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He lists 'boyfriend experience.' But I pity his as he doesn't list kissing.

I'm glad you liked him. It's nice to find guys we click with. I actually prefer a bit more muscular and guy-next-door looking. Plus the not really into kissing would almost definitely rule him out for me.

I love musicals. But there's a caveat. Usually I only like the more traditional stuff for -so I guess I fall into the 'blue-haired lady' demographic even though I'm bald -and male. But I'll have to admit that JC Superstar is not my favorite although I do like some of the songs. I used to have several CD versions of Joseph. I'm also not that fond of Hair or Godspell although I do like some of the songs. I've never been that fond of Caberet. The first NY professional show I saw was The Fantastiks when I was about 16. I was at camp in NY State for 6 weeks, we went into the city for one day. I had actually seen a local production a few months earlier and liked that one better. I saw some touring companies over the years after that-but I was 28 before I got to the theater 'Mecca' London. I was there for 4 weeks. And I saw Les Miserables--and LOVED it. I do like Phantom-although I like Les Miserables more -but spoiler alert-the first time I saw it-at the beginning when Raoul is so distraught-I thought that he had lost Christine years before. And was reminiscing about that. Then at the end I find he's the one whom she chose-it messed up my understanding. To really figure out what was going on, I had to read a synopsis online. And I saw Pippin when the new production just came out. I didn't see the Leading Player who ended up winning the Tony. The day I saw it was possibly the day after they had finished the cast album and possibly the announcement for the TONYS had come out. She apparently had been doing interviews and needed vocal rest. Her understudy was great though. And yes, I love Wicked although I don't think it's a perfect show. It seems to me Madam Morrible and the Wizard become evil without a lot of transition. One of the most perfect musicals still -even though it's old-- is Guys and Dolls. I also ought to add that four of the first movies I remember seeing as a child are musicals. The first two are Mary Poppins and Bambi. The next two are Hard Days Night and Sound of Music. I remember liking them all.

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He's currently in Plano, Texas. And assuming @azdr0710's posting is correct -which I do-he is using at least one of Diego San's photos.

I'm going to date myself here. But when people talk about this, it always makes me think of that scene in the movie "Porky's" where the guys have hired a stripper and think they are going to get laid. Pee Wee starts enumerating what order the guys are going to go in "Hey, wait. I got sloppy seconds, you got ticklish thirds, you got filthy fourths, you got fall-in fifths, you're slippery sixth..."

Any idea when it's from?

If he's really charging $1000 for a two hour meeting, then I'd probably want as much assurance that it was going to be a nice time as I could possibly get. Using that as my determining factor, I just don't think this guy would pass the sniff test. Yes the majority of people have said he's a good guy. But there's just enough mediocre statements to make me hesitate. On the other hand if $1000 is just a spit in the ocean for you, then I'd say go ahead.

I used to love Boston Market back in the late 1990's and early to mid 2000's. Then I moved to an area that didn't have them and lived there around 8 years. When I moved back to Texas 7 years ago, I would occasionally go there. But there weren't usually any extremely close to me, so I'd have to make an effort. As a disclaimer I am not a business person and have no knowledge of their corporate practices. But one thing I've thought about-back when Boston Market started in the mid 1980's, I don't think it was that common for grocery stores to sell cooked roasted chicken. Maybe some did-and I'm assuming Costco did. But nowadays you can pick up an entire roasted chicken at Walmart for $4.99. And it's not that bad. They aren't as good as the ones you could get at Boston Market. But they are close. And you can pick up whatever fixins you want as a side dish at Walmart too. So I'm thinking there's just no way Boston Market could compete with grocery store prices. I will miss their meatloaf though.

Back to chicken cacciatore-I love it. I frequently order it when go to Italian restaurants. I've even made it a few times. About four years ago I tried making it starting around 1 AM in the morning. That was a mistake. I was browning the chicken breasts, and the rising smoke set off the fire alarm. I couldn't continue because other people in the house were trying to sleep. I ended up throwing the chicken breasts away. Last time I made it -about two years ago-I used an Instant Pot. I made it for my Mom and myself. It turned out pretty good, but my Mom doesn't like bell peppers. So I had to leave them out.

