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11 minutes ago, Benjamin_Nicholas said:

When you namecheck an escort and provide a link, it's a whole different ball game

If it causes this particular escort to reconsider his nasty tone, arrogance and rudeness then it's a good ball game in my view.

Bad providers who provide a service (of any kind) to members of the public and/or those with a negative attitude towards their potential paying customers absolutely deserve to be exposed.

11 minutes ago, Benjamin_Nicholas said:

Being critical with cause is one thing.  Being an asshole is quite another.

You've not even bothered to read the post, have you? The cause of the criticism is in what contempt he has for potential clients of his. 

If you think bad providers should be free of criticism, that's fine. But I don't believe that's how things should be.

1 hour ago, Pd1_jap said:

Dude, chill. I don't really care if providers are on here. I want to know about client's experience. 

Escorts provide a service, just like many other self-employed and business people do. 

It's important that bad businesses, shoddy tradesmen or other people who provide bad service or appear to have attitude problems and treat their customers/potential customers with arrogance and contempt are exposed.  

@Jarrod_Uncutcomes on here complaining about clients and prospective clients who have treated him badly and wrong-footed him all the time (I say that with much love, Jarrod, because you have every right to do that) - so if it's okay for providers to do that on here, then it should be okay for us clients to do the reverse.

Eating the cake 😋

I'd definitely hire these two at the same time for a threesome - Landon Vega and Tyler Hill from Helix Studios.

11 minutes ago, HoseMaster said:

I just can’t hire someone based on one ass picture….

Agreed. And definitely wouldn't hire someone who seemingly doesn't have a face.

No, I haven't. He isn't my type in terms of appearance, but from what he's written on his profile he definitely comes across as a very friendly, down to earth, easy-going guy.

4 minutes ago, Quincy_7 said:

There's always been a good number of Brazilians whenever I've been in town. Not sure if the pandemic has affected that.

Nope, it hasn't been affected at all. They're all still here, though a few did go back to Brazil during the early days of the pandemic and first lockdown we had here.

I'd say around half or even more than half of all the gay male escorts working in London are from Brazil. 

Just now, Quincy_7 said:

Physically, he's completely unattractive to me. Nothing compared to Grant, who is a London favourite of mine: https://www.sleepyboy.com/uk/london/escort/Britboygrant

 

I know Grant is very popular and has a good reputation, but he isn't my type personally. The only reason being that I am into darker guys and Latinos 😈

Just read through this profile:

https://www.sleepyboy.com/show_escort.php?id=34147&version=2

The utter contempt he feels for his clients and prospective clients just screams through every sentence. 

16 minutes ago, Phlmuscle said:

A darker background would be great and much appreciated.

Or the option of a 'dark/night mode' that could be switched on if the user wishes to have it on. 

2 hours ago, HoseMaster said:

Thank you for your story about Andrew.  I don’t remember his ad, but I understand the pain you felt.

@HoseMaster Thank you - that means a lot.

I still think about him every now and then even after all these years. 

He advertised in the 'Commercial' section of Gaydar in 2006 and 2007, but I think by the time of his death in 2008 he had been finished escorting for quite a while. I'm really not sure, but I think he may have stopped in 2007.

The porn scenes he did for Eurocreme were produced in 2005 and 2006, so I think he may have been escorting in 2005 as well. But again, I don't know. All I know is that he definitely had a Gaydar Commercial profile in late 2006 and in early 2007.

His best friend 'Robbie G' (who also starred in a few Eurocreme titles including 'SoldierBoy' in the same scene as Andrew) was also an escort, and I met him at the flat in Barbican during my first session with Andrew. 

I also know that one of Andrew's regular clients was a Member of Parliament (who still has his seat in the House of Commons today). 

Re: the Moderator's note.

I should say that there was another picture of Andrew on this post, one that I had taken myself during my overnight session with him at the hotel in Victoria. This was a breach of the Forum's 'Guidelines' which I had stupidly failed to read and therefore adhere to. 

Lesson learned. 

There have been a couple of posts recently in which the subject matter prompted me to mention the fact that I hired my first escort when I was only 18-years-old, namely the 'Forum Census'  and  'At 81.. am I the oldest client on here?'. I thought I would make a post about it for anyone who might be interested. 

The first time meeting Andrew was at the tail end of 2006, in late December I think. The reason I'm almost certain about the date is that I remember picking up a copy of the London Evening Standard upon my arrival in London that night at St Pancras station, which had news on the front page that Saddam Hussein's execution had been scheduled (or maybe even taken place, I don't remember. Saddam was executed on the 30th, anyway).

At 19-years-old, Andrew was a year older than me. I'd found and viewed his escort profile on a website called 'Gaydar' (which still exists but is nowhere near as popular as it once was) and contacted him. His pictures were awesome. He was the most beautiful lad I had ever seen. As well as escorting, he worked in gay porn; if you want to see Andrew 'in action' today, all you need to do is watch 'RudeBoiz',  'BikeBoy', 'SoldierBoy' or 'Penthouse Sex Party' - produced by Eurocreme. 

I met Andrew in the shared flat he was staying in at the time just literally right around the corner from Barbican tube station. I won't go into the intricate details of what took place during our session, but it was fantastic. After that session I was so happy. I didn't at all feel like I had wasted money - despite the fact that at that age I didn't have a lot of it. I enjoyed my time with Andrew so much that I ended up meeting him a second time, for an overnight session, in early or mid-2007. He came to meet me at the hotel I was staying at just around the corner from Victoria station. I always remember that I had arranged the session from my new number and that I didn't tell him that I was the client. So when he knocked on my hotel room door and I opened it, he was pleasantly surprised to see that it was me - he remembered me of course from our first session in 2006.

