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As accurate as all these are, I do want to stress that in my experience "scamming" is extremely rare in this hobby. It's only happened twice to me out of dozens of times hiring. And only one of them was a real rip-off experience. The other was someone who just had really outdated pics. Although I do think I successful avoided a scam once by just being suspicious of a profile, so I guess I took the advice to heart. Haha.

Yeah, that is kind of my attitude about it too. I should be fully vaccinated by then but to me it's my Spring Break and Palm Springs sounds like the perfect place to unwind in some warm temps. Would love to meet people of course, but if it's not allowed, just spending some time by the pool or going on some nature hikes sounds absolutely lovely too.

Yeah I think we already know the answer to this question to some degree because we already live through the flu every winter, although of course that is not as contagious. But I think we'll probably be wearing masks a lot more in general, taking a lot of at-home COVID tests, getting booster vaccines every year or every other year to deal with variants that pop up, but otherwise it won't be a big deal in my opinion. I think with a little extra pre-planning, endemic COVID shouldn't be a big deal for this hobby. Especially now that we have widespread at-home COVID tests. You could self-isolate, test, wear a mask everywhere and hope your companion does the same (and you could probably at least have him take his own COVID test). That's kind of what I've been doing anyway the last few months with the only difference is that I go to the free testing provided by my work.

I'm not really into Housewives, but I love competitions involving beauty, style and grace. Probably all considered girly.

Anything beautiful. I remember a sad moment when I was maybe 10 or so and I was driving in the mountains with my male cousins who were just a couple years older than me. I said something like, "Oh these mountain views are so beautiful." And they chastised me for saying that, because "beautiful" is only something girls say. I should say the view is awesome or something. Probably when I realized I wasn't like the other boys but in retrospect it's sad that they had such a limited view of masculinity.

I think there will still be stigma but I do think legalization will help with stigma. When I went to the UK, the escort I spent time with said that his family knows what he does and was not necessarily proud but generally supportive to the point where they helped him out financially a bit when he couldn't work when he was dealing with cancer. He actually was on TV once for a news story about his profession and he said most people he knew didn't really care. There is a different stigma for clients of course, but I think legalization just makes the whole thing much less of a big deal all around.

When I went to a free clinic I was pretty broke so didn't donate then. However, I always make it a point to support the clinic in my end of the year giving. Usually about $50 (I give that same amount to about 5-6 organizations per year).

I have actually! Brad's great. Really good massage skills and looks just like his photos. I thought he looked in his early to mid 30s. I'd recommend him for sure and wrote a positive review on his profile. Wish he was still in Denver.

I booked my room at Canyon Club. Looks like it's mostly refundable (-$15 deposit) so if I need to cancel I still can. I got my first vaccine this afternoon actually and will definitely have the second before then. Looking forward to meeting some of you all. Now, I just have to figure out which gentleman I'd like to meet for the weekend.

Yeah I actually tried it one time with this one partner. He actually wanted me to eat a sandwich where his dick was the meat. It had bread, lettuce, tomato and even mayonnaise. I almost threw up. I couldn't get through it.

So it looks like I should be getting my vaccine before then, so I am now almost positively going to go as this weekend happens to coincide with my spring break. Should I book Canyon Club? You're right the prices really aren't too bad.

That's a good one...definitely one that I've seen. The moment they get any bad reviews they delete their old profile and start anew. I'll add one more: Guys that aggressively message you simply because you browsed their photos.

Good to know that is your preference but I do know for some it's not universal. I had one guy that literally wanted me to pay as we went on Venmo and a few others who just prefer that type of payment (maybe they don't want to be carrying around a lot of cash if they are traveling or whatever). I do tend to pay cash particularly to new guys. But once they are regular, I've started to ask what they prefer and just go with their payment preference.

I agree...the deposit situation is pretty rare. I've only encountered it a few times and only actually paid a deposit once. I do like the scammer suggestions. Particularly phrases like "high-class," "exclusive," or "looking for classy men only." I remember seeing one ad a while back that said they would only travel to four-star hotels or gated/doorman apartment complexes. I feel like it's a big red flag anytime I'm getting a sense they are looking for sugar daddies rather than clients.

