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Well sure. Variety is what makes the world turn round-and ensures biodiversity. But the guy didn't seem to be making grandiose claims. And he's definitely attractive. I was just interested in why @Pd1_jap thought he was too good to be true.

He's handsome but not extraordinarily handsome. He's athletic but not like unbelievably cut. His "intos" are few. And apparently he's a smoker. Not to be argumentative for the sake of being argumentative, but what seems too good to be true? It's hardly a dream profile.

Sometimes the Repatha hurts, and sometimes it doesn't. I don't think I do a z-track technique, but I do pull the skin taut. And I also leave it out for 30 minutes or longer. At one time I was on the syringe and needle version of the Repatha. That hardly hurt at all. But I had trouble with communications with the nurse or medical assistant at the doctor's office who would handle the prescriptions. And then it would require a new prior authorization different from the one I had for the auto injector . So I gave up on it. Plus now they've discontinued the syringe version in favor of the auto injector. For weight loss I have been on Ozempic originally before Wegovy was out. And then I was on Wegovy. I'm not on either now due to insurance. Ozempic had a needle you attached. Wegovy was a complete autoinjector with the needle pre-attached. I much preferred Ozempic's delivery system vs Wegovy's -again due to pain-although Wegovy didn't hurt as much as Repatha sometimes does. I have/had chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome since my early 30's. Either my prostate and/or nerves were very touchy when I was younger. I never actually fainted. But I would break out in a cold sweat, and I wouldn't be surprised if my blood pressure, during the prostate exam. And this was in no way due to pleasure. This was 9 years before I ever had sex. But it was one of the reasons (I have others) that made me decide I never wanted to bottom.

FYI-I've seen Episode 1 and part of Episode 2. I don't see it with a scripted drama like this. I mean it does seem to have been written with us in mind. But then you might have to say the same thing about any TV shows, movies, or books with a homoerotic theme and extremely attractive actors. What I object to more are actors, rock musicians, and the like who have been totally heterosexual their entire life saying things like how while they've never had a same sex relationship, they might be open to it. Or playing around in interviews and not confirming one way or the other. One specific example of this which offended me at the time was back in 2015-2016 when Nick Jonas was playing a gay character on Kingdom. I realize it was for promotion of the show. But there were a lot of shirtless pics and interviews along with some mild innuendos that a same sex relationship wasn't totally out of the cards. I think I can remember discussions here on the Message Center about his possibly fluid orientation.

This May Have Been Posted Before. But it just popped up on my FB Feed. It's from the Kelly Clarkson Show. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18SEqtFhW7/?mibextid=wwXIfr

You almost couldn't be more gay than I am, and while I have a need for new relationships, I think in general I prefer more longterm relationships. While not monogamous by any means, my main escort friend for years was Mike Gaite. I realize my feelings for him were mostly if not all mine, but I even spent two holidays with him. They were possibly the best holidays of my entire adult life. It really saddened me when I could no longer hire anyone but especially him.

Wish he were still gay though.

From his ad copy-it seems he's just not into wham bam thank you Sir. He wants longer meetings. To find out what that specifically means for him, someone will have to ask. On comparing his old ad to the current-he used to have a head and shoulders. But alas now only shoulders. Also formerly he advertised as gay. Now he's bisexual. Who knew you could change your orientation in the space of 10 months between the old ad posting and this one?

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My go to is athletic muscular guys. And I met a lot of guys in good shape. Right off the bat the two that I remember best would be Skye Woods and Matt Miller. Matt was in a bulking phase, so he wasn't cut at all. But he was definitely big (as in muscular). But come to think of it, his tallywacker was no shrinking violet. The meeting with Matt went better than the meeting with Skye. Skye was a nice guy, but his interests really did revolve mainly around the gym and getting massages. We weren't a good match that way at all. Also sexually it was a better time with Matt. He was really into kissing-Skye not so much.

I'm sure you know, but just in case you don't, my understanding is that if the hook-up apps and/or dating sites realize someone is advertising, they will delete the profile. Of course the providers will often make a new one, but that's why in general the apps don't have more professionals advertising on them.

Yes, but if he doesn't answer back a request on the same day then the client never has a chance to be seen on that day.

