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Continuing the technical hair splitting seems self-defeating.  He's an older guy who prefers  college age+ but regardless still ADULT men.  
No different than any other older man chasing college+ adult women. 
Both may end up exploiting each other depending on the power dynamic, but it's between consenting adults. 
Pushback against the narrative that older gay men are preying on underage. It's a trope that has come back around. Unless someone knows Geffen has crossed that line, it's self-defeating to our overall group to continue to split hairs for purposes of this thread. 

There's a qualifier in there as "may" 
Also, swap out exploitative for unhealthy/manipulative as you see fit.  From previous posters above, it sounds as if Geffen cycles through them as their looks age out.  Hardly, an admirable quality for a stable healthy relationship. 

"Many people are saying... Believe me"  hahaha  let's keep the politics out of this thread. It has its own forum. 
Its a finance forum and the topic is recession advice for those, who haven't gone through any significant downturn.  
Another identifier - when they suddenly cancel all company travel around specific dates. Meaning they don't want to potentially strand someone away from home if they are about to turn off the company credit card. 

Also, after Ryan Rose's incident, that's enough to scare me into less invasive options when the need arises (or not rises in this case) 

Also, after Ryan Rose's incident, that's enough to scare me into less invasive options when the need arises (or not rises in this case) 

Meh, as for Geffen, he's set in his ways. Short term transactional is in a different class than medium to long term transactional. 
Folks can catch feelings - grow dependent on another in other ways. Just as there's always a richer daddy up the hill, there's usually a fresh out of college/beefier sugar baby fresh off the bus. Something something leave before it makes you soft; leave before it makes you cold. 
Cue the Another Suitcase Another Hall from Evita! 

There's a qualifier in there as "may" 
Also, swap out exploitative for unhealthy/manipulative as you see fit.  From previous posters above, it sounds as if Geffen cycles through them as their looks age out.  Hardly, an admirable quality for a stable healthy relationship. 

Continuing the technical hair splitting seems self-defeating.  He's an older guy who prefers  college age+ but regardless still ADULT men.  
No different than any other older man chasing college+ adult women. 
Both may end up exploiting each other depending on the power dynamic, but it's between consenting adults. 
Pushback against the narrative that older gay men are preying on underage. It's a trope that has come back around. Unless someone knows Geffen has crossed that line, it's self-defeating to our overall group to continue to split hairs for purposes of this thread. 

There's a qualifier in there as "may" 
Also, swap out exploitative for unhealthy/manipulative as you see fit.  From previous posters above, it sounds as if Geffen cycles through them as their looks age out.  Hardly, an admirable quality for a stable healthy relationship. 

Yeah, it's a smaller government agency that's been making due with less since the 80s and now all the boomers are retiring.  It's next to impossible to scale to demand in older private companies, I can't imagine how the Treasury has been managing with this demand.
I'm sure the purchase limits on iBonds are in place to prevent the government from competing with private banks and the stock market/investment industry.   I'll tolerate it the poor customer service for the stability.  There's very little overhead / no service fees other than the 12 month lock in and 3 month early withdrawal penalty.  In exchange, there's going to be some customer service pains. 

Continuing the technical hair splitting seems self-defeating.  He's an older guy who prefers  college age+ but regardless still ADULT men.  
No different than any other older man chasing college+ adult women. 
Both may end up exploiting each other depending on the power dynamic, but it's between consenting adults. 
Pushback against the narrative that older gay men are preying on underage. It's a trope that has come back around. Unless someone knows Geffen has crossed that line, it's self-defeating to our overall group to continue to split hairs for purposes of this thread. 

Continuing the technical hair splitting seems self-defeating.  He's an older guy who prefers  college age+ but regardless still ADULT men.  
No different than any other older man chasing college+ adult women. 
Both may end up exploiting each other depending on the power dynamic, but it's between consenting adults. 
Pushback against the narrative that older gay men are preying on underage. It's a trope that has come back around. Unless someone knows Geffen has crossed that line, it's self-defeating to our overall group to continue to split hairs for purposes of this thread. 

Continuing the technical hair splitting seems self-defeating.  He's an older guy who prefers  college age+ but regardless still ADULT men.  
No different than any other older man chasing college+ adult women. 
Both may end up exploiting each other depending on the power dynamic, but it's between consenting adults. 
Pushback against the narrative that older gay men are preying on underage. It's a trope that has come back around. Unless someone knows Geffen has crossed that line, it's self-defeating to our overall group to continue to split hairs for purposes of this thread. 

