The_Impeccable_G

Disagree....David Geffen by example.

This is precisely my point. Geffen had boyfriends, not escorts off rentmen.

Curious if companions segment their client based depending on how wealthy their client is? Does this impact the service they provide to a client of average means vs a super wealthy client?

 

Curious since I wonder if it's risky for companions to know how wealthy you are? Does this open you up to problems? I looked for a thread on this but didn't find one.

Super wealthy do not need to use escorts.

This is my tribute to Daddy.

 

https://ilikepinga.com/2021/04/03/daddy-has-died/

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What a wonderfully written tribute! Thank you for that.

Did you actually read it?

You always complain. I would never hire you even if you were the last escort on earth.

There was a big scandal about that. If you look at the home page of their website, well ... things have changed. Otherwise, no profit, that simple.

So they changed their marketing. And next year they will change again. My point is that what they do is driven by their business decisions, not by racism or body shaming.

What about seism and weightism?

 

This thread by @friendofsheila is about that!

I think they made a business decision to address that specific market segment of the young and fit. By the way the opening post is about white butts ?

I used to enjoy seeing their oversized posters in the store windows, taunting me with ripped young flesh. I think I only went in the store once (with a friend who wanted to go) because I knew their clothes weren't for me. I wasn't plus sized then like I am now, but even then I knew that their brand was made for people built differently than me. Some clothing brands are just cut for extremely lean bodies; if you don't have a body like that, you either need to buy a size larger than you'd need for some areas of your body in order to accommodate the bit of fat you have in your midsection or just buy other brands designed with your body type in mind.

 

I have less a problem with A&F marketing itself to the athletically built than I do with their racism. Does anyone remember the scandal when it was revealed that the stores would put white people on the sales floor but people of color either worked in the stockroom or weren't hired at all? Or their t-shirts that used stereotypical, insulting images of Asians? Yes, their models were cute but they were also almost always white. The racism behind A&F was very obvious.

I am sure they did their market research and that was what their customers wanted. Let's stop bringing race to everything.

I used to admire their bare-chested male greeters outside the store.

 

I marveled at their hubris in opening a store on Savile Row in London, and I was astounded by the homoerotic decoration inside the store. What surprised me was that the young Englishmen acting as greeters there were even better looking, more ripped and muscled than their counterparts at the Fifth Avenue store in NYC.

 

I didn’t rate their clothes (too rough cotton) although, to be fair, their underwear was very well-made. But the main reason that I remain fond of the brand is that I got to play (separately) with 2 of their cover models

Font memories from that store. Specially one of the assistants.

Probably not. He's shooting for a small segment of clients who are willing to spend a large premium. I'd bet most of those clients aren't turned off by the budget question. In other words, the clients he's "losing" aren't likely to be his target audience and aren't likely to hire him. I'm in that group, not so much because of his tone or his likely price tag, but because I doubt he'd provide the experience that I want.

I find him rude and certainly not in the upper market. My experience with models and instagramers is that they are extremely good in communication. They know how play the game and they would never use "what's your budget". He is also too short for a model and too muscled. Not for me.

When the two sites--reviews and MB--were one, I assumed that the advertising on the review section underwrote the expense of the MB section. When the sites were split, Daddy still owned both, and I assumed that the review site was still the primary financial support for the MB. The money from voluntary donations from MB members seemed to be a supplement, but erratic personal donations are not a very reliable way to finance an ongoing operation. Now that Daddy is gone, I am trying to understand how an operation like this actually works or could work.

Reviews subsidise the forum. The forum brings traffic to the reviews.

Personal donations in the form of subscriptions is the business model for onlyfans, patreon et al.

The only reason I opened this thread is that I couldn't open the review site. Not to fuel a discussion about the rules of the site.

Yes, I wanted to visit the site as a farewell.

Thank you. My mistake, works fine.

Is the review site gone? I tried to access it and got an error message.

My condolences to the people that knew him. It is good he did not suffer long.

Of course, the obligatory trip to Dubai, the pic in the Lambo and the lip filler. I’d imagine we’re looking at a $500 per hour boy here.

