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There is nothing to say. I live in Manhattan where there are some truly beautiful supermarkets with lovely graphics, a couple of extra staff people on the floor, great prepared food, and enticing graphics throughout that are very successful businesses. These stores sometimes charge SUBSTANTIALLY more for food staples than simpler stores nearby. I know my personal budget -- and I know where I buy what I need. No need to engage the business manager in the store that charges more with discussions about pricing policy. If a store's pricing is not profitable, a store will change it or go out of business. There is nothing to say.

As someone who also reads between the lines, I find most of our co-hobbyists are very, very literal. 😉

Pick the most important qualities to you. Simplify what you are looking for to a VERY concise list eliminating all the narrative and history. Go through the descriptions of possible providers, pick one, contact him and ask! If he says no, move on to the next one. If he says yes, either meet -- or come back to CoM for questions about that one specific guy. The simpler the question the better the answer you will get on CoM.

No. But there are all sorts of "deal breakers" from either side in this hobby: looks, geographic location, price, age, access to a spot to do the deed, specific scene wanted, etc. At any moment the whole arrangement can go south, and the mental fantasy dissolves into nothing. If you don't have a place and he doesn't have a place, it's no one's "fault." If you are in the Arctic and he is in the Antarctic, it's no one's "fault". If you want to do A, B, and C, and he never ever ever does C, it's no one's "fault". Personally, when communicating with a new provider, I lead with a friendly demeanor. Then I work down through the list above of what is most important to me starting with the ones that are mostly going to be problematic for the provider. I personally am not everyone's cup of tea visually, so I do start with "I am x and y, is that a problem for you?" I totally agree: It can be hurtful to know that my dream date is going to potentially turn me away at the door for my looks -- but I'd rather know that as soon as possible rather than hours later.

I totally concur! I can see in my mind's eye the video format where the two of you would be grilled by an impartial host (perhaps one of the CoM moderators or Andy Cohen??) who asks each of the two of you pointed questions about your heights with and without lifts, your eye colors with and without colored contacts, all the hairstyles both of you have ever worn in your lives, and a side by side cock by cock comparison. By the way, do the two of you have any other relatives who have ever been or who are currently in "the biz"? Or any other relatives who we may someday see joining the conversation here on CoM? We just want to be prepared next time.

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When I put my lifts in my shoes I am taller, put in my lavender contacts my eye color is different, and when I do a comb-over my hair is different -- and you wouldn't even think it's me! So I think we all here may need to see the two dicks side by side to resolve this. Let's schedule a CoM group compare and contrast session. On second thought, maybe knowing you were inspired by and have a familial relationship with the previous incarnation is really all the information we need.

Thanks!!!! I either stupidly...or cleverly...wanted to post it in the "Europe" category as well as "The Deli"category (given that he seems to possibly be Italian) in order to maximize responses. 😉

So the way the NDA works is that "reliable sources" are free to just throw out the names of who was there to randos who tell their friends and then post on message boards -- but don't share the address or contact? That's one hell of an NDA. And you didn't even sign an NDA!

Or to post eleven word metacomments about posts about trolls. <cough> 😉

And, of course, to Tina Fey for a movie of the musical.

According to my reliable source who is actually the person who told her reliable source, Abraham Lincoln was also there with his "roommate" as was that uber-hot Dothraki warrior, Khal Drogo, and several of the newest hunky Hollywood stars that are so new you wouldn't even know their names yet. 😉 Seriously though, she has a reliable source" who doesn't share address or phone number???? That's not even as good as the reliable source I had in pre-school who confided in me that the moon was made out of green cheese.

I remember a very high stakes prediction similar to this involving Henny Penny, Foxy Loxy, Goosey Loosey, and Turkey Lurkey. They KNEW.

Does anyone have any knowledge of https://rent.men/GentlemannXL? Thanks!

Hope spring eternal. 😉

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Is a haircut natural or ARTIFICIAL? How about going to the gym? Moisturizer and sunscreen? Flattering clothing?

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So 73 opened in December and 23 closed in December. https://ny.eater.com/2023/12/7/23983007/nyc-restaurant-openings-december-2023 NYC Restaurant Closings, December 2023 - Eater NY There have been "over 40" closings so far in January and there have been 61 openings so far in January: NYC New Restaurant Openings, January 2024 NY.EATER.COM New restaurant and bar openings in January 2024 Since December 1: 134 openings, 63+ closings. More are opening than are closing!

Sounds like some marriages. Or some jobs. Or some families. 😉

? https://ny.eater.com/2023/12/7/23983007/nyc-restaurant-openings-december-2023 lists 73 opening in December NYC Restaurant Closings, December 2023 - Eater NY lists 23 closing in December. Am I misreading?

NYC New Restaurant Openings, December 2023 - Eater NY https://ny.eater.com/2023/12/7/23983007/nyc-restaurant-openings-december-2023 NYC’s Most Anticipated Restaurant Openings of 2024 - Eater NY https://ny.eater.com/2024/1/10/24023017/nycs-anticipated-restaurant-openings-2024

Sounds like some marriages. Or some jobs. Or some families.

Are you suggesting the software is hitting the recreational drugs too hard?