Well, this post took a turn.  
Here I giggled with glee at the "My business associate Benji and I... " comparison.  
Folks remember avoid the personal attacks on each other. 

Well, this post took a turn.  
Here I giggled with glee at the "My business associate Benji and I... " comparison.  
Folks remember avoid the personal attacks on each other. 

Looks like Kevin missed this... yes there is such a thing.  Unsure what all the catches are.  One you can't double dip over the contribution limits between solo Roth 401k and a solo 401k.  Etc

Sadly, Southwest is still my go-to. My closest airport is one of their major hubs. I got disillusioned with United after they devalued their miles and stratified their loyalty program. 
Meanwhile, Southwest feels honest about the process.  Everyone is equally worthless. You want to cash in miles, corresponds to real time pricing.  You want to fly standby or change plans no change fees.  No bag fees.  
Yes it's the Greyhound/Megabus of the sky.  Let's face it though most of the big airlines are the same experience if you don't have ongoing spend/status.  If you want to upgrade to Economy Premium Plus Super, it'll cost you but you will still be on the same plane as everyone else.  
About the only thing I'll say... I'd pay to have an empty seat next to me on most longer flights on Southwest, but that's the same for any other airline unless you are flying business or first(if there still a first class cabin) 
 

I think he was around 29.  😕 IIRC, He also had a stint dancing at the Shoe early on.  It was after my regular weekly outings tho. 
Very sad.  Never met, but id see him on grindr cause he was local to my area. Seemed like a nice guy. 

Colon Blow Skit referenced above Colon Blow on SNL

I think he was around 29.  😕 IIRC, He also had a stint dancing at the Shoe early on.  It was after my regular weekly outings tho. 
Very sad.  Never met, but id see him on grindr cause he was local to my area. Seemed like a nice guy. 

Hey everyone! I am ok! I work second shift so Thursday at work was not surprised to get the news that we would not be working Friday. Friday morning at around 9am it quickly went from a clear day to a whiteout. We had winds gusting up to just over 70 mph all day Friday and around 50 mph on Saturday. For two days it was nothing but a whiteout. Wherever you were at that time you were stuck until as late as Monday it was that bad. People who did try to go out got stranded or stuck out in the storm which led to many deaths as the temperature with the wind chill added in made it feel as low as -25 degrees at night. Police and other emergency personnel simply could not respond to calls for those two days. I have been safe at home since Friday. I lost my internet Friday evening and did not get it back until Today. Luckily I never lost power. There were people who lost power on Friday and didn't get that back until today as well. All in all this is one Christmas I'll never forget! 🎅 🎄

Hopefully SW will get things sorted out next year, if so, I would fly them. As BeamerBikes wrote, I would pay extra to for an empty seat next to me.

I have a flight scheduled with Southwest for Tuesday, fingers crossed. It’s refundable fare…so I also booked a refundable fare on AA. I’ll see how Southwest is doing and cancel one of them.
The whole “done with…” (enter your airline here) is usually just the heat of the moment. Yes, Southwest has a lot of apologizing and catching up to do…but when you need to fly somewhere their routes go to…you’ll likely be back on them.

Sadly, Southwest is still my go-to. My closest airport is one of their major hubs. I got disillusioned with United after they devalued their miles and stratified their loyalty program. 
Meanwhile, Southwest feels honest about the process.  Everyone is equally worthless. You want to cash in miles, corresponds to real time pricing.  You want to fly standby or change plans no change fees.  No bag fees.  
Yes it's the Greyhound/Megabus of the sky.  Let's face it though most of the big airlines are the same experience if you don't have ongoing spend/status.  If you want to upgrade to Economy Premium Plus Super, it'll cost you but you will still be on the same plane as everyone else.  
About the only thing I'll say... I'd pay to have an empty seat next to me on most longer flights on Southwest, but that's the same for any other airline unless you are flying business or first(if there still a first class cabin) 
 

Here tonight for the customer appreciation party.  Good mix of customers.  Busy for Tuesday night prolly due to Holidays and $3/drink special.  Good mix of dancers from what I tell so far.  
The shoe goes in phases. I'm hopeful it's in one of the upswing.  I liken it a bit to a gay Cheers with gogo boys.  In amusement, I've invited multiple friends out who then caught other friends who vowed they were staying in.  LOL.