Bravo Elisabeth....very well put. 

Well said Elisabeth...... 

Why....maybe to boost their sense of importance....maybe because they want attention?  Maybe they are stupid and insensitive?

Sarah Dunant wrote an interesting book on Courtesans....

you can see a video of her talking about it here....

Oh my....do tell! You seem to have had some really "interesting adventures".  If you hope to get money from here, think again, it´s volunteer work.  You should write some things up and submit them someplace....(?)...where I don´t know.  Getting money for writing is NOT easy. If you are famous, people give big money and you get help with a ghost writer.

Maybe if you tell your stories you will get famous and people will ask for more and pay you?

As for the chicken, that is one of the more dangerous things to eat, it spoils very fast if not stored properly.  I always treat chicken like a deadly poison.....only one board to cut it on, sterlize everything that came in contact with it.  It doesn´t take long or much bad chicken to really make you ill.  Even then if some of the raw chicken juice comes in contact with something else that contaminates something else, like salad....you can get very sick.

Here is a very useful link.....

You brought up some relevant points.  I once knew a elderly unattractive woman.  It was doubtful she ever was very attractive at any point i her life.  I bring her up because she told me she wished she could have been able to make money from sex.....but she was never a candidate for that.  She never had the choice.  I wonder, if she had been attractive, what her choice would have been? She was poor, and felt being a prostitute would improve her life.

I had a student once who became a topless/lap dancer to make money.  She saved her money and started a very successful business. I don´t know how she could have dealt with it so well, but she seems to have done well with the situation.  Last I saw of her, she was married and had a couple of children. Most don´t fare so well, they come out with very deep scars.  I knew another who did not come out so well, she committed suicide.  Most have a very difficult time dealing with the dehumanization and objectification and consequently the use of drugs is high among sex workers.

Liz, I´d suggest you meet this man in person before getting so serious.  While you can get to know someone to some degree online, it is nothing compared with real life in the flesh experience.

You don´t know what he actually looks like, how he smells, how he moves, how he uses his eyes, how he eats....and so many other things....and he doesn´t know those same things about you.

We tend to fill with what we like and want when given the opportunity....as for age differences...it depends on the people. I know some marriages with large age differences that have worked out, and some that have not.

Another thing you have not mentioned is how your grown children feel about this relationship. Have you discussed this with them?

If you already have grown children, do you really want to have babies all over again. You are not as young as you were and having children is not easy.

As for the virgin issue, at your stage in live and with grown children, nobody would expect that of you.  Sorry if I sound hard on you....good luck

Hey everyone has their own motives.....I don´t choose to disclose my face or gender....no special motive...I just prefer to be pure mind devoid of any of the other trappings of regular life.  My gender, face are not the issue...but it´s nice to see your face....however tiny it is in the photo.....lol

New emoticons????       <----<   Oh....and I quite smoking 6 months ago (not to brag, it´s just too expensive and difficult to smoke here in CA  there is no place to do it.  You can´t smoke closer than 20´ from a door or window....so that means....) It was time. I hope who ever else still smokes can stop too. It´s like having a monkey off your back!)  still have my nargile though....it´s just too pretty to get rid of....well I´ll just have a and about it....thanks Admin!

What is ÖTV? At least you guys have a very good public transportation system.  Only in NYC is there a good transportation system.  Most of the country you must have an automobile to get around.  With no automobile your choices of employment, education or shopping are very limited.

The SF Bay area is pretty good in public transportation, but very slow next to the one in NY.

FWIW....the price of a gallon of gas here is about 3. USD............but when you compare the reality of the situation, we have to have automobiles and drive, you don´t.