Reasonable…if I didn’t have my RM settings such that I’m not visible when I visit a profile. Also – I had never seen the guy’s profile before he messaged me.
Look – I was polite. The problem isn’t this guy; the problem is the incessant talk here that such a message from clients is inappropriate but when a provider does it, we have folks who will find a host of explanations for why it’s acceptable. Both providers and clients will engage in apologetics about it. It seems to me, if you’re soliciting someone for sex, you’re a client. The one who makes the first move in the transaction is the client. If a guy who’s normally a provider approaches someone for sex, in a transactional sense, he’s a client.
If a guy wants to come up to me and ask me to fuck him, I’m likely to say no. If he offers to pay me, I may reconsider.
The lines of what makes a client and a provider aren’t nearly as defined as some might like. If you’re horny, bored, and hit someone up for sex with an expectation that it’s transactional, why would I pay you to satisfy your boredom and libido? It seems to me that’s the very definition of being a client…approaching a potential guy for transactional sex. I’m not paying a provider to satisfy his needs; I’m paying him to satisfy mine.