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  1. Just for fun here are my top 5 weirdest (embarrassing? grossest?) guys I want to fuck. No. 1 Mumm Rha. If you grew up in the 80's you probably watched Thundercats. I thought Mumm Rha was hot! I love bad boys and he was a mysterious villain with killer thighs. I so wanted to get a peak under his shenti. What I wanted most was a three-way with Mumm Rha and Skeletor. No. 2 Groundskeeper Willie. I always had a thing for older men and when I saw Willie rip off his shirt on the Simpsons I was ready for the pants to go. Janitor porn is one of my things. Hey Treasure Island, more janitor porn with Willie look-a-likes please. No. 3 Steven Miller. I can't help it, creeps and jerks turn me on. You can't get any creepier or jerkier than Steven Miller. I bet he's got a nice ass. Has too considering how conservative and tight he is. I'd eat his ass before I fucked it and then threw him out on the street followed by his clothes. I am keeping the shoes though. No. 4 Lucy from Disenchantment. Hear me out on this one. Two things that attract me are a sexy voice and an attitude. Lucy has both in spades. He is adorable, funny, and such a bad boy. I pop a boner every time he speaks. No. 5 Donald Trump Jr. Okay I am actually grossed out by this one and ashamed of myself cuz I can not stand this guy! But ever since he grew a beard I want to sit on his dick. I have such a weak spot for guys with beards. Its my achilles heal. Grow a decent beard and watch me bend over. Sigh. So he can fuck me but only if he doesn't say a word. I could go on, there are more of course. Let me know your top 5.
  2. If I sounded like I was complaining it is because I was. Ideally I would prefer the comfort and privacy of my home to dredge the funk out of my pipes but that is not always an option. A lot of bottoms are rural meaning they drive a long ways to get some dick. The closest bathhouse to me is over 2 hours away so even if I douche before I leave there is no guarantee I will be fresh when I get there. I always do another douche when I arrive. Plus there are bottoms who live with family and roommates. It is not fun trying to douche on the down low while Grandpa is banging on the door because the chili went right through him. Try explaining to your roommate or nosey sister why you have been in the bathroom for the last two hours and have flushed the toilet 13 times. Then there is the timing factor. Back when the The Club New Orleans was in operation a room rental was for 12 hours and you bet I stayed the whole time to get as much dick as I could. At some point in those 12 hours I probably had to douche again. Lastly no matter how well you think you have douched accidents happen. I think I am totally clean then the top informs me otherwise. I am not driving home for a enema. I agree with you, I don't want to hear or smell the competition, I mean other bottoms, cleaning their asses. That is why I appreciate bathhouses that accommodate bottoms with douching booths. Club Z in Seattle has a dedicated douching booth that is private and much appreciated. Thanks for reading my post BootmanLA. I hope this explanation makes my rant sound a little more reasonable.
  3. I have encountered several threads on Breedingzone either discussing or asking advice about douching so I decided to throw in my two cents and so I present to you my fellow bottoms...treehugger's guide to douching. Enjoy. Tip No. 1 Know thyself. Being in touch with your body and how it functions in your own personal way is the most important knowledge in getting the most out of your douching routine. What I mean is questions like: How often do you defecate? Are your poos log-like or is it like you just turned on a soft serve machine? How often are you constipated? How long does it take you to push out a loaf? and so on. Understanding how your body operates will give you a better idea of what you need to do to get properly cleaned out. For example, if you are often constipated, take a long time to push out a few nuggets or have squishy poos then you are more likely to have a harder time cleaning out properly. This leads me to tip number two. Tip No. 2 A good douche starts with a healthy diet and exercise. Nothing lubes the ole shit chute like fiber and a trot around the block. Maybe you are that lucky guy that can eat anything under the sun and shit like a champ but chances are you are not. Diets high in animal protein, dairy and sugar can gum up the works making it harder for a quick douche to do a proper job. Cutting down on meat, dairy and sugar then upping your veg intake can move things along quite nicely. Also remember to hydrate properly especially if you consume alcohol. Consider taking a daily fiber supplement of some kind. And I do mean daily! To be a good bottom you need to be ready to take a load at all times. If you manage things properly you might get away with a quick douche before your next hookup gets to your door. Tip No. 3 Explore and experiment. First of all stick a couple fingers up your ass and feel around. Get to know what your are dealing with. Seriously, do it! Here's why. I have a problem with water getting trapped by my second ring. Not such a big deal if its clean but I'd rather not take any chances so sometimes I have to go knuckle