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How very upsetting. A top who can't perform and doesn't bottom. Aside from him being incredibly handsome, muscular, endowed, and involved in kink, we could be talking about me. Gman

Think he'd be ok as a bottom? Gman

Think he'd be ok as a bottom? Gman

For some reason there's a mistake in this puzzle. "OHM" is spelled backwards. And as far as I can see, there's no warning/mention that it will be backwards in the clues. Gman

That's interesting. How long have you lived in NYC, and did you move from a very small place? I mean I agree once upon a time they may not have been that well-known. I can remember in third grade (1969-1970) a mention was made of them in our Social Studies Book. My teacher, bless her heart, was from the area. I don't know how much travel experience she had. But bagels were probably not a common item in a smaller (but not small) Texas city with a population of about 150,000 (49 years later the population is a little over 250,000). She pronounced them as if the a-sound were like the "a" in apples. Of course being in the know, I had to raise my hand and share my knowledge with the class that the a-sound was long like the "a" in bake. There were probably about 6 of us who were Jewish in my elementary school. There was one other child-a girl-in my grade. But I can't remember if she was in my class or the other third grade class. But she never drew attention to herself about being Jewish at that age as far as I can remember. So I was the only one who would've corrected the teacher. Of course T (my fellow Jew) ended up marrying into a very Orthodox family and has probably been much more observant over the majority of her life than I have been. Gman

I won't even drink my own. Gman

Did you by any chance "borrow" that idea from Robert Heinlein's "Time Enough For Love"? ? Gman

What's a County Commissary Account?? Gman

It was reported as fact either here or wherever I read it. I'm glad @MikeBiDude had a good time with him and didn't encounter any problems. Gman

I'm pretty sure I read that on here. Gman

He's expired. ? Gman

You were lucky. He's had reports of being violent. Gman

Last night when I looked at his ad, his home was SF. Today it's Palm Springs. Gman

The lips on the body shots, while it's difficult to tell, look different to me from the lips on the fuzzy pictures. Gman

The ad is still there if you click on the link. Gman

Well I answered my own question. I found two old reviews. Back when I wanted to hire him there only would have been one. I wonder why he changed his name and ad. https://www.daddysreviews.com/search/All/Riley/riley_dallas Gman

https://rent.men/TravisDurden/#platinum Didn't he used to go by Riley? He either used to come to Dallas frequently, or possibly he lived here about 10 years ago. Back then when I was hiring, I was very intrigued. But his ad, like now was very terse. I was never sure if he was real or a scam, and I'd real, how interactive he'd be. Gman

If I were hiring-and he's in Dallas either now or soon-theoretically I'd be interested. He's handsome, and he looks even more muscular than he did years ago when he started advertising. If his pictures are current, he looks pretty massive in some of them. And I love muscle. But I think he's too primped for me. I'm not into the model types. I almost had that problem when I hired Tory Mason years ago. I remember him gelling his hair and saying something about having to look pretty before going out-or maybe he said he couldn't go out with someone prettier than him. But in Tory's case he had boy next store type looks not Amir's model type looks. Gman

What's KenKen? Gman

I always avoided the NYT Crossword Puzzles. But I bought a year's subscription for my iPhone. I've only done the Monday puzzles as I'm told they are the easiest. And I'll admit I don't always get the entire thing. But I'm doing much better than I expected. I just solved the Monday 11/05/2018 New York Times Daily Crossword in 19:09 without using any hints. Gman

As it turns out, the decision is partially taken out of my hands. I've been brewing a cold since Tuesday. I've got a mild scratchy throat, mild cough, and runny nose. I don't have a fever. Among the 30 to 40 people present are going to be two pregnant women. I could still go and avoid breathing on people-especially my niece and my 1st cousin-once removed-in-law who are the two pregnant ones. But it's a ready made excuse, and I'll take it. The hosting cousin could even tell I was congested over the phone. If I'm not worse, I'm going to try to make the second Seder at my Mom's retirement community on Saturday. Gman

I'd say you were being perfectly reasonable. Gman

I barely have enough money to buy gas in Dallas. A trip to Israel might as well be a space flight to the moon. To bad they didn't have Birthright Tours when I was young. Gman

I may have given a wrong impression. I don't anticipate any change in the way my family views me. This not wanting to go is ALL ME!! I used to love family get togethers when I was younger. But now, seeing everyone being married, knowing I'm never going to be married, never be a father (although I would have been a lousy one), never be a grandfather... And with all those in my generation involved with their spouses, their children, or grandchildren, and the generation after me concerned with their spouses and children, and the children either being concerned with each other, their parents, or grandparents-I'm alone-albeit alone while still being in the bosom of my family. And then there's my downward mobility to consider. The situation causes me to be sick at my stomach. The only saving grace is that it doesn't happen as much as it used to. Because of the aloneness I feel- the feeling of not fitting in- in the middle of my family plus my feelings of failure (but to be honest my feelings of aloneness 1st occurred even before my loss of career), these days I find family gatherings for the most part depressing. I'm glad everyone there has their special someones. But not having one of my own/or my own family unit kills me. And the feelings have intensified over time as the likelihood of me ever having those things grows less and less. Gman

I don't really hire anymore. But several months ago I came into a one time windfall and thought of hiring Chad. We had a very nice discussion. I asked him if anyone had ever told him he looked like Ben Affleck. He LOL'ed and said people told him that all the time. We seemed to be having a nice exchange. I then asked if he was ok with overweight clients, and he blocked me without any reply. I was pretty surprised as the conversation had been going quite well up to that point. But as @azdr0710 always says, "Your mileage may vary." Gman