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I once texted years ago when he was in LA, and he wasnt particularly polite. On the other hand i remember i had made some comment on his appearance. I don't think it was derogatory in any way. I think it had to do with his description of himself. I was probably out of line or at least he took it wrong. I'm sorry about his death. Addendum-I think I told him ginger lovers like me-loved fire pubes-and he shouldn't shave down there. I was most likely out of line. But I was letting him know what a lot of us liked.

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That would be me. How dare guys be too handsome?!! There ought to be a law against it.

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We had a uniform too. A white t-shirt with some kind of school system logo on it. Our names might have been written on them with a sharpie. And we had dark blue shorts that had the first letter of our name and our complete last name embroidered on them. But I don't think the underwear was mandated. I can def see that although not for my school. I came from a middle class area. We certainly weren't rich. There were lots of people whose parents had more money at my school and probably some who had less. There might have been specific students that they were concerned about. And while they were really strict about us showering in 7th grade (although I tried to get out of it as much as possible), they were much more lax during 8th and 9th grade.

I was just wondering -were you in athletics -or did all the males in gym have to wear jocks? And that brings up a question - from my non-athletic couch potato viewpoint-unless you're wearing a swimming suit without netting is there really any other reason to take off your normal underwear to put on a jockstrap? Other thoughts about the olden days at the Y or other places where all the males swam nude 1) If other adults or coaches in the pool were already nude, then it really wouldn't make much difference if the adults showered after the workout in a community shower situation. Everyone was already in the "altogether". 2). The explanation that males went nudo because the material of their swimming suits would clog the filters -well I don't totally discount it. But I presume that women's suits were made of similar material. And they weren't swimming nude. Did female only places just allocate more money to repair their filtering machines?

Unless you were changing into a jockstrap or a swimsuit, there'd be no real reason to totally strip. As for younger guys being more modest these days, we had a thread on that awhile back regarding the locker rooms at fitness clubs.

Happy Passover 2026 to one and all!!

Something to think about. Unfortunately talking (writing) about it might have jinxed the fbud relationship. I might be totally wrong. But he seems like he might be drawing back. If he does, it's upsetting. On the other hand it's been a nice several months. So at least I've had that. As I always say, better to have fbudded and lost than to never... well y'all know how the quote goes.

Thru A Hook-Up App!!! How do I know the guy was (?is) an escort? I hired him at least twice -possibly three or 4 times-around 20 years ago. One 'meeting' was either an overnight or a weekend. On one hand, I'm vaguely miffed that he doesn't remember. On the other hand, I realize it was around 20 years ago-not too mention that I'm sure he met a lot of people back then. Plus maybe my profile called out to him because something seemed vaguely familiar. (I remember being miffed at around age 16 when eating out one day with a bunch of high school acquaintances, and the dentist I had gone to since I was 6 years old walked into the restaurant. He said hello to one of my dining companions who was the daughter of a dentist. I went home that day, and told my Mother I couldn't believe he didn't say anything to me. My Mother explained to me that people look different out of the office. Is this not so, @purplekow? So with this in mind, I'll keep charitable thoughts for the (? former/present) escort. ) One thing that does make me feel better-apparently he's into us "full-figured" guys. At least he is now. And hopefully that was true 20 years ago. Back then I was obese -but not too far away from just being classified as 'overweight'. These days I'd be classified most likely as morbidly obese. He's aged too in the intervening years. But he still looks great-if more mature. I'd really like to see him. But I doubt I will. He lives about an hour too far away from me-esp as my car is a junker. Also I can't host at all-and he said he could only host sometimes. Even if another star arose in the East, and we did manage to meet. I doubt I'd tell him about our prior relationship-at least not at first. Still even if it was only a 'drive-by' remark on a profile that momentarily caught his eye, it was a definite shot in the arm for my self-esteem. And it did bring back pleasant memories. I had always wondered what had happened to him.

