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Ok. Fair enough . You won't be murdered in the streets...but the general population is very Catholic and definitely not progressive toward gays. The gay marriage ruling was controversial and political so I can't discuss it here. But let's just say...don't jump to conclusions about the viewpoints of the general population toward homosexuality. There is a vast difference between PV.s casual attitude toward Gay and Lesbian tourists and Costs Rica. My maid's daughter is in Costa Rica right now at a conference and the poor woman can't sleep out of fear for her safety. ( Her daughter is gay ).

I'm assuming most providers aren't gypsies and have to pay rent on some sort of home base. If that's NYC or Boston their travel expenses only ADD to their budget not deduct from it because the customers in that area are on a budget.

Just happened to notice your (as usual) snarky comment. But let's not clog up the conversation thread with our inability to communicate.

I have a couple gay friends who head up to Montreal frequently for the "entertainment". So I am assuming if $ 300 is the benchmark up there, the pricing is significantly higher on our end, or they wouldn't be making the trip. Given the "hundreds of escorts" they could have met right at home.

What exactly needed "cleaning up "? Sound like the guy has had a rough road ...I wouldn't expect him to be a mainstream kind of guy. I rather like someone who met a challenge and overcame the obstacles. That's sexy.

I made a comment about the GENERAL fact that there's nothing wrong about a provider doing a follow up. I never said anything about how the client should feel or about being pushy. You should seriously READ TWICE before you comment. A lot falls through the cracks with you. In general, there is nothing wrong with a follow up. All you have to do if there's a hard sell tactic to the follow up is click "DELETE". Simple.

BACK ON TRACK: I don't hire escorts often, but I like to browse and will occasionally hire when I'm traveling and there's a limited choice in pro masseurs. That said....I never seen anyone on rent.men worth meeting for less than $ 300. The last pro I teamed up with was $300 + $60 for the use of a space. I rounded up to $400 and added $50 on top of that for an extremely good time. I was actually home in New York, and he was a unique opportunity with special skills. I happily repeated at those rates last week because the $300 base seems absolutely normal now, here in New York.

You would need to make a screen shot of the profile to share it. (Unless some of the members here are members of Seeking)

As was stated previously. YOU DO YOU. I find your attempt at minimizing my opinion by using the phrase "personal anecdote" and pointing out an error in spelling counter productive, and a little juvenile. I have access to an opinion by one of the leading American researchers in HIV and part of the very team who discovered the source of the human immune response, and you - instead of being interested in that opinion - childishly attempt to suppress it by mocking me and my source. That's not helpful to adult discourse over an issue that many people are interested in how truthful what we are being told might be. There's a lot of distrust right now in the pharmaceutical industry, so I think sharing the opinions of someone who is now the CFO of a pharmaceutical company, might be valued as part of the conversation, not mocked because YOU happen to only want to believe the "official version" of a report. I am learning from his professional explanations of a complicated matter. I think others might be interested, even if you don't.

I agree. If I was down south, I'd love to "go down south" on this sexy bro.

From 2021 BamaBoyToy Members 19 Posted January 2, 2021 No yall I'm still here I just don't have time in the day to handle clients, 15 different platforms of social media and messaging as well as what I have going on in my personal life which includes working on my car myself and my truck and also my Yorkie being sick and traveling and checking in and out of hotels and lugging all that stuff around plus the texts and calls and trying to give my undivided attention to each client I visit with. I have a lot of prank calls and texts that send me on a ghost chase and wastes my time that could be productive elsewhere. I have a lot right now on my plate and I just can't spend my time on forums that are in a way, days of our lives worthy. (IN MY SOUTHERN SWEET VOICE) I change my name because I want to and because I'm free to do so when and where and how I please for any reason, with all due respect I believe we have bigger and more important issues to tend to like our country falling apart and dividing instead of there being unity. We have starving homeless people and it's growing more and more everyday due to covid and I feel like as selfish as I am I can spend this free time texting to go out and help someone else or be a listening ear to those that need someone who cares to talk them off a ledge. I would rather spend my time mentoring others in business management to see someone else successful. I am too mature to entertain anything that has no actual beneficial or productive motive behind it. So with all due respect this forum is not productive in creating a society or positive environment for myself or anyone else for that fact, it only creates more hostility and allows people to bully or beat down people who are actually trying to survive the right way and help others along the way. I hope you guys have an amazing new year and I look forward to seeing anyone who is a down to earth kind hearted genuinely good guy. Maybe I'll find my man that'll make me successful with my business plans and goals.. Much love and appreciation for yalls attention-CowboyCasanova

Sexy "bro" vibe. Definitely my type, but geographically way outside my travel schedules. ☹️

The British pound going DOWN doesn't make the dollar's buying power go UP domestically. Maybe you will better understand it THIS way: The housing market. There is no shortage of homes for sale. Mortgage rates are high and so there is plenty of inventory with no takers. Yet, prices are significantly higher than they were three years ago. ( Except in depressed, drug infested areas obviously ).

Yummy.... but he seems more inclined toward "private modeling" gigs than full service, when you read the profile.

