CuriousByNature

Poor kid.

I much prefer heat days to snow days. Nothing to shovel.

From what I have read about the event, briefs aren't a requirement. Well, maybe at the restaurant.

Like a comet, briefly illuminating the evening skies and leaving a trail of memories in its wake. That's my sorry attempt at being poetic. I have never met him, but from everyone's comments he's an outstanding guy.

I know. I wasn't being serious...! 🤪🤣

I don't believe you did anything wrong from your description of the events. His reaction seems to be excessive, but it shows that even providers (who many people might assume are always super-confident) have their own vulnerabilities and sensitivities too.

Way tooooo sooooon.... 😂

100%

I'm not seeing an active profile... name change? Disappearance?

Understandable, but regardless of what a masseur advertises regarding health and vaccine status, the onus is on the client to protect himself. People can advertise any status whether true or not, so this reality should be considered when assessing the level of risk a client is willing to accept.

Don't be so negative. Maybe you'll be able to see them in concert, singing their reworked hits: Gimme, Gimme, Gimme (A man After 4pm) Gasping Queen Coding Me, Coding You Lay All Your CPR On Me Slipping Through My Bladder Super Pooper The Reaper Takes it All Watery-poo If It Wasn't For the Depends I Still Have Faith in Medicare I Have a Cream (A Rash that Stings)

Even if he only does two 90-minute massages a day he could be grossing about $75K per year plus tips - and that would only require about 4 hours of work a day. With those prices and the quality of massage he evidently provides, he probably has no difficulty keeping his schedule full and predictable. That may be a better option than trying for a higher price and having to hope that clients will book.

Very impressive physique. If only he had a photo with a face picture...

This is very true, I believe, and I've mentioned it myself in responses to various posts over the past few years. But because I have never met with anyone I'm not sure my opinion carries any weight in this respect. That said, I can't think of anyone who would WANT to pay more for something than what they had been paying - whether that is for a product, an experience, or a service. But the reality is that prices for pretty much everything always go up over time, and complaining about it does nothing positive for one's own well being. As you noted earlier, @arnemgreeves the OP has every right to ask for whatever donation he sees fit. I would add that @Jarrod_Uncutshould feel no need to explain why it has become necessary or desirous to increase the donation amount. It really isn't anyone's business, and those who are put off by increases have to make decisions accordingly. Certain things always outpace the rate of inflation, and when something suddenly jumps a lot in cost, it isn't necessarily unwarranted. It could be because, until that point, that particular product or service had been chronically undervalued compared to it's actual worth.

That's very impressive - he must have been exceedingly long as well if he still managed to get the tip in all the way from NYC.

Your grandmother still buys her own groceries?!? LOL

I haven't booked that close to departure, but have done so within several weeks in order to get a good deal. A lot of cruise lines seem to have a program in place where if you book early at X price and the price eventually drops to Y, they credit you the difference in some way. Or, you get all sorts of bonuses for booking early, which may not be offered to those who book later.

I've never planned a cruise that far in advance because I've never been able to arrange holiday outside of the particular fiscal year I am in. Ponant is apparently a very good line, and I image they do book up quickly. I'm not surprised they are noncommittal about future sailing schedules given recent increases in covid numbers and the fact that the industry was hit so hard. If you have your heart set on Madagascar, definitely check their website weekly and jump on anything that gets added. Also check other sites that sell on behalf of many cruises in case they have a notification system to alert you of cruises to a specific destination as they become available. And perhaps I am a bit over cautious, but it might also be good to have a land-based plan as a back-up, just in case a cruise is not offered by the time you need to confirm.

With the respect to the title of this string and "what's got your goat?"... the price of goat has gone up more than 60% since 2017. Costlier that lamb, goat has a bit of a niche market and is mostly produced for North African, Western Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines. Goats are harder to contain than sheep, less resistant to parasites, but are more adaptable to dry areas with scrubby vegetation.

For what it's worth, your command of English seems great!

A few suggested alternatives for the term 'provider'... Gratification Engineer? Copulation Technician? Carnal Sherpa? Fornication Doula? Screwmonger? Pleasure Purveyor? 😉

I think another excellent reason for having such a resource is for safety. Providers put themselves out there, meeting people who have in most cases provided little to no identification. It's risky. Aside from someone wasting your time, there could be people contacting you who would try to do you harm. Hopefully this is rare, but I would be willing to bet that it is the provider who shoulders more of the risk than the client. Of course there are cases where a client has been treated badly or even dangerously by a provider, but I think that for providers, the risk of this happening to you is likely much higher. So it's great that you have a system or platform to privately discuss clients - even though a client could change their name to avoid being red-flagged. We have seen that some providers have also done this to escape a track record of negative reviews, but I think it's harder for a provider to successfully break free of an old identity because there are often photos in their ad that give them away. In any case, I think you guys should be afforded a measure of grace from potential clients, and some empathy for the risks that you put yourself in. Some here may argue that it's your choice to take on the risk, which may be true, but that does not mean the risk should not be mitigated as much as possible. And if a private site which only providers have access to can help you stay safer, then that's an awesome thing IMHO.

Thank you for weighing in and providing the other side to this story

@BuzzLiteQueer pair of docks

Hmmm... I'm not so sure. He may have sensed there was some tension in those nipple muscles and was only trying to alleviate it. 🤣