bostonman

Guys - I'm sure you're both pretty. Let's not have any ladybugs...;-)

Though, I always feel I have to qualify when someone invites me "out for a beer" - because I don't like beer, though I'll drink most other alcohol.

But that was happening anyway, as sites such as RM don't allow amounts to be shown anymore.

Oh, this is all so robust.

Good point, droog...

Except that's also common in other languages. Spanish ("de nada") and French ("de rien") translate to "it's nothing" which is similar to "no problem." In German it can be "nichts zu danken" which literally means "nothing to thank me for" (though it's much more common to hear "bitte" - "please"). I have to admit I'm guilty of "no prob" - which Greg may consider even worse than "no problem" lol.

A few days ago, I think it was Morgan Chesky I saw in a shirt that outlined what seemed like a very nice physique - hadn't noticed that before. Yum. I watch MSNBC a lot, and would also add their reporters Garrett Haake, Cal Perry, Vaughn Hillyard, and Keir Simmons.

Anyone have any info on this guy? Thanks in advance. https://rentmen.eu/Verseteen

This immediately makes me wonder if "The Unknown Comic" (made famous on "The Gong Show") was more prescient than he realized?

As with everything else Covid-19 related, we're discovering things as we go. It would be phenomenal if the virus itself is weakening, but until we have some evidence of that, it's best to assume it's not. On the other hand, we also have to start thinking about the very strong possibility that we will be living with this virus for a long time to come. In which case, we have to be willing to make some sort of peace with it - that is, we need to find ways to live our lives as we need to, knowing that we may not be living as safely as we are used to. We will have to live with the risk around us. The majority of us can't stay under "modified house arrest" forever, and though wearing masks and "social distancing" are still going to be important, we're going to get to the point where we're more willing to take the risks of going without - that's human nature. We will just have to be more conscious of other's needs as we try to carry on. (Unless, of course, people start getting sick again at very high rates, and then we may wind up with another shutdown. I'm hoping that won't happen. But I know it may.)

Nope - no metaphor here.

Got it, lol. I would agree - I think the "gross factor" and the taboo nature of it is actually part of the turn on.

You shouldn't have let him do it if you didn't like it. Me, on the other hand...I would have loved that.

There have been reports that the virus has been found in semen (as well as feces) but I don't know if they've discovered if (or how much) the virus is transmissible that way yet or not. As long as we're on droplets/kissing/etc, I'm not all that kinky, but let's just say that I've had great times being with guys that like to spit, lol. But I guess that's not something I'm going to be able to get into for a while now...so be it...

You make a good point. I guess because in one sense, the more overt an activity is (in this case, directly and palpably exchanging saliva through kissing) the worse it seems in terms of transmission. Even though yes, just being close can be risky. I suppose that aside from masturbating together sitting 6 feet apart, anything would be a risk. I think we all have to decide for ourselves (and anyone we choose to be with) what risks we're willing to take. No one is saying these decisions are easy. This is also why I haven't committed to meeting up with anyone quite yet - I'm still weighing the options in terms of how much risk I feel is "acceptable," and haven't really decided what makes sense yet.

I'm fairly resigned to the idea of no kissing for the near future, and not nearly as much body contact as I would want, etc. I have some specific body part fetish activities I'm assuming will be safe, and I'm thinking oral can be safe (if he's ok that I'm not masked during that, obviously, but hopefully he'd be willing to have a mask on) - but as of yet I haven't decided to commit to hiring anyone, and it might be some time yet. I have an eye on someone currently on RM, but...I don't want to contact him until I'm really ready to say yes. It's tough. (I'm also still debating if hiring is the best way to go, as I'm doing ok financially right now but don't want to overdo it...)

Interesting. Collin has been discussed out here before, and it wasn’t pretty. I was also harassed by Collin at one point for no good reason. This is not surprising.

True. Such a decision is just not that stimple...um, simple.

Do you think its wise to put his email address here? I think not.

I think I may have mentioned this earlier - but over the last few years, just as something a little different, I've found it fun to invite guys over to watch them masturbate. (I don't think I'd hire for this, but I've done it a number of times with regular hookup situations.) I did it first just as a lark, and then found it was actually really erotic to sit across the room and watch. I could certainly see being able to do that occasionally - my only misgiving so far is not having been sure about inviting guys into my apartment. But when restrictions loosen a bit (because at some point soon they will have to), I think I may try this. No need for contact between us, and yet at least some way to have some erotic fun. Would I want more than just that? Of course. But for the near future, it could at least be something...

Getting a vaccine will be a very good thing - but I also predict it will be pandemonium. EVERYONE will rush to get it, not only for health reasons, but to have a tangible way to assure celebrating the end of the pandemic. I tend to feel a lot of people don't take annual flu shots seriously - but this will be a shot everyone is going to be fighting over to get.

I heard a news item this morning that testing in South Korea is showing that very possibly one cannot get infected a 2nd time. This based on tests that were showing "false positives" in recovered patients - seems the test was responding to dead virus the same as it would to live virus. So maybe there's hope...

Obviously everyone, experts included, are on a huge learning curve with this virus. But, I do have to imagine that there is some sense of immunity built up - the questions are how much and for how long. Meanwhile, it's so disconcerting that we're now living in a world where we all need to have doubts about being able to be physically close with anyone, sexually or otherwise. It's particularly hard for "theatre people" like myself, who usually think nothing of being (appropriately) affectionate and "huggy" with colleagues, etc. And as we slowly get out of quarantine mode, I think it's going to be hard for most of us to always feel like "we're close friends, but I can't really be close to you - it's not you, it's the virus" - even though we're all experiencing that. What a weird, sad world we're in right now. Even as much as we're trying to make the best of it - it's hard to get away from the fact that this has all changed so damn quickly. And fuck yes - I miss sex. Or moreso, the intimacy and affection and closeness, whether it's a transactional thing or not. I sense that like many of us, I'm eventually going to have to make the choice to find some sort of compromise where I allow myself SOME sort of interaction, whether it's safe from the virus or not. (Because I understand that the virus doesn't compromise, of course, and right now no one is safe.) But I'm not going there yet.

As noted, it got off to a very rough start - but once it got going, it was fabulous. All of it.

Thank you. Sincerely, I hope so too.