Wow, this thread has been busy. I've spent the last hour getting caught up on it.
First and foremost, thank you MrMiniver for starting this thread. I had never heard of this site and after reading the the earlier posts I decided to sign up for it in December and try it out.
I have been very honest with everyone I have chatted with on the site, making it very clear that I have no intention of paying anyone an allowance just to go out with me. If that's what they're looking for, I have nothing but best wishes in their finding it, but it isn't going to be from me. On the other hand, I'm happy to pay for everything on our dates, which could end up being a cruise or even a trip overseas (I love to travel), but I'm not supporting them, unless our dates lead to a LTR.
I very quickly found someone who seemed interesting and we chatted for about three weeks before we finally met (I told him I couldn't meet until after the New year because of the holidays and family visiting from overseas). It's been two months now and the only thing that would make me happier would be if we could see more of each other. We are both busy and he lives near downtown LA and I live in what's called the South Bay (it took me two hours to get to his house on Valentine's Day). He's young, tall, handsome, and just as nice as can be. And he's never asked me for a dime. He struggles a bit, and I have offered to help a bit, but he's never made that a condition of our relationship.
I've waded through many guys on the site as the rest of you have, but, in L.A. at least, there are some out there looking for the same thing I am. Even if the current relationship ends, I count the site a success.