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No, Mike. It says 'Unwatch' but I still don't usually receive alerts when there is a new post in that thread. Gman

I am obviously not for trafficking. I wonder if there are any providers on Rentmen being forced to provide. But we'll never know. Something interesting-my Mom-actually said years ago when I was in high school or college- she said she wasn't sure prostitution should be illegal. I said something about this recently in response to a massage parlor raid on local TV. And this was still her opinion. I wonder if she might feel differently if she found out I had partaken. Gman

When I post a thread or answer a thread, the setting to alert me (the bell icon in the Message Center) shows me a thread I've originated has been responded to, someone has replied to a post I've made on someone else's thread, someone has replied to me, someone has invoked my screen name in a thread, or something similar. However in the 'Friday Funnies' thread I often don't get notified of new posts. Anyone else experience this? Gman

Saw it on Facebook Gman

I'm sorry to hear this about Devin. I never met him. But I was definitely interested when I was still hiring. I just found a text conversation I had with him back in 2013 (I almost never delete texts). I had just moved back to Tacoma (A the time I thought it was only going to be for a month. My 'one month tour' turned out to last for 5 years. I might as well have taken an excursion on the USS Minnow.). But I thought I was going to be moving to Austin about a month after that. He had been advertising in Austin around that time but had recently changed his ad to LA. I texted him to find out if it was a visit or whether he had actually moved. He told me he had moved but was intending to visit Austin often. Even once he found out I wasn't interested in him right then, he was very polite. And he didn't end the conversation abruptly. He was very polite. He even thanked me for some compliments I gave him. Gman

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I too wish you all the luck in the world. We'll be looking for your posts once you are recovered. Gman

Those are excellent thoughts. But again-there's the insurance question. And unfortunately I am 25 miles from the LGBT Center. It makes it very difficult to get to. On top of that (what I laughingly call) work constrains my time. I looked a few months back for some kind of group at the LGBT Center at the suggestion-more of a challenge from the last therapist. Of their groups that pertain to me, there's no way I could make the meetings. Maybe it's better I don't get a new therapist. They never seem to help. And I usually end up feeling worse than I did before I met them. But hope springs eternal that maybe I'll click better with the next one. Gman

It never really seems to do much for me. But every once in a while I get the urge. My last attempt was about three months ago. We only had two meetings, and they didn't go that well-or rather the first one went ok. But the second one -it didn't seem we were a good match. He asked me at the second meeting whether I was going to make a third. I might have been wrong. But I had the feeling he didn't think it would be useful. At that time I had prescheduled a third meeting for a few weeks ahead. But as I thought more and more about it, I decided we weren't a good match. And I canceled it. Basically I felt that he 'tough loved' me out the door because I felt as if his question to me on whether I was scheduling a third meeting was a challenge. So right now I'd prefer to see someone on my insurance. The problems with that are there aren't that many who are listed when looking up LGBT Issues. And I want a gay male counselor. But I can't tell if any of them are gay or not. I was fairly sure the guy I saw three months ago was gay. But he is the only one I was fairly sure about. And even if I went to someone off the insurance -which I might not be able to afford-I'm still having trouble telling if someone is gay. For some reason in Seattle the gay therapists seemed a lot more obvious. On the other hand, I've considered going to a non-gay therapist-often gay therapists seem so happy about being gay-that it's a big disconnect from me-but in the end even with that I've decided I would prefer a gay therapist. An old acquaintance of mine said he always picks female therapists-but I don't know. I would just prefer a male therapist. Gman

When I first got on Scruff years ago, I received a text from a handsome guy. He said he was military. And we couldn't exchange phone numbers because he was on base or in a sensitive position. He blocked me after a bit. Someone I found a community newsletter with his picture in it. He was coaching a children's martial arts class as I recall. But it wasn't until years later that I realized that the guy contacting me was probably not the guy In the picture. Now it happens so often on Growlr, Grindr, and A4A that I can tell almost immediately that the guy is a fake. Gman

I'm trying to remember if his ad used to say 'Top' where now it says 'Ask Me'. But I could be mistaken. Gman

https://rent.men/StopItHurts Gman

It was pretty clear to me. Gman

IMHO a cute tush is one thing. Gaping Ani and Protruding Recta are entirely different!!?? Gman

He says he danced at the Unicorn in Indianapolis. I don't remember him. But considering it closed around 5 years ago, and the last time I went was probably 8 years ago, I don't remember him. But GOSH I loved that place. I actually (blush) to admit it. But I jacked off at least one dancer (Kyler)-possibly more than one- in the corner of the place. Thank gosh it was a dark hole-in-the-wall kind of place. Gman

@ReidReid, I don't know if you know or not, but you can put a link to your ad in a signature, so that it appears whenever you make a comment. Gman

If you put his name in Google for a search, it pops up with an age of 33. Gman

I found a photo of him from 2015. He was retired at this point and living in Dallas. I was visiting Dallas at that point. I wish I had known. I would have gone to the Tin Room to see him. Gman

He's blocked me for some reason. And I don't even remember communicating with him. I'd say that warrants caution. Gman

So he sent a picture of a flaccid tallywacker? Gman

I used to report them. But I wouldn't block them to see what action Grindr took. Weeks later the message would still be showing. I'm assuming Grindr did not delete their account. This may be a change since the Chinese bought Grindr. It seems to me in the past before the Chinese owners, these fake accounts were deleted. But now I block without reporting. Oh and I don't know if it's just on Grindr Extra. But my texts show a read receipt when they've been read. The bot chats don't ever show my text being read. Now the military guy in Afghanistan does read the texts as he has to reply back. Gman

Or the Chipettes Gman

I'll admit I prefer the previous preppy look. But the current look still rates a high 90's mark (out of a possible 100). If I were hiring the things I would worry about #1 if he's gay4pay #2. I saw an audition video. I'm sure it must have been staged. But he was so smart-alecky/cocky. I mean who wouldn't be looking like that. But still I'm not sure how it would translate to an overnight or weekend boyfriend experience. The closest experience I would have with an escort of his physical type was Trey Rexx, and that was not a lot of fun due to his sense of entitlement due at least partially, I'm sure, to people falling over backwards for him since he was so handsome. Gman

I wish I had looked that good at 38. He makes me wish I were still hiring. WOOF!!!!! Gman

I don't want to sound sarcastic. But maybe you could practice giving an injection to something like a banana. Hold it in place next to your penis (too serious a subject to call it a tallywacker). Give an injection with an empty syringe but with a needle on. That way you can get the motions you need to take memorized-muscle memory. Also if you know where on your penis you want to inject, draw a small circle in ink beforehand. Then alcohol the area. Some of the ink will probably come off with the alcohol. But there should still be enough left to see. Then inject inside that circle. When I was taking testosterone 8 years ago, I was out of town when the doctor wrote the prescription. Since I couldn't go to his office for the demonstration, I watched YouTube Videos to learn how to inject it. (Funny thing-most of the videos I saw were by transmen who gave themselves routine testosterone injections). I just checked. There are some YouTube videos on Trimix/Penile Injection. Gman