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Just my 2 cents…in my opinion, he spoiled his good looks. (There was an earlier thread about Dustin where I mentioned I met him years ago, when he was younger and on a visit to England. Then he was in need of financial support; I’ve no idea about now)

I wonder @lurker123 if you can outline why you definitely would not repeat. Details don’t have to veer towards a review, but it would help others if you can say what was the problem with your date (eg doesn’t kiss, claims to be versatile but is top only, doesn’t like older clients)

Interesting thread. I always thought that ‘A List’ referred to an actor’s pay grade or ‘bankability’ in Hollywood, not the level of acting skill.

Or perhaps @FewBricksShy a really good, hard fuck would relax you more? And on a serious note, be glad your interaction with him cost you a mere $10. Had you spent an hour with a dud, you might have wasted $300 or so.

Yes, the NHS in England is well-supplied and has just taken delivery of an additional 100,000 vaccines. Teaching hospitals with booking online as well as walk-in clinics offer the vaccine BUT people are being prioritised eg young men who are very sexually active, those with a recent sexually transmitted infection, the immuno-suppressed etc. I hadn’t previously realised how easily Monkeypox may be transmitted without sexual contact. This is from the CDC website: Direct contact with monkeypox rash, scabs, or body fluids from a person with monkeypox. Touching objects, fabrics (clothing, bedding, or towels), and surfaces that have been used by someone with monkeypox. Contact with respiratory secretions. Worryingly, Spain’s Ministry of Health today announced the death of a second person from Monkeypox.

I fervently hope you’ll never need it 😋 But are you sure it’s “prison slang”? It might well be ‘Lunfardo’ (or ‘Lunfa’), the dialect that’s a mix of languages. I’ve heard it only once in Buenos Aires. There are some interesting and very different words in Lunfardo eg the cops = La yuta.

I don’t question your judgement @BSR but you do realise that is almost 36 hours that you’ll never get back…😉

I really enjoyed the movie (we saw it in-theatre). It’s ACTION from the very start, and there’s nothing subtle about it. The action scenes surpass those of a Bond movie, tho I suspect they didn’t spend much money on the script. Chris Evans plays the sleek, sadistic villain, much as he did in ‘Knives Out’. I too am a fan of Ryan Gosling, and he plays the hero very well. And @Njguy2 you should find time to see Ryan Gosling in an earlier action role: he was great in ‘Drive’, a crime movie of 2011.

Images still works for me, in Europe using Chrome and Safari. Have you considered @Unicorn that this is personal? Perhaps the omniscient Google has decided you spend WAY too much time searching online for handsome young men? 😎

I so agree. But I am amazed that you trust your instincts so much for a new hiring. When I used to hire, I’d meet a guy for several dates first and have at least one overnight date, before I suggested a trip together for some days. Admittedly I had some dud dates but I also had some great trips with nice guys.

No, @FewBricksShy NOT escorts. I was looking for a potential boyfriend and partner and I said so online. I was then early 60s, in good shape and I knew what I wanted. Two escorts did respond (as I mentioned earlier) but both were upfront and so I was able to decline politely. Some of the guys who responded were certainly more excited about my big fat wallet than my big fat dick. It’s why I evolved my first date/interview: morning meet for coffee or late afternoon meet for drinks, followed by lots of conversation. If that all is fine, I suggest we go to bed together. And if that is good too, then I offer lunch or dinner. And before parting, I set up the second date. It’s an approach that worked for me and it’s how I met my partner.

