Charlie

I have owned five houses in my lifetime and have never stayed in one long enough to pay off the mortgage. However, I have sold each house for more than I paid for it, so it seemed like a reasonable investment at the time. However, I admit that I am not much good at making long-term economic calculations. I buy my homes not because of economic calculations, but because I don't want to live in a place that is owned by someone else, so I can do what I want with it, and I suspect that most people think that way about mortgages if they don't have enough money to buy their home outright.

When I started hiring I was in my 30s and reasonably attractive (I got plenty of sex for free), so I didn't think about whether the provider would be turned on or off by my appearance. However, by the time I reached my 60s, I began to wonder if the pleasure really was mutual or the provider was only going though with the act for the money, and it bothered me enough to eventually stop hiring. It sounds like you are really self-conscious (and uncomfortable) about your own appearance, so as others here have said, it is important that you find a provider that is not going to react in a way that will ruin the experience for you by confirming your fear of rejection. And as several others here have said, the best way to insure that doesn't happen is to be completely upfront about whatever it is in your appearance you think someone would likely be turned off by, so the provider is prepared for it: weight, scars, other kinds of disfigurements, even handicaps. And as has been said here often, cleanliness is the most important issue for many providers. (BTW: don't forget to brush your teeth and use mouthwash.) What you don't want to do is apologize for something after you meet him. If you have prepared him, and he has accepted the appointment, then relax and enjoy yourself. Note: I don't think that sending him a photo is a good idea. He is the one auditioning for a role, not you.

Having to decide whether to buy a gas engine or an electric engine car.

Wow! That didn't hit me until my 80s.

Every time I try to make the leap, I fall off a cliff. I have just finished a frustrating attempt for the past half hour to open a social invitation that was emailed to me, but I cannot figure out how to open it. For better or worse, I am a product of a pen and paper world, and will probably always remain so.

I was going through my old address book the other day, and I realized that more than half of the names and phone numbers had been crossed out because the individuals had moved or were deceased. I decided I need to buy a new address book and transfer just the current info. (I wouldn't keep that kind of info on a tech device for fear that it would be hacked, or lost when something went wrong with the device.)

The longest World Series ever in terms of number of innings played.

Two cute critters.

Just a notice that the "map me" function points to a default location in downtown Palm Springs, so he could actually be located anywhere in the Coachella Valley.

I will come, as long as I can bring my dog. (he loves parties!)

They are probably the only WS winning team that he would not invite to visit the White House, and I'll bet they would turn down the invitation if he did.

Cam Norrie. (Who has a white lock of hair on his forehead)

I went to bed after 13 innings.

This heading stopped me short, because my father's first name was "Christian," but no one ever called him that. Everyone called him "King" (his middle name was "Kingsley.")

Like most males, I have my own preferences in physical surface features of a sex partner, which I won't elaborate on here. For me, however, the most important aspect in a provider (beside a reasonable fee agreed upon in advance), is that I have to feel that he is actually interested in having sex with me, not just with anyone who opens a wallet. I let the sex acts develop as spontaneously as I would with an unpaid partner (I don't have a pre-set scenario), but if I don't get the sense that he is enjoying whatever it is that we do, I probably won't enjoy it either. I stopped hiring when I could no longer convince myself that this gorgeous hunk was truly turned on by sex with this old man.