It probably was some degree of a vasovagal reaction-but most likely precipitated by the low blood pressure. When I went to bed Thursday night (actually Friday morning), my SBP agent taking it in the morning and evening seemed to be hovering around 151. Now my BP isn't that consistent anyway. But my usual BP meds are Telmisartan (an angiotensin receptor blocker) and a diuretic. Because of a hip that needs surgery, I've been taking Meloxicam -an NSAID which is not that great for kidneys in general, and it may antagonize the effects of the Telmisartan. The cardiologist has me taking hydralazine ( a vasodilator) as an additional medicine. Usually I only take 10 mg -3 times a day as needed. But I've noticed if I take it at bedtime-it usually doesn't do much for my blood pressure. So Thursday night at bedtime (really Friday early morning) I took 20 mg of hydrazine. I might also have taken 4 mg of Cardura for prostate problems but which also has a mild antihypertensive effect. I can't remember if I took it as I don't always I woke up about 5 hours later to get ready for my doctor appt. At that time my SBP was still 151. So I took my regular BP meds and 10 mg hydrazine. About an hour later at the doctor's office my SBP was 132. I received the Apretude and left. I made it to the lobby and sat down for a whirl because either due to all my medical problems or deconditioning, I get out of breath very easily. While I sat down, I started feeling worse. I felt clammy and lightheaded. I had a feeling my BP was going down. The security guard at my request brought me some water. I drank a small amount but still didn't feel great. I had an urge to (pardon the TMI) defecate. I stood up. I felt lightheaded. I made it to the security guard's desk. My legs started trembling, and I collapsed to the floor. The security guard called EMS, and the events played out as I discussed above. Was this response to getting Apretude? Please explain.

I was apprehensive about how painful it might be after reading about it online. But as usual the people with the most problems are the ones who show up more frequently on the online forums. . The injection wasn't bad. I take Repatha injection every two weeks for high cholesterol. You want to talk about a painful injection. So far so good after the Apretude injection. They say it takes 7 days to achieve protective tissue levels in 95% of subjects. You can continue Descovy or Truvada until then. To be totally honest I did have a complication. But I don't think it was due to Apretude. I collapsed about 30 minutes after taking it. I became lightheaded. I stood up. I became more lightheaded, and my legs started trembling. And I fell. But I think it was a blood pressure issue unrelated to the Apretude. My BP is not consistent. Sometimes my antihypertensives don't work. My cardiologist has me taking an additional medication at that time. So I did before I went to bed. But only had about 5 hours of sleep. My BP was still on the higher side when I awoke. I took my usual medicines, and the extra medicine. EMS was called when I collapsed. My systolic BP was 100. They took me into the ambulance. They asked questions. I started feeling better. My BP went up to 116. I decided to go to the hospital to get checked out. Eight or nine hours later, I stepped out of the hospital almost as good as new. But I think all this was the cumulative effect of the extra BP medication and not the Apretude. I will however be staying in my doctor's office for 30 minutes after the next injection to make sure.

Tadalafil 10 mg and Sildenafil 50 mg used to give me headaches. So I've started taking 5 mg. I may not get rock hard. But it usually seems to work. Plus if I'm pretty sure I'm having sex the next day (I have an fbud), I'll often take 5 mg of Tadalafil before I go to bed. And then another 5 mg the next day on my way to see him. Also while the tablets aren't designed for it-I'll often chew the tablet assuming it will get into my blood stream a bit quicker. It prob doesn't make that much of a difference. But in my mind it does. And what 90% of sex is mental, right?

In my school system (assuming my memory is correct) during 7th grade 'competitive athletics' wasn't a separate period. 7th grade football was flag football, and I think the athletes were even encouraged to play on an outside the school system football league (YFL=Youth Football League) which was tackle football simultaneously while playing school system flag football. That meant that in my every other day gym class we were mixed. There were athletes as well as the totally inept like me and the thugs (the guys who smoked cigarettes on the corner across the street from the school prior to the start of the day and at lunch). Starting in 8th grade all the athletes took a 6th period PE Class (6th period being the last period of the day) during which they practiced their sport and which led into after school practice. So from 8th grade on, the ones left in regular PE were all the non athletic kids-but there were a few who were still athletic although not playing team sports for whatever reason. I don't remember ever seeing a coach shower with us in regular PE. I don't know if they ever did after practice with the athletes.

Did you mean at the same time as you and your classmates?

Often we do. But that's the point. We do know these things. It would be one thing to hire him, if he had these beliefs, but he didn't have an X account to espouse them. It's an entirely different situation where you know what he is.

I would never have hired him as on the whole I don't/didnt hire straight tops-or straight bottoms-at least not knowingly (a few might have slipped through, and there was that guy from Philadelphia that I was mightily tempted too hire but ultimately didn't). And I am doubly glad of that now that I've read his Twitter. I'll have to disagree with your point of view-and not even respectfully. That kind of filth I saw on his Twitter (X) feed doesn't need to be promoted. Hiring him and giving him money just gives him the wherewithal to spread his filth. Why would you want to support that? And yes if I knew a repairman -even the best in the city with those kind of ideas-and I had a broken refrigerator-I'd chose a less skilled repairman. It comes down to how do we want the world to be. And why would you (or at least myself) want to actively support evil. But of course you're free to do what you like because. The interesting thing is Jaxton wouldn't return the favor.

