CuriousByNature

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But I'm not even a daddy yet... just wait until then and see how bad the jokes become!

The legendary composer passed away at home yesterday at the age of 94. It is being reported that he died of natural causes. RIP

Not sure if he's in LA, but this guy has a cute one.

If he is only 83lbs then he must be about 4 feet tall...lol

In 'general' that is a generalization. But for the sake of argument, here is my younger cousin. He's 47.

How about Alanwentwent?

Rentmen height is now 6'5". But he explains in the text portion that he is really 5'8" and if you add in his 'extra inches' he becomes 6'5". Clever guy!

Pronounced the same way, so no need to be concerned that you may have said it wrong

I think it's reassuring to know that providers have a way of sharing info and warning each other about potential threats. Hopefully that increases safety overall - it cannot be easy or without risk to base one's livelihood on meeting strangers privately.

Some parts are getting rain, but it's staying mainly in the plain.

I'm not sure that personality comes across accurately on camera, whether that is in porn or mainstream media. Actors act - and not always well - but it is more a persona than a personality that you are seeing until you get to know someone. Kindness is a huge plus in my estimation, because that is really hard to fake. I would be more interested in a genuinely kind woman or man who may not have amazing physical attributes, compared with someone with a supermodel's face and body that happens to lack empathy and grace. As for me, I have not heard the term 'butters' before, but I imagine that is what I must be since I never eat margarine.

I get what you're saying, and I don't want to overly dissect things, but I still find it hard to see how his reply to you was objectively a dismissal. I can totally understand that it subjectively felt like a dismissal, but the average person reading the text would not likely come to that conclusion based on what he wrote. He even thanked you for the offer. Some could argue that you dismissed him by not replying to his text, until 12 hours later. True, he did not ask any follow up questions, but there is no reason to if he only wishes to consider professional photographers. I imagine that he thought the conversation was over once he told you he was not interested in being photographed and you did not respond with any other interest in meeting. I have never met with anyone, so I don't know what an interaction like this is supposed to look like, and I'm sorry you have been rushed and scammed by others in the past. It makes a person understandably wary, and in some cases we can become extra sensitive to how a message is given to us. Maybe this is part of the situation? I am nobody to judge or guess what goes on in another person's mind, but it is incredibly difficult to view text messages objectively if we have been hurt or disappointed in the past - it is too easy to read a tone into them that may not have been intended. Or the guy is a jerk - but I can't come to that conclusion on an objective basis. This is part of the issue with social media and virtual relationships - too much depends on our assumptions of one another, and not enough is based on real life connections.

I've been on a number of cruises and have never seen these sorts of port excursions listed by the cruise lines.

Who is that? He looks familiar but I'm not sure from where.

I don't think you should call yourself a weird person, and there isn't anyone who is everybody's cup of tea. You have your interests and those did not happen to intersect with the interests of this provider. You expressed the desire to photograph him and he was not interested and he let you know that directly, but still politely. If you put yourself in his shoes, there is very little incentive - even paid incentive - to pose for a non-professional photographer. You or I could be absolutely anyone looking to do something with his photos that he might not approve of. With a professional photographer there is a greater likelihood of professional conduct and ethics than with someone just showing up at his place with a camera. I'm not suggesting you would do anything nefarious with his photos, but he does not know that. It makes sense that he would like to see examples of your work before accepting that sort of offer, or at least have some sort of a relationship with you beforehand. I looked at his advertisement and I didn't see any mention of him posing for clients, or an interest in being photographed, so your desire to photograph him may have made him uneasy rather than feeling complimented. The reply you gave him 12 hours later about being dismissive seemed a bit over the top to me, but I understand from various experiences in life that sometimes we can take the rejection of what we consider a reasonable proposal as something harsher than it was intended. I don't think he was being dismissive towards you - he was being straightforward, and saving both of you time and effort going back and forth about something that was not going to happen. If he was truly dismissive he could have blocked you after knowing what you were interested in - the fact that he did not do this suggests he is likely quite reasonable. Does that make any sense at all?

Ohhh - that isn't generalizing about an ethnicity at all...

The worst I heard was someone asking the school secretary to page a fellow student on the intercom. Student name: Mike, last name Hunt.

I've never been to a clothing-optional venue because I'd be worried the staff and other guests would insist that I not exercise the option... 🤣

Is it possible to wear a condom with something like that and have it remain intact? And assuming the urethra is perforated, wouldn't urination be a bit messy - especially when the piercing is out?

When I lived in BC there was a moderately strong quake south of Seattle. It would have been around 2001-2002 and I was living in a 12th floor apartment in Burnaby, which is immediately east of Vancouver. I think the magnitude was 6.5 or maybe a bit stronger, and I felt the apartment sway about 5 times. Some friends in Vancouver felt much sharper shaking and it amazed me the same quake could create such different sensations even though the distance from the epicenter was almost the same. I suppose it was because of different substrate and ground compositions, and maybe because I was high up. Anyway, glad you are fine @BuffaloKyle

Hey hey hey... oh, wrong Albert

Guilty and verbose as charged! LOL

I don't think that everyone is being exploited, by any means. But there are those who are knowingly or unknowingly exploited due to their desperate situations, and while everyone should have the freedom to make an informed choice, I think that freedom of choice also implies the need for proper discernment in order to protect those who may not feel that they have any choice other than to offer themselves up to another person's desires.