My take as one who formerly hired (and was never handsome or in shape and is even worse now) is that @Joshiehas done everyone a big favor. If you're handsome and you know it clap-oh wait that's a song -the older I get the more my attention span wanders. As I was saying before I so rudely interrupted myself, if you're handsome and in shape, Freddie is apparently the cat's pajamas not to mention the bee's knees. If you aren't, then you've been warned. You could always see if you're the exception that proves the rule. Maybe you might be. But as for me-if I were still hiring, I'd want more of a sure thing. The monetary costs of this hobby these days from what I read on here has increased exponentially compared to the general cost of living. It might have been one thing to try for an iffy experience-at say $250 for a two hour meet, back when I first started hiring in 2002, it's an entirely different circumstance when a two hour visit these days might cost upwards of $400. One other thing though. What I said above was all about the client end of things. My thoughts on Freddie as an escort is that he is less than honest. In this case if the reports from some of the members in this thread are true, Freddie lies by omission. He doesn't state in his ad that he can really only perform if the client is in shape and good-looking. Sure if he did say that in his ad, he wouldn't make as much money. But it would be more honest. I can remember being turned down in the lead up to a meeting by several guys when I described myself. I remember one escort told me he had been overweight as a child and had problems with overweight clients. Being told that was upsetting and depressing when it was someone I had really wanted to meet. But in the long run I'm glad they told me as it would save me from being hurt (and poorer) after a dud of a meeting.

I've seen the same thing on Rentmen. Obviously it's not the majority of ads. But I occasionally run across guys with no contact info available. I don't know why I look since I'm not hiring. But I do. Also I think occasionally an ad on RM will show expired with the escort currently on or (and I've def seen this)-an expired ad and the escort has been on in the last 24 hours. Sometimes I notice this more at the beginning of the month-and I just assumed for those whose ad eventually becomes active again that they were behind on renewing them.

In my previous hiring career, I did lots of overnights. ( I don't hire anymore-for one thing I have no money. And even if I did, my libido is mostly in the 'toilet'. My urologist on seeing how low my testosterone level was recently said, "I'm surprised you're awake.") They were usually around 12 to 14 hours. But I made a night of it. I didn't usually have a lot of friends, so often if the timing worked we'd have dinner and go to a show of some type. It didn't always work out-but that was what I preferred. As for the 'playtime' when we finally made it back to the hotel-well let's just say that Carol Hall had me in mind when she wrote, "lots of goodwill and maybe one small thrill. But there's nothing dirty going on". So it's not like my playtime lasted that long or would be considered overly strenuous by most experienced providers. I'm a bit of a night owl-ok-a lot of a night owl. So after a show-and maybe dessert -we might not get back to bed until 1 AM or later to play. Now of course in most cases, I'd discuss the plan of events with the guy to make sure he was ok with that. As for snoring-I have sleep apnea-and use a bipap machine. I always tried to remember to tell the escort to make sure they could get to sleep with me wearing it. If the escort told me they were a light sleeper, I knew, it wouldn't work out. At least one escort had his own. So we had dueling machines overnight. In one case I forgot to mention me using a machine. When I told the escort-before we met- he acted like I was trying to pull something over on him. And I canceled the meeting. I think he may still be advertising. In two particular cases that I can remember the guys didn't stay all night (probably happened more than that. But these two episodes stick in my mind. ) In another case one guy didn't even last thru the musical and left at intermission-but that's another story). These two episode were not planned that way (or at least not by me)-one guy David (hasn't escorted in 20 years as far as I can tell so don't mind using his escort nom de plume) claimed he had bad back problems. It had been a pretty good meeting up to that point. I think we had eaten- and then gone to see a traveling production of Wicked in Miami or Ft. Lauderdale. The escort was nice enough and secure enough that he even allowed a bit of public affection (I'm not talking anything overboard. I think my hand was occasionally on his knee during the performance and vice versa). I think I remember being mildly out of sorts when he left. But again the night had been very nice -so I wasn't horribly put out. The other main time I remember. The escort's initials were AW. He doesn't have a great reputation on here. He was fairly decent to me-seemed a bit stuck on himself. Of course if I had looked like him very possibly -what do I mean possibly-I'd probably be worse. Turns out he was from Texas originally. So that was nice. (Some people on here might remember him) We had gone to a show on broadway. Hugh Jackman was in something called 'The River'. Neither of us was that impressed by the play. After the play we went to The Palms steakhouse. (I wasn't that impressed by The Palms either. I don't know what it is. At a lot of these fancy steak restaurants-I wonder if they grill the steak with butter. Maybe that's not it. But the steaks often taste a bit sour to me.) In any case after the show and dinner, we went back to the hotel. By this time it was very late. We played a bit. I'll have to admit that 'Junior' was a bit over anxious, and I came too soon. He said he had dogs he had to care for and ended leaving probably around 3 AM. It was a bit disappointing. But on the other hand-often after I had cum I wasn't that interested in continuing (in other cases I was wanting to cuddle), so I don't think I felt awful-also if I'm recalling right, he wasn't the best kisser. As for morning play-seems to me that didn't happen often. But as I said, we often didn't get to sleep until around 3 AM. So the escorts may have taken that into consideration. Oh and let me just state for the record-I wasn't into PNP-I'm just naturally a night owl. It's more difficult now that I'm in my 60's. But it's still the way my body time clock skews.

