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You probably celebrate it then because August 15th is the Feast Day of the Assumption of Mary. I prefer my May holiday as it's free from Catholic underpinnings. If commercialism was the reason behind a really nice family brunch for all but 5 of my immediate family members ( and even with those 5 missing there were 16 people at my niece's house) and for 2 who live around 3-1/2 hours away by car making the trip to attend, then I have to say I'm a big fan and believer in commercialism. Long may it reign!!

I think I found out. It's Mitch Branson.

I only know what I read ( and what you guys tell me). https://dallasvoice.com/reese-rideout-is-straight-married-and-gay-por-pay-strictly-for-the-cash/

The sheikh is dead. Long live the new sheikh.

I, and I'm hoping I'm not alone, have no idea what the biggest insult for @Thomas_Belgium's mother would be. Please explain.

So three muscular straight guys doing gay porn. It's such a waste of handsome muscle. Who played the coach? @mike carey do you know?

So let's assume the photo is three years old. If he looked anything close to that now... VA VA VOOM!! (except for that pesky G4Pay problem) iafd.com says he's 46. Of course they may be wrong.

@BOZO T CLOWN-you know I love you. But I'm wondering if hypothetically you might have ever 'met' a visitor to our fair shores. And if hypothetically that happened, and we assume the basic story @robberbaron4urelates is true-and the young man in question hasn't hurt or scammed anyone, is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no room for any compassion?

I was looking to see if a Mother's Day Thread had been started. Thank you @D21howie I just finished a family brunch at one of my nieces' house. There were 12 adults including my 91 year old mother who's in great shape and 4 children - a 2 year old great nephew, a 6 year old great niece, an almost 7 year old great niece, and a 10 year old great niece. There was a family of 5 missing, but they like to do Mother's Day on their own. I like my family, and I get along with them. But I'm usually the odd man out at these family gatherings as I'm the only adult who's never had a "relationship", been married or had children. Plus as far as I know I'm the only gay person in the immediate family. But today I actually had a few conversations. So that was nice. I don't see my great nephew a lot. But they've been showing him family photos. Plus he's at the age where he parrots what you tell him to say fairly easily. So he said Uncle Gman when he was prompted. I really loved that. All in all a delightful brunch (well the food wasn't particularly my favorite). But never mind all that. It was a great way to spend a few hours with my Mom and most of the immediate family. My best wishes for all the women who are mothers in your lives. And for all those who have passed-we say in Judaism-"May their memories always be as a Blessing to those who loved them." PS: And I almost forgot. Here's an interesting Mother's Day Linguistic Tidbit for you

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18tZ9fhR2r/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Sigh-where are the bisexual/gay hockey jocks I fell in love with? I'm not a fan of androgyny.

Lack of funds. On top of that even if I had the funds-and maybe it's just sour grapes -since I don't-but there aren't as many guys (in Dallas at least) that I'd be interested in as there were years ago. I like masculine gay athletic/muscular guys who are either versatile or bottom. And here's the kicker - I prefer Europeans and not Latin American heritage guys. That doesn't mean I haven't hired Latinos before. I have. And generally I've had a good time. But my number one type-think of Tom Chase or Trey Rexx back in their glory days. And most of the guys advertising in Texas these days seem to be Latino.

Thanks. I was just wondering.

I was just wondering how he would do that.

I'm sorry that happened to you. He was probably my best hire in 15 years of hiring (2002 to 2017). If not, then definitely in the top 3 with Andrew Justice and maybe either Tyger or an escort from the long defunct Man To Man Escorts Agency that I can't think of his name right now. i won't bend over backwards to defend him as some posters do for their favorites. It looks like for whatever reason, he screwed up. As the saying goes, "Even Homer nods."

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?