MikeyGMin

I have always felt the same. You can't put a ton of weight on several positive reviews, but I think a total lack of reviews for someone who has been working that long is a yellow flag. It literally takes less than one minute to submit the review if you are a registered user. (Assuming you don't add a lot of comment that U.S people aren't allowed to see.) Not one single client was satisfied to take that one minute?

I agree, but that happens here a lot. Try not to take it personally. Water off a duck's back and all that...
 
A tactical mistake. Lesson learned.
 
Many years ago when I was living in San Diego I was seeing an escort that went by Corey. (I've mentioned him here before. Great guy.) I liked him so much that I wanted to spend a weekend in Vegas with him. I needed his real name to buy the airline ticket so it was in my head. At the airport I accidentally called him by that name instead of Corey. He stopped dead, looked me in the eye, and said, "No one calls me that." Message received and understood.
 
Since then I've been very cautious. Real names invariably come out when you have a regular situation. All these years later, I still stop and ask very specifically what name he is most comfortable with me using. Extending him that courtesy has always resulted in, "Either name is fine" or "My real name is cool." With the notable exception of Corey that is. I never called him by his real name again!

I have never met a gay man of ANY age who wasn't concerned about his body image. You might get to a place of acceptance, especially if you are playing with men of your own age, but I'm not buying for a minute that sex is better when you're in your 60s. Not saying it can't be good. Just that it can't be better then your younger years.

I have never met a gay man of ANY age who wasn't concerned about his body image. You might get to a place of acceptance, especially if you are playing with men of your own age, but I'm not buying for a minute that sex is better when you're in your 60s. Not saying it can't be good. Just that it can't be better then your younger years.

I have never met a gay man of ANY age who wasn't concerned about his body image. You might get to a place of acceptance, especially if you are playing with men of your own age, but I'm not buying for a minute that sex is better when you're in your 60s. Not saying it can't be good. Just that it can't be better then your younger years.

Maybe clueless is a little harsh but any escort who reveals much personal information on a first meeting is naive at best. People lie. People appear to be trustworthy and are not. People make promises that they do not fulfill. It takes more than a couple of meetings to really get a sense of a person.
 
I believe trust needs to be earned -- not given out because you have a good feeling about someone on a first meeting.

I don't intend to tell you squat about my personal relationship. Other than it's very good, mutually satisfying, and does not have the transactional nature of an escort / client relationship.
 
You've been given plenty of examples of when support (sometimes monetary sometimes not) are given and affection (sometimes sexual and sometimes not) is returned. That should be enough to make you think about your narrow view of the subject, or at least give you pause, but I really don't give a shit who you call an "escort."

It's a different mindset and the parameters can be very different.
 
If you have never been in one of these arrangements, you really don't know what you're talking about. These things aren't the simple quid pro quo of an escort session.

I think that's delusional crap. It’s always nice to try and fool one ’s self, but at the age of 61, I have reached three conclusions.
 
1. The accuracy of the statement: “Remember that it is sex not youth that is wasted on the young.”
 
2. That applying the wisdom of advancing years can increase the overall sexual experience.
 
3. At some point, all the illusions and wisdom in the world don’t make up for the loss of the ability to have an erection several times a day, cum three times in a night, shoot your cum several feet and look at yourself in the mirror and be impressed with something other than the fact that you’re hanging in there pretty well considering your age.

Maybe clueless is a little harsh but any escort who reveals much personal information on a first meeting is naive at best. People lie. People appear to be trustworthy and are not. People make promises that they do not fulfill. It takes more than a couple of meetings to really get a sense of a person.
 
I believe trust needs to be earned -- not given out because you have a good feeling about someone on a first meeting.

It really is tragic. Of course I believe there is no way that child abuse can be tolerated, but I also believe that we have no control over what we desire -- only how we act upon those desires. It gets all mixed up in my head because I come from a Mormon family with well-meaning sisters who wonder why I simply can't refrain from acting on my orientation. I thank the stars that I was not born with the monkey on my back that Mark had.

"Severe abuse" cannot possibly explain why there have been pedophiles since the Greco-Roman period and probably before that.

Once for me. He had no idea this site even existed and was horrified at the thought of being reviewed. He didn't care that it might improve his business. He felt it was a violation of his privacy. Coincidentally, or not, he didn't stay in the business for very long.

Note though that the question described at the start of this thread is not “tell me about yourself..” or “what do like about being an escort?” It was, “why do you do this? YOU’RE WELL EDUCATED AND SMART, WHY DO YOU ESCORT? WHY?” I can see why that wording would not be received positively by an escort.

Once for me. He had no idea this site even existed and was horrified at the thought of being reviewed. He didn't care that it might improve his business. He felt it was a violation of his privacy. Coincidentally, or not, he didn't stay in the business for very long.

Once for me. He had no idea this site even existed and was horrified at the thought of being reviewed. He didn't care that it might improve his business. He felt it was a violation of his privacy. Coincidentally, or not, he didn't stay in the business for very long.

You can also send me a PM. He is a thoroughly charming and engaging young man who can truly do Mild to Wild. Not sure what else you need to know, but I liked him a lot and would be happy to help.

I love the variety of tastes we all have. The boy does absolutely nothing for me because there's a complete lack of masculinity, but he does seem like a poster boy for Bel Ami. I would love to hear the soundtrack of his thoughts during a scene. Is he just trying to fantasize about a girl and stressed about giving it up or is he thinking really negative homophobic thoughts about his partner.

It really is tragic. Of course I believe there is no way that child abuse can be tolerated, but I also believe that we have no control over what we desire -- only how we act upon those desires. It gets all mixed up in my head because I come from a Mormon family with well-meaning sisters who wonder why I simply can't refrain from acting on my orientation. I thank the stars that I was not born with the monkey on my back that Mark had.

Not at all. It's one of the few really passive things that I enjoy. You do generally have to ask for it because most guys aren't going to just push you back and climb aboard, but I have never met a guy who gave me a blank stare or even batted an eye about it. It can't be uncommon.

It really is tragic. Of course I believe there is no way that child abuse can be tolerated, but I also believe that we have no control over what we desire -- only how we act upon those desires. It gets all mixed up in my head because I come from a Mormon family with well-meaning sisters who wonder why I simply can't refrain from acting on my orientation. I thank the stars that I was not born with the monkey on my back that Mark had.

I have never had a problem with them getting so busy that we couldn't get together. They have always been flattered and/or appreciative of the fact that I took the time and care about their welfare -- especially the new guys that are trying to build a client base.

Unfortunately this is a thing. An extremely annoying thing that some bars are beginning to push back on. I am by no means a woman-hater, but I am very much a bachelorette party hater.
 
It's by no means universal. I do see guys hook up at bars, but it's not at all like it used to be. These days, like it or not, people use the apps to hook up. They generally go out to the bars with their friends, so you need to be smoking hot to lure someone away from the people they came with. At least that has been my experience over the last several years. A "lone wolf" out cruising ends up holding up a wall and looking a bit out of place.

I hope you didn't take my comments as criticism. I was just trying to point out that you are most likely getting blocked because the escort perceives all these communications as a sign of flakiness or being high maintenance. Multiple escorts have mentioned in the past that experience has taught them that the likelihood of a client flaking out is in direct proportion to the number of communications. You wanted honest feedback and multiple people have told you how they limit the number of contacts required prior to meeting. There is no secret sauce that will guarantee you're a good match, but perhaps someone will speak up who knows how to increase those odds without scaring the escort away. I certainly don't know how, but good luck in finding the perfect equilibrium.