Yes, I lived overseas for a bit as a student and then an adult and I also used to travel a fair bit for work, usually I travelled alone which meant meeting people was easy without work colleagues gossiping.

This is from a few years ago...
Fatal Shooting Of Instructor By 9-Year-Old Was Gun Range’s First Accident
Just imagine the levels of stupidity you have to reach where giving a nine year old an automatic weapon is considered a good idea.
It was a reasonably modern looking private gym with a sauna, jacuzzis/hot tubs, shower cubicles etc and a small bar/cafe/reception area.
I think it was originally intended to be a straightforward gym but it developed a reputation as a meeting place for gay/bi men which the owners encouraged as I assume it was lucrative. As I recall the shower cubicles were reasonably roomy, with enough space to get changed and shower without your clothes getting wet and so had plenty of room for two people.
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- If you've been to a gay bathhouse or sauna, did you have sexual contact with anyone, or did you just watch?
Yes...contact meaning full on sex, plus sucking etc.
- If you just watched, did you jerk off while watching? Did you feel like that was encouraged?
Not me, but I don't think it was banned.
- If you had sex with someone, did they approach you, or did you work up the nerve to go up to someone?
They approached me, or rather followed me into the shower.
- How long were you there? Did it feel like guys were more coming in for a cum fix, or staying for hours, or a mix?
I went a few times, usually I was there for an hour - 90 minutes. The place I used had a gym attached so I generally used that first.
- Did the establishment have multiple spaces (rooms, showers, hot tubs, steam rooms, etc.), and which did you use?
Saunas, shower cubicles, hot tubs, a steam room and a gym.
- Did it feel friendly to you as a first time visitor, or did it feel "clubby?"
Everywhere is clubby at first, I think you always assume that everyone knows everyone else, but that's not the case. I generally noted that the clientele differed according to the time of day, at least I thought I saw more married guys around late afternoon, younger people tended to use it later in the evening etc.
- If it was your first time, either at a sauna or with a man generally, did it feel like anyone perceived your newness and made an effort to "welcome" you, or did you feel kind of ignored?
I just minded my business/observed until I picked up the vibe, just as you would anywhere that's new.
- Did you feel like people were being mostly safe, mostly unsafe, or a mix when it comes to unprotected anal sex?
Mostly safe...I had protected and unprotected sex, I don't think anyone forced me to do anything I didn't want to do like going bareback.
- How did you feel? Was it thrilling? Scary? Empowering? All of the above?
I loved it, being picked up is a bit scary but that was part of the excitement.
- What was the mix of ages, races, body types, gender expressions, etc.?
As I say above I noticed the office worker/married men types in late afternoon and younger guys later in the evening, that was generally when I went. As for body types/race etc, there were all types.
- Were the guys mostly cool, or did it feel like there were some creeps there?
Mostly cool, my creep radar tends to kick in so I avoided anyone who made me nervous.
The saying goes that at elections Democratic supporters have fall in love with their candidates while the Republicans just fall in line.
That's true in the UK as well...
The Democrats did handle things badly, Joe Biden should not have run a second time and ok, I know he didn't, but had he stepped down/announced his intention to not run again say a year out from the election that would have given the Democrats plenty of time to go through the primary process and select someone and give them a run and build up some momentum. Instead Biden insisted he was going to run and the media attention was focused on Trump who ran away with the Republican nomination and then it became clear that Biden was no longer up to the job. That TV debate he had with Trump was excruciating. Kamala Harris was really given a hospital pass.
She tilted his head to the side, her breath cool against his throat. For a heartbeat, the world was still. Then her lips found his skin, soft and deliberate.
When her teeth sank in, he gasped — caught between pain and longing.
She drank just enough, then drew back, crimson gleaming on her lips. Her eyes met his, timeless and knowing.
“Now,” she whispered, “you are mine.”
The closeted married man is a bit of a cliche. If you go to a sauna or a gay bar in the late afternoon or early evening you'll quite often run into one who's just out for a bit of fun before going home to his wife and family. That's ok, it takes all types to make the world go round. Some of course have sexless marriages, some can't afford the divorce, some jut need to let their bi side out the closet now and again - you are their dirty little secret.
Trump looks...very unwell.
He's had some health issues recently and I'm wondering if he has Bell's Palsy or even a mild stroke? One side of his face looks a bit lopsided.
In the week his team put out a statement by him that looked a bit doctored as though they had a couple of takes and spliced them together.
She can lie all she likes, but eventually the Epstein files will get released, maybe by subpoena.
In the meantime Trump is going to lie, delay, obfuscate and do everything in his power to stop them from seeing the light of day.
He's also daring the Democrats and the legal authorities to do their job.
Several things but mostly I just knew that was the direction I wanted to go, as it just felt right for me. There were other events that confirmed that was what I wanted. Such as...
I tried/started cross-dressing as a young teen and fantasised about being seduced while dressed and I knew that a man would be in my fantasy doing the seducing. I didn't know which man - as in someone specific.
Discovering some gay porn a bit later and getting turned on by it.
Being introduced to my first bf, having my first kiss and loving the feeling it gave me.