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24 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Unfortunately a lot of gay men live in denial of their subconscious decisions made throughout life in who they find attractive . Somehow the "guilt" of homosexuality goes away when you can claim it wasn't your fault ...you were born that way.

I wish you wouldn’t speak for other people.

5 minutes ago, handiacefailure said:

An escort can ask and I've had a couple quote me that and I simply don't respond or just tell them it's out of my price range and thanks for the response.   I've had a couple try negotiating with me and I just ignore those responses.  

I find the negotiating after the initial decline on my part a bit offensive. If you can do less, why’d you quote more at the outset? I can see the client wanting to see if he can bring it down, but when he says it’s too much, how come the escort can come down? If he can do less, he should quote that to begin with.

3 minutes ago, latbear4blk said:

If you like driving, and join a club where everyone drives Ferraris, and you cannot afford it, you do not start bitching about it. Instead, you get a Honda Civic, which is an excellent car.

I don’t know what clubs you belong to, but one of the favorite pastimes of the guys in the club I’m part of it kvetching about how expensive things are getting. People love to bitch about that.

11 minutes ago, latbear4blk said:

Your data is not relevant.

Called it!

10 minutes ago, latbear4blk said:

Where did you get that from? No one here said that there is no price range other than 400s. 

It’s implied if you feel it’s unreasonable you’re an asshole and should shut up. Hell. Sometimes it’s said…not even implied.

And the question is if it’s the new “normal,” asking if it’s the new relative reasonable expectation. I’ve read little here to suggest that guys don’t think it’s not at least tending that way.

The problem isn’t so much that clients here have a problem with $400/hr. Those of us here are probably over-informed. But the guy who’s just dabbling can be taken advantage of. And that’s unfair. And it says a lot about the escorts here who would defend that unfairness as legit just because the escort can dupe some schmuck. Instead of calling out bad practice of their “coworkers,” they let it fly,  shrug it off, or even will attempt to justify it somehow.

4 minutes ago, DrownedBoy said:

 

You want to play with economic data? Below is the very reason I felt 300/hr was too much before the pandemic:

 

Anesthesiologist
Average base pay: $164 per hour

Orthodontist
Average base pay: $118 per hour

Psychiatrist
Average base pay: $103 per hour

Commercial pilot
Average base pay: $50 per hour 

U.S. Marine Corps officer
Average base pay: $42 per hour

 

These are from 9 months ago, so feel free to adjust for inflation.

 

🤫 

We can’t compare escorting to another profession! Escorting is without peer! 

39 minutes ago, nycboi said:

So harsh 🥲🥲

You can always entertain yourself with some sticks in the backyard. 

6 hours ago, Benjamin_Nicholas said:

Bottom line, not everyone can afford everything.  That's life.  Those who can, do and will.

@nycboi– If you’re poor, popular opinion here is that you shouldn’t be here. This is a rich man’s sport! Now take your things (if you have them) and go eat your gruel…It’s life.

14 minutes ago, latbear4blk said:

The inflation argument, I think, is BS.

Inflation is really more of an issue for businesses who provide products, not services. That isn’t to say that service providers don’t need products, but rising costs are more directly passed along in products.

8 minutes ago, Lazarus said:

I guess you consider yourself some moral authority.

There’s a lot of those here.

Some people here make sweeping statements and we take it as immutable gospel. Others of us can say the sky is blue and there’d be 50 ready to explain why we’re in error.

I order to rent a studio apartment in Boston, I heard the local NPR report, pre-pandemic, you needed a salary of $72k per year. Granted, Boston isn’t a huge city, and a lot of folks who live around it in surrounding towns don’t make that much or need to, but Boston proper is hellish expensive to live.

It’s also worth pointing out that due to inflation, someone who’s salary was able to handle extras maybe 20 years ago can’t now. Pay has not kept up with costs.

4 hours ago, mike carey said:

Really? I thought it was an Abba reference. Oh, wait, that was 'A rich man's world'! Silly me.

🎵 Gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight*
 

*Or before. I’m not picky 😂 

26 minutes ago, Skip said:

Lot's of jealous mean old queens on this post... 

What makes you say that? 

2 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

I am saying the prevalence of bisexuality and the flexibility of people ...especially younger people shows that "born this way" is probably not accurate.

Meh. That’s conjecture.

In the previous line you said it’s not scientific fact, regarding the timing sexuality is determined. Then on its heels you go with a “probably,” regarding whether bisexuality somehow invalidates homosexuality or heterosexuality.

What stats and science supports that “probably?”

A better question is: what is at stake to say that sexuality is, at least to a degree, biologically determined? Why is that a problem? Personally…not based on presumptions and presuppositions about “people’s” motivations? Why is “born this way” personally an issue?

2 hours ago, Skip said:

It's a rich man's sport...

Does that make me athlete?

To your point – I find that kind of dismissive and supercilious. 

10 minutes ago, nycboi said:

You sound rich.

And to a degree out of touch with what average folks face.

There are some who would say that all life’s pleasures just, rightly, aren’t for all people. I’m not one of them. But they’re out there, and sadly more numerous than we’d like to admit to ourselves.

1 minute ago, goosh69 said:

Get over it.

Insensitive remark.

Were guys charging $300/hr in 2002? That was the pre-COVID rate for some. In 2002, I wasn’t even sure I knew what masturbation was, so I definitely wasn’t up on the rack rate for escorts. But something tells me it wasn’t $300/hr.

Some hair is fine. I don’t think I like a hairy guy though. I’m hairy though…Double standard?

No so much disgusting but initially surprising…

Honey in turkey meatloaf. Several recipes online called for it, and I was skeptical, but went ahead with it. Turned out great.

I highly recommend turkey meatloaf. Next time I’ll make a poultry gravy with a tablespoon of honey and a splash of liquid smoke in it. It’ll be perfect.

Trying new recipe ideas has always been fun for me.

14 hours ago, BuffaloKyle said:

Well it's now March 2 and looking on RM at the most recent reviews there are still reviews coming in from basic users. 

🧐 

The site does seem at times to be a bit clunky. Maybe the change will have a late rollout. Like Truth Social.

1 hour ago, coriolis888 said:

Not all providers know one another

In fact, I’d wager most are “independent contractors” and/or “lone wolves.”

I think extrapolating to the whole from individual incidents is a bit…dangerous. I totally accept bisexuality as a legitimate thing. In fact, I’d say people are born that way!

So some gay folks think bisexuality isn’t real? Okay. Some straight people think that homosexuality isn’t real. It even sounds like some bi folks in this very forum are saying that neither heterosexuality or homosexuality is real. Guess what – saying it’s not real doesn’t make it less real. It just makes the person saying it sound ignorant and close-minded…

37 minutes ago, DrownedBoy said:

Your co-workers are not your friends.

The company you work for is not your family.

Your boss isn't really concerned about your well-being.

And....

This. To kingdom come.

Accept your boss may care about your wellbeing, to a degree – if they’ve a decent human being.

2 hours ago, marylander1940 said:

how would they know you're for real till you send an Uber to pick them up because you're not playing games? 

I don’t like the negative assumption out the gate.

We’re supposed to, as clients, assume providers want to please us and not simply ca$h in on horny men.

Providers should approach us as real potential clients who are actually interested in hiring.

Maybe if instead of skepticism out the gate we approached things with a bit more magnanimity, it would make the whole experience less bileful.  

1 hour ago, coriolis888 said:

Many providers do not respond to messages from potential clients. 

Hence, it is not a bad idea to send out "bids" or inquiries to multiple providers in hopes that one will respond.  

 

Precisely. Well put. Concise.