I have one. Like @spider and @OCClient, I thought it would be interesting as part of my retirement planning. I feel that whether it makes sense for you @TooSchoolForCool depends on various factors - your age, prevailing interest rates, your income tax liability and your overall investment portfolio. I took mine out years ago (when I was 40 with some payments starting at 50 and more at 60). Then interest rates were high. It was structured so that part came back to me tax-free after 10 years. Also I was able to select the funds in which it was invested (I chose 100% equities). The current payments are taxable. I chose a well regarded provider that has since been acquired and split up by two large insurance companies. It’s been a wonderful investment for me. The tax-free payment was 230% of what I’d paid in years before, and the taxable amounts equate to a gross annual yield of 55% (of course, this is much less after tax is levied at my top marginal rate). The only ‘drawback’ is that the payments are fixed and so decline in real terms over the years. My overall approach is to be a contrarian investor. I like to buy assets that are out of favour. These annuities were not popular when I bought mine, and I’ve lived long enough to benefit.

The full BFE is important to me @FewBricksShy so there is a full investigation before I proceed. After all, you wouldn’t employ someone in your house unless you’d checked them out fully. I like to relate to a man emotionally, intellectually and physically. On a first meeting, I like to discuss a lot of matters before we proceed to the full physical inspection. Once we are both naked, I assure myself that he and are totally compatible and that he’s able to perform well and meet my desires. Finally, assuming we have interacted very satisfactorily, I take him out to lunch or dinner to assess his social skills. Alas @FewBricksShy you can’t rely on everyone to be honest in their answers to a questionnaire. I find there’s no alternative to a long interview/date…but with the right man, it can be most enjoyable. I feel my approach to finding a suitable mate would meet with the full approval of Edith Wharton. 😇

When I was looking online (8-9 years ago, before I found my much younger partner) I was surprised at the number of quality guys who contacted me. (Two were escorts looking for a committed, money-led relationship and I respectfully declined). I interviewed/dated some 8-10 guys that I found interesting and desirable before I found my partner. So @FewBricksShy for me, 8-10 was “plenty”. After all, I only wanted 1 man. I have possible answer to this @caliguy: if you’re handsome with a nice, fit body…30; if you’re not goodlooking and fit, you better have charm and be younger than 25😎

A genuine question @Merboy (and I’m not making a political point) - I wonder if you’re concerned at all that gun ownership is higher in the Southern states?

I don’t know where you’re based @Yoyotonodo nor do I know your cultural background. Tipping is a vexed issue on this forum. In the US, tipping is common while in Europe and Australasia, it varies considerably from country to country. In Japan, tipping would be seen as demeaning to the provider. In the US, I was brought up to tip for personal services but NEVER to tip the business owner. It was generally held that the business owner set the price and therefore there was no need to tip (rather as in Japan). The staff working for a business owner would appreciate a tip (or gratuity) and that money went to them to supplement low wages.

I can beat that @BtmBearDad. I was only 31 when a mutual friend confided that a hot young man (22/23) was in lust for me: “he thinks you’re the perfect older man”

That’s the problem of old photos circulating on the internet. He’s 34 now and he was 23-24 and working as a personal trainer when I had a date with him.

In all seriousness, if you have a few minutes to spare, look at Paul Rudnick on Twitter as @PaulRudnickNY - his musings and observations are delightful.

I enjoyed Paul Rudnick’s comment on this

I suspect he’s very good - you mean “between the sheets”, right @Boink?

I see that just over a week ago they began filming Season 2 of TSITP. Here’s hoping that Jeremiah gets to explore gay sexuality even more in the upcoming season.

In general, I’m all in favour of being direct. I also believe in the excellent aphorism “de mortuis nil nisi bonum”. I once murmured this to an elderly female neighbour on the UES. (She had mentioned a very difficult neighbour of us both shortly after his death). In response to me, she said ‘Well, I’m certainly glad he died young!”

I’m glad you had a great time @Daniel_D Just a small point but perhaps you can add some info to your above post. It’s helpful to include a link to where you found these men, or at least to state their location, as others may be very interested in dating the guys you mentioned.

OMG. Where is the emoji for “shudders in horror”? IF the young Dean Cain had been a ‘method actor’ AND we’d met around the time he was making “Lonely Hearts Club”, I’d happily have shown him the joys of having another man explore his bubble-butt and give incomparable pleasure to his cock and balls.