they were cracking down. After today, this has pretty much thrown water on my hiring at all. A painful, frightening and expense lesson to learn. A truly FML experience.

Like where on earth did they find a seemingly unending supply of white beach sand in upstate NY? The major complaint I heard was that people were upset that there really wasn’t any character development. I actually thought that was a good move on the writer’s part. They just plopped you in the middle of a random family’s life during this this crisis (which was never fully explained.....just hinted at).

Just saw this yesterday and thought it was well crafted, directed and acted (the children were amazingly good). Lots of jumps. A nice, tense little horror flick that’s not slasher vs teen or torture porn.

Would it be terribly awkward if a prospective client reached out to you to exchange contact info for possible future hiring? Given the uncertainty of the future existence and availability of sites, it may be the only opportunity to establish contact. I haven’t been at this long enough to establish a base of regulars, and there are several guys, both here and on RM that have sparked my interest. Most are out of my area, but I thought it would be a good idea in case they wander my way, or I wander their way.

I think an important thing to look into is whether the US owner (whether a company or an individual) of a site housed on a foreign server would still be liable under US law.

I don’t really use any of those sites. Is it feasible that they could employ an internal search mechanism for key word like “escort”, etc to identify those accounts and deal with them on an individual basis? Particularly if they discuss their escorting business. RM has a Twitter account. I can’t imagine that Twitter would allow it to remain given the nature of their business.

Based on the actions or Reddit, will Twitter, Tumblr and Instagram accounts for escorts be scrubbed as well?

The point is that if RM wants to continue to be a viable option in the US under this new law, it needs to cleanse the whole platform of suggestive language, pricing, and links to external websites for all providers and clients. No more detailed reviews, not more “I am into...” section. If they do it only for US members, it still exists as a site to facilitate. They can’t effectively wipe it from one site, but allow it on another and in their app. Also, I’m wondering if the “we’re overseas” reasoning works if they’re operating a site that’s counter to this new law, while accepting membership payments and advertising dollars from US based persons and companies.

http://www.businessinsider.com/roseanne-barr-under-fire-for-nazi-salute-tweet-conspiracy-theory-parkland-student-david-hogg-2018-3 I was willing to give the show a chance, until I read that she went after David Hogg on Twitter.

It looks to me like these change are only for US providers and clients, which seems to be a futile overall effort. If the idea is to make RM a platform that doesn’t facilitate prostitution, they need to apply those changes across the entire platform. A provider in NY has their ad cleansed of suggestive copy, rates and external links, while across the border a Montreal provider carries on, business as usual. It’s like a Disney Princess bandaid on a sword wound.

I had SiriusXM for a while, and one of the channels ran all of his radio shows. Hilarious and held up quite well over the years.

Note to self: book initial meet and greet at Bruegger’s

Have any members done a Route 66 tour, either road tripping it or through an organized tour company? I was curious if it’s worth the trip, particularly from a photography angle.

And one only needs to look at many of the posts in forums like this to understand the relevance in the community today.