What a wonderful night that was. I couldn't believe I was spending all evening and all night with such a beautiful guy (beautiful both on the inside and outside; he had a lovely personality). I still remember details of some of the conversations we had that night, even all these years later. He spoke about his life, his family, his friends - and revealed to me that he had a son to a girl he used to date and that he'd be buying him a present with some of the cash that I was giving him for the session.  The best thing about that night for me was cuddling up to him and going to sleep with him. I've never done that with an escort since. Waking up to him the next morning, him still sleeping on his side, and my head pressed against his back, was so good. 

That would be the last time I saw Andrew. About a year later I heard that on 11 May 2008, Andrew passed away from an overdose of the 'chemsex' drug GHB. Though I had only met him on two occasions, and that we had met on the understanding that our relationship was purely transactional, I was heartbroken. He had a profound effect on me. I must confess that his handsome looks and his down to earth personality were to blame for a bit of an infatuation with him. I was terribly upset at the news, and to this day whenever I think of Andrew's passing (at age 21), my heart feels a unique pain.

Andrew was my first hire. He taught me that gay male escorts provide a quality and professional service. He quashed any notions that I might have had that sex workers are not decent people, with his kindness. He allowed me to be more sexually free and to feel good about being so, by showing me certain things that I had not tried before. He gave me companionship when I needed it, on two occasions. And I did need it. He satisfied all my sexual and emotional wants and needs, twice. He opened my eyes to the fact that escorts don't just sell sex, but also affection and intimacy. To this day I enjoy the services of professional providers, and I have my initial experiences with Andrew to thank for that. 

Here is one of his modeling photos which I think he used on his Gaydar escort profile: 

Moderators' note: Photo removed because we don't allow posting non-public photos. 

24 minutes ago, Luv2play said:

On a side note, since it has been raised, I like the current white background to the text as I find it just like a word processed page that I type on my computer. And my eyesight is not the greatest. I would not favour a dark background.

Nobody has raised changing the background from white to dark. What was being discussed earlier was having a 'dark mode' or 'night mode' option (key word there being option) that members of the forum could 'switch on' if they so wished (Twitter and Reddit are two sites that i can think of that have this option).

4 hours ago, lonely_john said:

Hiring is also seasonal

Personally, I hire all year round. Even in the dark winter months. 

I suppose since I do all of my hiring in London, where I make use of the Underground network and buses (I don't drive my car down there), going out to meet escorts even when the weather isn't great is not much of an ordeal. 

7 minutes ago, RadioRob said:

I can add a dark theme and allow members to pick.  I've avoided doing it because most people here tend to not like change too much.  Given this site has had a light background for 20+ years, it did not seem to be something that was important to people.  The comment earlier was literally the first time I've seen anyone bring it up since I've taken over running the site.  

It's not overly difficult to do.  In fact, I would most likely just purchase a pre-created dark theme and customize it a bit to save time/effort.  My suggestion if something like this would be helpful is to post the ask in the Features and Feedback forum.  (That also keeps the discussion on topic for the original post in the thread.) The more people that say "hey yeah that would be helpful to me", the higher on the priority list it goes.  

Thank you. Yes, that is exactly what I meant - a dark theme that members could pick to 'switch on' if they prefer that.

I think that would be great for those of us with sensitive eyes!

Thank you very much for at least entertaining the idea, it would be good to get other forum members' thoughts.

Hi there @RadioRob. Do you think it would be at all possible to add a 'night mode'/'dark mode' option to the forums? 

There are those of us whose eyes don't take kindly to the very bright white background.

Cheers  

4 minutes ago, Phlmuscle said:

I spend very little time here because the white background hurts my eyes. I think it needs to be toned down a bit. I get a headache every time I open the forums. I have tried adjusting my computer but it doesn't seems to help.

Maybe if we ask the Mods politely, they may add a 'night mode' option to the site?

6 hours ago, Merboy said:

All I can say is good for you honey - you rock.  at 95 i want to be having sex with 23 year old men... ok, maybe a lil bit older by then.... so 25.

who knows? Maybe even America's Golden Girl Betty White (love her!) is probably kickin' it with a lot of man candy right now out there in Hollywood.

Well, here's hoping you make it to 95 😂👍

2 hours ago, HotWhiteThirties said:

Says it was @jawjateck!
 

The Champion!!!! 😁

I've just realised that you can click to see which forum members have answered each question. I didn't know you could that. 

Not really sure I've noticed an uptick, but I do see the odd one every now and then claiming to be "straight".

If they genuinely are straight, they're not likely to provide a good and enjoyable service. 

I suspect, however, that most are not in actual fact "straight". 

Just now, coriolis888 said:

It is remarkable that Villa Gianni has been in business so many decades and does not get shut down.  

Even though the manager at the facility (who directs you to a room wherein will be the guy you chose) says "enjoy your massage", does not mean that only a massage takes place.  

I hope the place lasts for many more decades to come.  

I would surmise that it is very rare that "only a massage takes place" at VG 😂

And I concur. I hope VG is around for many years to come. 

I'm relatively new to this site (I joined in July this year), so I don't know who 'Daddy' was. I feel like I've missed out on a lot. 

This is a really great post and a fascinating idea, thank you very much @JoeMendoza.

Wow. First of all, I'm surprised that I'm not the only one who had his first hire when he was below 21 (I was 18 when I hired my first escort). So far, two of us have clicked the 'below 21' option and I'd be very interested to know who the other person is (though they may not wish to say for reasons of anonymity).  I honestly thought I was the only person in this whole forum to have hired an escort when I was so young.

And someone has clicked that they've been hiring for '46 - 50 years'. That's amazing.