Maybe he 'heard' you. The ad doesn't mention smoking anymore.

How did this thread get resurrected? The initial date is 2012. As for Derek -no experiences. But I was quite shocked at his current pictures. He has probably been advertising for over 10 years. And these are the first newer pictures I've ever seen of him-(I used to look at his ad semi regularly). And while I haven't looked in a few years-last time I looked he had the same pictures I remember seeing on Backpage. I almost hired him several times years ago. But something always stopped me. However I will say if he's actually 34, I'll eat my hat. Gman

Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you have photos to remember your friends. I may have had a few of us -not many-but I can't be sure at this late date. And if I did, I don't now because of a problem with an iPhone backup years ago. I think -I'll have to look -have one general picture of Charlus -may have gotten it off the web-or maybe he sent it to me. As for the other friend-there's a picture on the web-again of him alone, not us - due to his former job. So I can pull it up if the mood hits.

Long time members may remember him. He was never extremely active on here. Using the search function on this new website, the last post I could find from him was from 2007. Even with him gone I don't want to give too many personal details. But in case it might jog someone's memory, he was a retired English professor. He had an especial interest in Proust-hence his screen name I hadn't 'talked,' well emailed, with him for 4 or 5 years. I tried contacting him over the last several months-but couldn't find him. I recently came across his obituary from January. He (along with one other now deceased member) was a friend and advisor when I really needed one. We actually managed to meet in person on three separate occasions. Even though it had been years since we were in contact, it still hurts that he's gone. If I can bring myself to do it, I might be posting more in depth about these two friends I've lost. It's definitely more difficult to grieve when you're grieving by yourself. In one case -the friend who passed years ago-he has family left-but -and we were only platonic friends-I'm not someone known to them. In Charlus' case -he was an only child, a bachelor with no significant other as far as I know-with the only family left being cousins.

Well my dementia isn't quite as bad as I feared. I just found it. It's on the upper right of my screen-but you have to 'click' on the three bars to get to it.

Hmm -I don't see anything about a Members Search in the upper left. It may be there (but dementia could be rearing it's ugly head-I'm missing a lot of obvious things these days), but I could follow the link @56harrisond supplied. Thank you both. Gman

I don't come here very often anymore. And I don't really know/understand how to use a lot of the functions on this 'new' website. Maybe I'm just getting old and new information doesn't sink in the way it used to -dementia here I come. On the former site there was, if I'm remembering correctly, a way to look up members by their screen names-probably mostly used in the process of emailing someone-but the info also contained how many posts they had made and when they were last on-as well as a way to look at their posts. is there a way to search the Member Directory for this information on the current website? Thanking in Advance, Gman

I hadn't realized Missouri was so oversaturated with providers. I'd say come back to Dallas, but apartment rentals here are bad. If by some chance you did come back to Texas, while I don't hire anymore, I def wouldn't mind standing you a meal. Chicken-fried steak at the Cotton Patch anyone? ( Brandon-you might remember a chain called The Black-Eyed Pea from your sojourn years ago in Texas. It's mostly defunct. The Cotton Patch is a current reasonable facsimile).

I remember first seeing it being used by an escort I had hired for a weekend (Ray Stone if anyone is interested ca. 2005). I was pretty deeply closeted when not hiring at the time-partly because I was still having trouble being gay (I still struggle, but I'm more accepting than I ever thought I'd be), and there were professional reasons too concerning my career. But I envied Ray-because he was (and still is in case he's reading) drop dead handsome. Even if I had been sanguine about being gay, I thought I was too unattractive to catch anyone's eye on a site like that. Go figure -it's now 18 years later. I'm not one of those who has aged well. And I have a full face picture on it. A FB post from 2009 just popped up. I was a lot more adorable than I had realized-not exactly handsome but I did have a certain Je ne sais quo(in my own eyes at least) . Wish I had capitalized on it a bit more. In summary may I say that getting old ain't for chickens. 😝😝

There are so many scammers on Adam4Adam. Guys who list they are into relationships, but just send smiley faces to your profile. And that's when I've said I don't reply to smileys in mine. But I almost never find a match using Google search anymore when I'm sure these guys are fake. So my question remains-