I'm not surprised. Denver is a really bottom-heavy city. I consider myself actually pretty vers but if I do hookups off Grindr, it's like 90 percent of the time I am only topping even when the other guy claims to be "vers." That's partially why I meet escorts. It's like practically the only way I can ever bottom.

Yeah I travelled a bit in college but once I got out it was the last recession and I was hit pretty hard by it so ended up pretty broke for a good half-decade at least. I did manage to travel some in the US though so that was wonderful. Now that I am back in a more stable career though, I have the wonderlust real bad and can't wait to get out and travel some more.

I definitely do not regret spending money on travel. I am not really a "luxe" traveler so for me the money is spent on the plane tickets themselves. The only thing I regret is not having travelled more.

I do the anal and throat swab twice a year...I actually think the throat swab is way worse. I barely even notice the anal swab, but maybe that says more about me than the procedure.

Maybe he should change his name to Brodie SinQlair? Sadly not the first escort (or the last) to go down conspiracy theory rabbit holes.

It was also the scene of my parents being super-pissed at me. This actually all happened about a week before I went off to college too. I had to help demolish the rest of the building and the next summer had to help my dad rebuild a new shed. I really hate this kind of work...I am not at all adept with using my hands or using most tools so it was really a pretty bad punishment for me. But at the time my dad had pretty bad kidney disease and had to do dialysis three times a week, so it was pretty much expected that I would be doing most of the work. We did have a much handier cousin of mine come by to help on a couple days so that helped.

Medical tourism is very common for Americans too. According to the American Journal of Medicine, some 750,000 Americans per year engage in the practice, with one of the top destinations being Costa Rica. The article states that in many cases the cost of the medical procedures in other countries are 30-60% less expensive than in the US. I am actually hopeful that the US can get closer to universal healthcare under Biden's administrations. His proposal for a robust public option I think could be a game changer. It would basically expand Medicaid so any American who wanted it could choose the government-run insurance option. In addition, you would basically be opted in the public option automatically if you didn't have insurance through your job. Though of course anyone could opt-out of the public option and choose a private insurance plan or no insurance at all. Biden also wants to expand the insurance subsides to make all insurance more affordable and even free for very low-income individuals. It wouldn't be quite universal coverage but basically everyone who wanted a government insurance plan could have one.

Personally I think it's a good idea to take basic COVID precautions (wearing a mask, socially distance, not gathering in large crowds) for the time being just because it's the polite and respectful thing to do regardless of whether or not you have a COVID vaccine. That's not to say you can't relax those precautions somewhat. I often walk outdoors without a mask when there are few people around, but put it right back on when I get closer to to people not necessarily because I think it'll make anyone much safer, but just because I think it's the polite thing to do. It puts the other person's mind at ease. I don't honestly think masking and many other precautions are going away anytime soon even once most people are vaccinated. I think we'll still see people wearing masks on public transit, airplanes and groceries for some time to come. People are starting to get used to. masking and will see the obvious benefits of protecting from other coronavirus or the flu. It was already pretty common in Asia and I think it will become pretty common worldwide.

I heard that IRS wasn't taking taxes until Feb 12th. But I guess you can do them early? I just got this one last dumb 1099-Misc from this stupid side-gig job I did early in 2020 that I kinda regret doing at all. Just above $700 so I have to claim it on my taxes. I might do my taxes too. Better than watching the Superb Owl.

Mine comes from an adolescent accident when I burned down the shed in my family's backyard from smoking some reefer near some flammables. For some reason the firefighter's description of "kerosene fire" stuck with me and I turned it into my yahoo spam account that I use for porn and sex stuff. The extra C is just because kerosenefire was taken.

Sorry this happened to you. This is actually why I insist on meeting with the provider in a public area like the hotel lobby or even just on the street outside the entrance. Have now had a couple of bad experiences where the provider insisted I meet him in his room. Always good to be able to do that last-minute gut/face check.