DrownedBoy

This may sound weird, but I tend to be nice to my regulars about this. I've actually told them, if they have a chance for big money, like an overnight, to give it priority. However, this is only because I insist on having a professional, business-only relationship with providers, with the solid understanding that nothing passes between us except money and services.

What reality do you live in? Guess what. If I go to a store, and they act like they don't want my business, I walk out. I work hard for my money, and worked even harder to get where I am...far too hard to be shamed by some quasi-Marxist spouting bad analogies.

If I'm paying a provider 2 or 3 times what I'd pay a therapist with a Ph.D., they damn well better have a good attitude. Sounds like some providers want to have their cake and eat it too. That's fine. Don't expect me to fund it.

I blocked him after trying to set something up. He has a really bad attitude, with his "I have a real job so I don't need to do this" vibe. He wanted a picture or a full description, including my ethnicity. I balked at that, asking him why my race was important. He replied I was free to hire someone else, so I took him at his suggestion.

I was just wondering - from both provider and client perspectives - if the latest Covid surge, from Omicron, is slowing down business. I stopped hiring when Omicron broke out, and considering how contagious it is, it seems like a good idea.

"I spent my youth years in harsh Russia, surviving in the cold and tempering my character as a man. And in the end, when people came to the Western world, they saw the embodiment of God in me, the ideal of the human form, people began to fall on their knees at my feet just begging for the opportunity to touch perfection." Tell me about it. Although the grammar and flow could be better (indicates an ESL).

Yup. I'm sure escorts don't need more text clutter, so I just sent my favorite regular a small gift. Seemed like a good idea since I'm not hiring during the Omicron surge.

Ha! I hired a white provider who did just this.

Someday I'll visit. I was an anime freak when younger and have fond memories of shows with host clubs.

Visitors, at least in Chicago, tend to be a lot more expensive, both in rates and their demand to get an Uber. I prefer establishing a "regular" relationship with providers, and with my schedule, that's really difficult with visitors, especially if they're only in a week or so.

Don't forget the sob stories.

What a shame, and I almost tried to hire in Chicago, but turned him down because he got arrogant with me.

If you search the threads, you'll see the last experience I had when I tried to hire him again. He got all aggro like he was on drugs, so I blocked him. Feel sorry for Gio. I tried to hire him, but he turned me down and tried to get me to hire Alex. I flatly refused and told him why. He kept insisting Alex was a nice guy. He deserves better.

I would have hired him in Chicago, except that he makes clear in the ad that he won't kiss.

I like living alone, and could never trust a provider enough to let them live with me. That being said, I've heard of a lot of men in gay neighborhoods (e.g. Boystown) often have an extra room, often for homeless or financially insecure guys, where it's simply a free room for sex exchange. When I was (much) younger, several of my friends were propositioned for such by both single gay men and couples. Personally, I think that's a great way to wake up with a knife between your ribs. However, is that still commonplace? I've read recent accounts from homeless guys about that, little of it positive.

Ha ha! No.

Efficient markets only work if clients actually use their head when making hiring decisions. Unfortunately, most just use their little head.

I try to be philosophic about it, but it does piss me off. I don't have a job that gives me an abundance of leisure time, and a no show usually means no hiring for another week or two. A no show is permanently blocked in my book, and liable to get a notice in this forum.

I have never once asked or expected a provider to get off, or even get hard for that matter. It's one advantage of only hiring for fetishes and role playing. However, when a provider asks for too much info to check for "compatibility," I cut them off. As others pointed out, I don't need to spend time with some entitled brat. There's hundreds more.

I prefer well-written stories. That blog writer needs to learn conciseness, and I won't even go into forum writing.

Strongly disagree. Just because I turn down a provider doesn't mean I don't hope they find someone who's willing to pay their price. Hence the "good luck." I'd rather have more active providers than fewer. And I may change my mind later. One time, after I turned down a guy asking for 350, he made a remark that he doesn't negotiate. I just replied that he's an independent businessman and it's his prerogative to set his prices. He respected me for saying that.

This is the kind of story I'd buy a magazine to read 😄. True confessions ....

Exact same situation near Chicago. You would think two downtown riots and a 200% increase in Loop crime would send a message.

As a former Disney employee, he's probably already had Prince Charming, John Smith, The Beast, Flynn, Tarzan, Jack Sparrow, and Prince Erik.

Yes, the quality of the merchandise has declined. This fall, I hired two guys I wanted to try out, but both of their photos were pre pandemic and showed muscle they lost during the interim. Luckily, my libido cooled down during the interim as well. I was thinking of visiting a market this weekend, then decided I'd rather read by the fireplace. Maybe getting old has its advantages.