For someone who maybe isn't sure he really wants to meet people, he has very revealing pictures. I wonder if he's waiting for a really rich client, or perhaps he gets a thrill from thinking about people lusting over him and knowing they can't have him.

Rentmen is so strange. It's one thing to have two different versions of the website. It's ridiculous that they don't always have the same information. I initially went to his ad on the rent.men version. There it doesn't say anything about the account being frozen. And it allows you to message him. Whether he would get the message either because the account is frozen on the RM side or from the escort side because he's frozen his account and isn't interested in looking at messages, I can't say. But @BuzzLiteQueer as you have correctly posted. The Rentmen.eu version. does show the ad to be frozen. By the way, I no longer see @Vegas_Millennial's original post where I first heard about the ad being possibly frozen

Closed in a what way? When I went to the ad, it didn't say expired.

Outside escorts and hookups I don't really have a lot of experience. The closest I've ever had to a boyfriend experience was an intense fbud relationship that lasted close to a year. But that was 9 years ago. So now I've met a guy. I wouldn't say I'm in love. But I like him a lot. It's not just sex as I've never been a sexual dynamo. I find that I also enjoy just us sitting next to each other watching TV with his head in my lap or my arm around his shoulders. But I find conversation difficult. 1) We're both retired. So there's no work to talk about. 2). He's into sports big time. I'm not. 3). If we were young, we'd probably be talking about our classes at school. But neither of us is young or talking classes. I have to admit that it's not only with this guy that I have trouble with conversation. I'm often at a loss when I'm with family. But there I feel the reason is that my life is so different from my family. I'm the only gay one. I'm the only adult in the family who's never been married or has a significant other. I'm the only adult without children. And now I'm the only adult of my generation without grandchildren. So what do I do with my new guy friend? I don't think the physical part is enough to sustain a relationship over a longterm

You do realize that PrEP with Truvada has been available since 2012. While obviously there can always be more research, it's been 14 years now. And from what I understand (although as I don't have the facts and figures available so I'm willing to be told I'm wrong), the incidence of new HIV cases is down in the USA. As for COVID-how for the average person could masking really have been detrimental? And for the record, I've received yearly COVID and Flu vaccines without anything I can associate as a long term health detriment due to them. As to original subject of this thread, the first official case of AIDS in the USA was 1981. I was 20. It's hard to remember back that far if I absolutely knew I was gay. I probably did and didn't want to admit it to myself. I knew the thought of having sex with a woman scared me because the thought still makes me uncomfortable. But even though I had inklings I was gay-I didn't want to be. So my inadvertent strategy that I employed -although not specifically to prevent AIDS-was total abstinence. This led to me being a total virgin until the age of 41. And with my first sexual (and lessons in kissing) experience with an escort in a hotel room (I think it was the Best Western) located in Kentucky right over the Ohio River from Cincinnati. The paradox occurs to me quite frequently that if at the time I had been braver about being gay, there's a good chance I wouldn't be here to contribute to this or any other topic in the Message Center today. And that while my dislike-I'll even say hatred-of being gay saved my life in my early 20's and 30's, it royally screwed up the life that it saved. And there are still repercussions for me today from being such a chickensh*t about accepting what I am. I'm more accepting of being gay than I ever thought I would be. But I doubt I'll ever be totally at peace with it. Still it's not all bad. As I said I'm more accepting than I ever thought I'd be. My close family knows-mother/brother/brother's wife/ and my sister-and they didn't ostracize me (I didn't really think they would-but before I told them there was always a niggling doubt in my mind). And I occasionally am able to meet guys for sex-or even more occasionally an actual date. In fact I've got a buddy situation over the last two months or so. I don't know where it's going to lead. But I enjoy spending time with him. So I guess all in all I'm glad abstinence saved me.

Other than my fantasies and dreams of course.

Corey was about 6 months older than his stepdad Patrick. But I had loved Corey since his days on 30 Something. I was sorry to hear of his passing.

The initial link is too old to work for me. So I'm re-posting it so others may view this muscle g-d. https://rentmen.eu/AxelRockham/#platinum