Max's Year End List of Ins and Outs for 2012

[maxwellissmart]

In: Drumming up enough civility to participate in a post, even if you hate the OP

 

Out: Arguing for the sake of arguing until you get timed-out

 

In: Newbies who come up with some interesting questions

 

Out: Newbies who join for the sole reason of dissing someone

 

In: Offering constructive advice

 

Out: Offering constructive advice for a question/concern that is obviously fake, but somehow generates concerned responses from 97% of the board

 

In: Lauding participation of escorts

 

Out: (tie) Lauding participation of escorts who have checquered pasts and have made no effort to correct these issues whatsoever

 

and

 

Comments that state participation of escorts on the board is unnecessary if it falls out of a certain, predetermined spectrum of topics

 

In: Discussing how to make your butt feel good

 

Out: Getting butt-hurt over stupid shit and attempting to get some sort of revenge over Every. Single. Post. from here on out

 

In: Helping out an escort/client in need

 

Out: Posting obvious gossip under the pretense of "helping" out someone with a problem that is dubious, at best—and with no follow-up

 

In: Humor

 

Out: Humorless prigs

 

In: Questions that everyone can relate to

 

Out: Questions that are vague and have no links, pictures, or reference materials to clarify

 

In: Gay men who actually seem to care about making themselves happy

 

Out: Whiny, self-loathing men who complain about everything and shoot down every bit of constructive advice given to them as being "unrealistic"

 

In: Escorts who are impressively or surprisingly smart and know things well beyond Escort World and are willing to share

 

Out: Escorts who are here merely to promote themselves and sneak such statements into practically everything they post

 

In: Escorts that no one has heard of getting some press and attention

 

Out (hopefully): The same 3 or 4 escorts dominating 75% of every "Best Of" list or topic, when they can't possibly handle the traffic anyway

 

In: (tie) More willingness to talk about unsafe sex practices

More willingness of clients/escorts to participate in unsafe sex practices

 

Out: An "always safe, all the time" attitude with sex and drugs (!)

 

In: Experimentation

 

Out: Plain old vanilla, every time

 

In: Fake pics

 

Out: Common sense by hiring escorts who show up not looking like their pics under the justification that "they were cute anyway"

 

In: Hiring escorts from non-traditional sites like Adam4Adam and Backpage

 

Out: Safety

 

In: Negative reviews

 

Out: Sending an escort on his way because he doesn't live up to his promises

 

In: Women hiring "our" escorts

 

Out: There aren't more women participating on the board

 

In: Begging for certain people to be allowed back on the board

 

Out: Letting it go, already—if Daddy wanted them back they'd be back

 

In: Escorts offering suggestions to other escorts to help their business

 

Out: (tie) Escorts who ask for suggestions but don't really want any

 

and

 

Escorts who take another's post about a very positive experience and somehow turn it into something negative

 

In: Older escorts

 

Out: Calling older escorts "fat" and "ugly" simply because they aren't your type

 

In: Long, flowery profiles from escorts who claim to be "Ivy League-schooled" and are master conversationalists about everything from Ibsen to current tax law

 

Out: The ability from the above escorts to return an email, phone call or text in a timely manner

 

In: Appointments set up via text

 

Out: My patience with clients who send questions like: "U avail? Lkn 2 fuk."

 

In: "Ask Me"

 

Out: The five seconds you'll save by not having to ask what an escort's rate is

 

In: Obama

 

Out: Throwing the gay life under the bus for an extra dollar or two back in taxes

 

In: Mean-spirited threads about gaining weight or losing looks

 

Out: Remembering that the exact same thing happened to you too, which is likely why you hire escorts

 

 

 

Max's personal ins for 2013

- travel for clients

- try new things

- be more patient

- see at least one person from the board who can clarify I'm actually an escort (and not Benjamin Nicholas)

 

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year to all of you.

[tyro]

Hi Max!

There's enough of ALL mah boyzes to go around for the gents too. 'Nuff said. So thanks for welcoming participation from the female gender.

T

PS You're really NOT Benjamin Nicholas? You've certainly got some folks fooled..........

[JoeBlow]

It's a very thought-provoking list Max. Thanks for sharing it. I sure hope you are wrong about the "always safe, all the time" attitude with sex and drugs being "OUT"...If that were were 100 percent true, I would quit hiring altogether.

[maxwellissmart]

It's a very thought-provoking list Max. Thanks for sharing it. I sure hope you are wrong about the "always safe, all the time" attitude with sex and drugs being "OUT"...If that were were 100 percent true, I would quit hiring altogether.

 

In the past several months I've had a number of clients ask me to bareback. I've also been turned down by clients looking for a barebacking experience when I said "safe only."

[josephga]

Oh it's a growing thing for sure. that's why I deleted grindr and scruff from my phone. Most wanted barebacking or said that they were already positive and only barebacked.

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

Max,

 

Such a great list took more than a few moments to put togehter. Thanks for the detailed list and nice read.

 

Sam

[Steven_Draker]

OUT: Rick Munroe

 

IN: Maxwell Smart

[josephga]

out: Rick munroe

 

in: Maxwell smart

 

 

lol

[maxwellissmart]

OUT: Rick Munroe

 

IN: Maxwell Smart

 

In and out and in and out and in and out (oh God): Rick and Max

[tyro]

Mama's got her squeezebox...

T

[Lookin]

Mama's got her squeezebox...

T

 

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