QUOTE: I sit more on the wild side. vers here, into massages, kissing, edging, oral, rimming, spanking and choking ?!? I love a bit of BDSM kink play myself, but not so sure, I'd be advertising to random gentlemen that I like to be choked, when he's built like a twig and I'm doubtful he can get out of an out-of-control situation. I hope his safe word, is "my friend is waiting in the next room".

His weight is off in the description. Nobody THAT lean is 200 pounds at only 5'-11"

I disagree with that statement. I made a VERY specific effort to stick to economic issues and NOT blame the current situation on any political influence. I've been spanked multiple times for discussing politics outside the appropriate forum, so I am being very careful to avoid getting my GO TO JAIL card pulled again. In response to your economics 101 statement ...yes prices do sometimes go down. I made that point myself. It's a supply chain matter. Shortages cause prices to go up, and slowing demand can make them go down. Agreed. But regarding the service industry, there is no "product", so these rules only apply to their living expenses. In NY rents are up 20% to 25% in Manhattan, parts of Brooklyn and Queens. Food prices are shockingly inflated. I went to pick up a Thanksgiving Turkey at a local gourmet supermarket and they were all tagged $75 to $ 85 !!! So any provider NEEDS to charge more just to remain in the same place in meeting his expenses. Those expenses like an overpriced turkey are supply side issues. Ridiculously high rent is a dollar collapse issue. ( Which is great for me, since I'm a landlord )...so I can pay more because I am now making more. Like I said...I remember when I could get lunch for $ 5 ...but those $ 5 were more dear back then.

oOOOooof - I need a trip to Israel.

When I was younger and I used to hook up a lot with gay men, I did notice that if I "made out" with someone, I was far more inclined to catch the flu or a cold. So I got more into the habit of JUST sticking to the sex ( which never seems to be a problem with gays ). I would go entire winters without getting sick, and then I'd meet a cute boy who liked to kiss and cuddle and I'd be sick as a dog for days after. Those kiss and cuddle types, spread disease like Typhoid Mary.

Same for me growing up in Central PA. My extended family are all super conservative and traditional. Even though that wasn't MY choice of lifestyle, I still enjoy returning to my childhood memories for the Holidays. Mincemeat pies with Deer meat, and dark, heavy, sweet fruitcake with a little bite of liquor in the candied fruit brings back many happy memories of simpler times, celebrating Christmas with, ( now gone members) of my grandparent's, and great-grandparent's generation.

Because that's not how inflation works. "When inflation goes down" means the RATE OF INCREASE reduces. Prices never go back to where they were. SHORTAGES cause temporary spikes in prices during an inflationary period, but the current inflation is partially due to a collapse in the dollar. It's like saying, I remember when a cup of coffee was 25cents, gee I wish we could go back to those times. YOU CAN'T. Once the dollar value crashes, the market adjusts to the new value and that sticks ( with only minor adjustments for supply chain issues ).

I've been to Puerto Vallarta twice for New Years Eve. Always had an amazing time. I didn't spend any time, in gay bars but I didn't need to. There are always a lot of young attractive gay men out-and-about. The general vibe seems to be very open minded toward the gay community with lots of PDA that nobody bats an eyelash over. Costa Rica, in contrast is an extremely homophobic culture. Of course, the resorts, like many poor countries are completely cut off from the rest of the place. So you may find a gay resort that shelters you but overall there is no comparison to the obvious acceptance level in P.V. and the access to great restaurants, clubs, art galleries and socializing in general.

My friend is a published text-book immunologist ...so he IS one of the leading experts on immunology research and how its done. I am not "confused". He made it clear that data is gathered that is representative and the rest is extrapolation. ( Guess-work). He DID say that Omicron is quite virulent, and that most everyone who lives in an urban area is likely going to get it, no matter how much they mask up. Plus he said that because those are the people participating in testing/ vaccinations and hospitalizations, the data is going to be skewed toward urban Americans. There is no way of knowing what's going on in Rural America because they're not getting tested and are more inclined to stay home when sick. His conclusion was that 94% sounded reasonable for the cities, but that without the research data in-hand there is no way of knowing how they estimated for rural people who don't have as much contact / aren't tested and haven't reported illness.

A quick search in most places shows 18% . Correct. 11% cumulative is ridiculous. It was nearly 9% for part of 2022 alone .

So I just spoke to my friend who is a text-book immunology expert. He confirmed this research is extrapolation and not based on actual numbers of infected. Millions of Americans have not been tested so it's all guess work based on the virulency of the virus not actual infection data. He was also skeptical of the 94% estimate as this doesn't account enough for rural Americans who aren't being tested at all and aren't getting infected at the same rate as urban dwellers. He did explain that unlike many other diseases, you can have Covid and still test negative a few weeks later. This explains why so many people would think they never got it. I know that confused me. I've been testing every other month ..so I assumed if I had it the tests would have picked it up...but he said that's not necessarily true. Most people have been infected with Omicron without even knowing it. That does explain the "extrapolation" at such a high percentage. But in the end...it is all guess-work and not hard data.