Vegas_Millennial

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He might be asking about this guy: ... Or about that girl:

No response to this real-life situation? Yes, there was a response, to which members agreed:

That much is obvious. Helpful hints: punctuation and capitalization are your friends. Using them will make you appear less naive and therefore less likely to be taken advantage of in the future. Similarly, avoid hiring a man who does not use punctuation or capitalization in his communication with you. It shows he is either inexperienced at best or a flake at worst.

Someone did try a male version of Hooters called Tallywhackers in Dallas, but it didn’t work out. Apparently the concept was a hit but the food wasn’t: Tallywackers, the male Hooters, abruptly shutters in Dallas Females in general don't tip as much as men do for attractive servers. Hence the plethora of options for strip clubs catering to straight men, but much fewer options catering to straight women. You'll need a lot of gay male patrons to pay and tip for what the straight females won't.

In 2024 I paid 300 Canadian in Toronto.

Yes, I have several times. In Las Vegas, with Jason mentioned above but also with others. I participated in several naked yoga sessions at CMEN camping events. More information on CMEN (Community of Men Enjoying Naturism) can be found at: www.cmen.org That's why I go to a yoga session: For the yoga. If I wanted a sex party I could just go to a bathhouse or turn on Grindr. As nudists or naturists should know, being nude is about being comfortable in one's own skin and not making every interaction about sexual arousal.

Time Management... And the Option to hire people to help with basic activities. My parents rarely hired anyone for routine maintenance around the house; they did everything themselves. But I came to realize that I could perform better if I hired people to perform my basic routine tasks at less than half the price of my time: Weekly housekeeper, monthly landscaper, monthly pest control, etc. They get the job done faster and better than I could do it myself, and it frees up my time to work overtime or to relax.

Ahh...I thought the American Dream was that one wasn't beholdant to the class of one's parents, not necessarily that one must do better. In the last 30 years, the middle class has shrunk because most of us have moved to to Upper Class, not down to Lower Class. Lower Class size has stayed the same, but the size of the Upper Class has grown. If one MUST move up from Upper Class to the top 1%, then I see your point that it is nearly impossible. But if my understanding of the Dream that a child of the Upper Class still has a chance to end up in Lower, Middle, or Upper Class, then that is still alive. Even if it means that some children of the Upper Class will move down, and some children of the Lower or Middle Class will move to the Upper Class in their life.

Supporting my point that the American Dream has changed. Most of my friends are happy to be the first member of their family to graduate from any college.... But there are those out there who's New Dream is graduating from Ivy League as a necessity. The Old American Dream is still achievable. But more and more people dreaming want a higher, more expensive Dream.

And yet Detroit was the model of the American Dream post World War II, supporting my point that the Old Dream is still obtainable. But people don't want the Old Dream. They want the New Dream of bigger homes, more vacations, more amenities, but are not willing to live or work in a location that allows them to live comfortably and without debt. Fortunately, both Dreams are alive and well. The Old Dream is available if one chooses to live in an affordable area and manages his expectations and invest to retire one day. The New Dream is available if one wants to live where it's expensive and obtain immediate gratification when he's young, goes into debt, and is willing and able to work until he dies.

You can't compare median home price to median income over decades... It's apples to oranges. Because today's median homes are larger, with garages, central air conditioning, granite counter tops, wired for Internet, etc. But no one wants to live in the homes of last generations unless they are upgraded with modern conveniences... Which costs money. The Dream is getting more expensive because the Dream is changing. Dreamers today aren't happy with a 3 bedroom/1 bath house in the suburbs with Formica, linoleum, wall to wall carpeting, and a carport for a single car. Dreamers now want multiple bathrooms with rainfall showers, open kitchens with granite countertops, garages for their multiple cars, and close to urban amenities. If the new Dream seams harder to obtain, its partly because the people doing the dreaming are not satisfied with the material objects of the old Dream.

Well said

Allow me to introduce myself, and my friends my age, who graduated State college and paid as we went with hourly internships and waiting tables. I only wish I had been lucky enough to know about escorting in my 20s as a way to make money then as well! Congratulations 🎉 on having achieved your American Dream! I thought that was the American Dream... You had to be hard working I certainly have the attitude of being lucky to be able to study hard and get into a State college, and lucky that I had great mentors in my teens and 20s. A pessimist or SJW might find a few unlucky things about me: broken home, minority racial background, minority sexual orientation, uneducated parents, religious minority, unconventional height/weight, etc. But call me Pollyanna or just an optimist, but I am very lucky my grandparents immigrated to America. Each generation of my family has achieved the American Dream ... But it has always been a different Dream for each of us. My grandparents left socialism to come to America. That was enough for them. They didn't have high school education, own more than one car, or live in a fancy house. (One might call their house a "shack" by today's standards) But they were happy they achieved the Dream. The American Dream doesn't have to mean middle class or upper class income. Many are grateful to raise happy families in the Lower class and have the personal Liberty to be able to do it on their own, homeschool, and achieve the Dream that looks different than those of us who hire Men regularly.