As a strict top who doesn't even like a fingertip, I have the deepest admiration for those who bottom. https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1ED4BnNzoz/?mibextid=wwXIfr

I'm a bit confused on whether you think his fee is justified or not. So please for clarification- Did you mean that you see no reason NOT to pay such a high fee for a relative unknown-or did you mean that the high fee GIVES YOU A PAUSE-and you aren't sure the escort is worth it? Thanks

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One thing to keep in mind with texting although maybe it was just a mistake on my part that wouldn't happen to anyone else. What happened was years ago I was arranging an overnight with an escort with a stellar reputation here on the Message Center and/or the long dead Review Site (may it rest in peace) who was planning to visit Dallas from DC. So we texted details, and everything was going fine. I would have been fine with stopping the communication at some point. But then he'd text, and I'd feel as if I was supposed to respond back. Then in the course of these texts, I said something which he took amiss. He became very upset-said I had been texting him way too much-was taking up too much of his time-and canceled our overnight. I texted back that he kept texting me-and that I was only responding back to answer his texts. Well he calmed down after that, and we resumed our previous plans for the overnight-possibly the potential loss of income helped get him past his snit faster. But after that incident, I always tried to keep in mind how many texts some of these escorts get-and tried to be reasonably succinct.

While not the subject of this thread-I have to give an update since things didn't go the way I expected. I can't go into why. But I did think it was the end of a relationship. I'm a bit concerned he may be more into me than I am into him. On the other hand maybe not as I am in deep like. In any case we had an in depth talk. I broke down at one point because I thought things were over. But for now it looks like I was wrong. The relationship continues. And if it sounds like I don't know my own mind, I probably don't. I'm in my 60's. And this is really only my second relationship. I mean I've had a few "buddies" in the past (probably less than 7 over 24 years of being sexually active and all but one of those occurred during a fairly short span between 2012 to 2018). But except for one moderately deep relationship of maybe a year's duration 8 or 9 years ago-I've never had anyone I could count on -on a routine basis. And the current relationship surpasses that one by a mile as I was fairly sure back then that as much as I liked the guy, due to circumstances and compatibility, I didn't feel we were a forever couple. I can't tell y'all how relieved I was when I realized that we weren't breaking up whatever it is we have. Thank you all for your kind indulgence of letting me update my situation. And now back to the subject at hand of loss -how to deal with it and the feelings surrounding it

I think that's really nice that you do that Rod. It's that kind of attitude and attention to clients that always makes me a bit sad that we never met in person. We would have but (at least once I really knew what I was doing) I didn't knowingly hire strict tops. Some of the members on here sometimes go overboard in defending their favorites. I don't think I was ever one of those. And I'm especially not now as I'm no longer hiring. And in this case I've never even met @Rod Hagen in person, but only interacted with him here on the Message Center. Even with this limited knowledge of him, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with @ApexNomad. To my mind this is no different than a husband or boyfriend needing to jot a reminder of a birthday or anniversary. @Rod Hagenknows a lot of people. He'd need an eidetic memory like Sheldon Cooper to be able to remember personal details about all of them. The fact that he cares enough to try to personalize the experience speaks volumes to his care for his regular clients.

Loss is usually very emotional. @BlackSheep-it appears from what you wrote that you've carried the loss of your friend inside you all these years. I think I'm a lot like you. I don't get over severe losses easily. Saying you should move on is very easy to say, but in your case (and mine) may not really be easy or even possible to do. I'm most likely going to experience a loss in a relationship on this coming Tuesday. I've been dreading the discussion I'm going to have to have. I'm not willing to explain why on here. But I've been getting teary at the thought. The relationship is only a few months old. But I thought it might deepen. And this may be the last romantic relationship I ever have. And it's only my second ever. I'm not even sure of the best way to do it. I wish I had an answer for you on getting over loss because then I might have an answer for me too.

Actually I just went to HideMe, and the box was still there.

Ok I did try that on my iphone. But it made no difference in the way the site looked nor did it help me read the Reviews on HideMe. There was definitely a box there. You could pick the country of the server you wanted to try if the default (possibly The Netherlands) wasn't working for you.

Unless maybe you meant use the desktop site on an actual computer. If @likembbbig, that's what you meant, I don't currently have a computer to use for that. All I have is my phone.

That didn't work for me. I wonder if it's a change in RM, HideMe, or both.