Charlie

The first time I met anyone from the MB was at a social get-together in NYC about twenty years ago, where I briefly met a few members, but most of them left the board years ago. When I decided to retire to Palm Springs in 2004, I asked if anyone here had advice to offer, and I immediately received private messages from Lucky and latlrnr that they were just preparing to move here, too! They quickly became my closest friends in Palm Springs; latlrnr died unexpectedly in 2008, but Lucky is still one of my closest friends and companions. Lucky and I inaugurated the Palm Springs Weekend in 2005, through which I met many other members, including Oliver, who is also a good friend. Through Lucky I also met cooper during a visit to NYC a number of years ago. I miss jackhammer, whom I also met through Lucky, and Epigonos, whom I met through Oliver. Unicorn and I have almost met a couple of times, but circumstances intervened, though I hope we will still meet. I have chatted with many members at the Palm Springs weekends over a couple dozen years, and hope to meet Pensant this year. Although Hooboy and I spoke occasionally, I never met him in person, but I met Guy Fawkes/Daddy/Bill several times. The oddest experience, however, was that lankypeters and I both posted on the site for a couple of years before something clicked, and we realized that we had worked together closely long before the site--or even the Internet--existed, but had lost contact thirty years earlier. When we got together again in NYC, we had a lot to talk about.

He looks much heavier in photo #1 than in most of the others. I wonder which is more current.

Then does "Boyfriend Experience" mean you get to experience his boyfriend?

A vintage photo of Robby Ginepri.

Ain't that the truth!

The face is important if all I want to do is kiss, but I can overlook it if there are other things that interest me more.

That Mercedes is a lot older than he is (it probably belongs to his sugar daddy--or his grandpa).

'49 Buick.

The urethra is not supposed to be perforated; the piercing has been bungled if it is.

Sorry, I don't know either one of them😕

Although they appear to be twins, one part of their anatomy doesn't appear to be identical.

When I lived in New York City, my favorite travel destination for sex was San Francisco. Now I live in California, so if I still traveled for sex, my favorite destination would be New York.

Me, too.

The castrati were actually castrated as children, to keep their voices from changing as they matured. Castrating an adult male wouldn't turn him into a countertenor.

To clarify for Lucky, the character Cherubino is supposed to be a teenage boy.

Pics are really old. Of course, he's been on the RM site for 15 years.

The problem with countertenors is that many of them don't look like teenagers, so directors would rather cast a young woman in the role. I knew one countertenor who was 6'3" and 200 lbs, so he could only get booked in productions where the audience expected a man.

The first time I had sex with a man, I was shocked to discover that men actually inserted their cocks in one another's asses. I had always assumed that men had sex together by kissing while rubbing against one another. [OK, I was only 17, and had never had sex with anyone of either gender.] It took me awhile to get used to the anal thing, but I took to oral sex easily.

When we were both young, but only a casual acquaintance.

Years ago I gave a collection of magazines, plus some documents related to early gay organizations in which I was active, to a gay archive in Philadelphia, but I don't remember what it was called or whether it still exists. If there is a gay social organization in your area, they may have a library that would take things like the old Gordon Merrick books (of which they probably already have lots of copies). I don't know what to do with old porn tapes or discs.

If he is really only interested in getting his cock sucked, what is the difference between the $400 rate and the $800 rate?

I have rarely enjoyed getting fucked, because I don't find it physically stimulating or comfortable. However, if I find the person really attractive and that's what he really wants to do, and I feel reasonably clean down there, I have sometimes done it and occasionally enjoyed it. If he really wants to get fucked, I am happy to do it, but I don't find it necessary to have anal relations--as top or bottom--in order to enjoy a sexual experience. I'm sure there are many people on this site for whom "top" and "bottom" don't necessarily refer to fucking or getting fucked, but to who is the person making decisions about what will happen, or who is orchestrating the action and who is playing the instruments.

I hope you brought your woollies to Paradise. It's been a colder than normal winter here.

When I was a child, my mother usually made the wedding dresses herself for most of her family members. She made her own dress, and then re-tailored it for other occasions.

Hardly anyone ever sees me in real nice sweatpants, so decent is good enough.