And what is wrong with that? I d rather spend 500 on someone I like than zero on most of the escorts discussed here.

Yes @The_Impeccable_G but without giving anything away to identify the young man

 

To put it in context, I should mention I have one Golden Rule about first dates. It‘s my view that everyone presents the best version of himself on a first date. So if the man is rude or insulting (especially to the wait staff) or behaves badly or something seems not quite right/feels ‘off’ or if there’s some discrepancy with what I was told earlier, there is no second date. That’s s my Golden Rule.

 

He was working full-time and living in London. He was my type: early 20s, university-educated, decent looks, athletic body; very compatible with my being a top only; and he was keen to meet an older man. I suggested drinks but he countered with dinner so we could get to know each other better.

 

Alarm-bell 1: He asked where I was taking him to dinner. He approved my choice of a fashionable restaurant and I booked at the time he stipulated.

 

Alarm-bell 2: I arrived 5 minutes early but he was already there. He told me he’d expected me to be there to greet him; I smiled and gently pointed out I was early. He countered with he’d been waiting for 10 minutes.

 

Alarm-bell 3: I suggested a glass of wine. He said No, let’s have a bottle.

 

Alarm-bell 4: He was dismissive to the nice waiter…and a little later, snapped at him.

 

Alarm-bell 5: He happened to spill some wine on his shirt. When I suggested he dab some water on the stain, he snapped at me You think I don’t know how to do laundry?! Apparently it was a new shirt he’d bought to impress me.

 

Alarm-bell 6: I was thinking how to smooth over his upset, when he said What? So now you’re not talking to me just because I raised my voice to you?

 

Alarm-bell 7: I’d been making pleasant conversation and asking him about his job, his interests, his likes and dislikes etc. I made a mental note that he had not asked me anything. Then he abruptly remarked on the new iPhone. He said he wanted the one in rose-gold. I murmured Isn’t that expensive? He replied Not for you.

 

Luckily, then our first courses arrived

Thank you. I get the picture. I had a similar experience many years ago. But I liked him so much that I did not care at the time. Now I regret it.

I even had one bad dinner-date that was so bad that I refer to it as the gold standard of bad dates.

I am sure that would be a great story to tell over a drink ? Can you share key points?

As I mentioned a few pages back, I really enjoy seeking and this type of relationships. In my experience, despite the large numbers of escorts in seeking, most of the guys there are not escorts and do not seek hourly compensation. They are after a true relationship with the ambiguity and fluidity that all relationships have. Some have a clear view of how they want it to shape and how to monetise it, others don't. Some will be insulted and ghost you if you mention money. I remember a first meet with a very nice guy. After dinner I offered him taxi money and he refused. So my advice is don't confuse seeking with rentmen, they are different animals. Start slowly, take him for a drink. Do what you would do with a date, not an escort. And see what happens.

 

OTOH, I've rarely met a model who can't be talked into anything in under 5 minutes. ?

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That seems unduly harsh.

 

And like most cunty comments (mine included) it says more about

the person saying it, than it does about the object of their derision.

Just criticism. And all it says is what it says.

Are you searching for a new one?

 

How's the application process going?

Of course I do. I had a shortlisted candidate, out for lunch and decided not to pursue... Unfortunately the next one is a few hours flight away...

With all the posts about Switzerland I forgot the subject of the thread. So I no longer have one. I decided to retire my favourite guy ?. I saw his latest photo on Instagram and decided I don't like him any more. He went past his best consumed before date. ?

I found the French spoken in Geneva very easy to understand as they speak it beautifully. My native Quebec could learn a few lessons.

 

My boyfriend's second language was English as he had spent a year at a language school in San Diego a couple of years before I met him. He had been born and raised in Lausanne, another lovely city and more French speaking than Geneva.

 

Geneva itself has a very international flavour as the United Nations and many UN agencies and other international organizations such as the Red Cross are headquartered there.

 

The villages in Switzerland are also lovely, very picturesque. And the food everywhere is great.

I went to highschool near Geneva. Many fond memories. Later I used to go often for business. Geneva and Lausanne are so beautiful. The lake is so calm. Zurich less so.