deep, nudge that second ring and see if the pipes are dry. Try different types of douching equipment. I do like the shower wands but they can take some getting used to especially when trying to determine the best water pressure. I find I can get too much water too deep in my gut then it takes hours for all that dirty water to make its way back out. Depending on what type of encounter you are expecting you might not need to get that clean. Again it depends on how your body functions. If you are a reasonably heathy guy who isn't preparing for a gangbang you only need to clean out so many inches of your intestines for a stink free fuck. I have not tried the enema bags so not sure how well those work. I have an enema ball that is small enough to travel and big enough to get the job done. I've had the same one for 20 years. As big a 'ho as I am I still have not managed to wear it out. I recently tried a bidet wand that attached to the toilet and loved it. Worked perfectly for a quick douche and you can do it right over the toilet. It was a little awkward at first but once I got the hang of it was great. Tip No. 4 Start early with your douching routine. Of course this is not always an option but if you have a fuck planned it doesn't hurt to get the ball rolling early on. Even if my fuck is hours away I like to start douching so by the time its showtime I can be confident I am clean. I shoot some water in my hole, evacuate and then go on with my day, doing it again a half hour later and so on. If I plan on going to a fuck party, the bathhouse or a bookstore I might even start the day or night before. Fasting is a great way to have less to flush out. I am a champion at fasting so I can even not eat for a couple days before the event and have a much easier time cleaning out. Of course I hydrate and drink broth while fasting to keep up my energy. Sometimes I do a flush the night before by drinking a few glasses of prune juice. I happen to like the taste of prune juice and it works great for me at moving things along. Tip No. 5 Use lube when douching. You may not need to do this especially if your douching is a quick and easy operation. But if you are having trouble getting clean and have to insert over and over again that could lead to soreness and discomfort. I know it does for me. When I just can not seem to get clean and I am on my umpteenth ball of warm water my hole can get a little tender. As much dick as I have had over the years you would think it would not be so but alas my rosebud is apparently as delicate as the morning dew and lube is an essential component of my douching routine. Well that is all I have. Let men know if I left out anything. I am sure I will have an opinion on it. Lastly I would like to go on a small rant and mention how difficult we bottoms sometimes have it. I have been to 14 different bathhouses throughout the USA and I have to say most of them have shitty (no pun intended) facilities for cleaning out. What a fucking pain it is to have to carry enough bottled water into a stall to clean out properly when there is no dedicated space to douche. Just sayin. Tops are so fucking lucky! I know, boo-hoo.
  4. Did you ever figure out what happened? I loved that site and still miss it. 😞
  5. Love jerking off to your blog FelchingPisser, now I will be jerking off to thoughts of you piss fucking a load into me.
  6. Many of you probably know who the German Patient is but for those of you who don't he is Tim Brown, first person to be cured of HIV. Tim had two bone marrow transplants to treat leukemia. It ended up getting rid of his HIV, bonus, and catapulted him to international fame. He has his own Wikipedia page so look him up. Unfortunately the leukemia came back a third time and he is not doing well. There is no more that can be done to treat the cancer. I share this news because our community should know we could soon be losing a gay icon. I personally know Tim. He is brave and kind and a wonderful person. Tim travelled the world telling his story and advocating for HIV awareness. Also Tim is a sexually liberal person. He believes in the right to sexual self expression, whatever form that takes. He is great to talk with and it felt good to be able to talk with him candidly about my bareback preferences. I don't want to tread on his privacy at a critical time like this but I want all you guys to know about him and what is happening.
  7. My two cents...I had an unpaid membership with bbrts for a few years then one day it was gone. I never understood why considering that all the other bareback sites kept me on their books no matter how long between log-ins. I was irritated enough not to go back on it and now that I hear what ErosWired has had to put up with I will stay away. I say solidarity as both barebackers and consumers!
  8. The guy was obviously drunk. He bumped into me at the bar then started a somewhat slurred conversation about how bars were not as fun as they used to be. I agreed. Then he asked me if he could fuck me in the back of the bar. Without hesitation I said, “Sure”. His head snapped up in surprise. He was at least 20 years older than me and not particularly attractive. He probably got refused constantly. I was not only horny but curious. I always wonder what kind of dick a man has, how thick, what does it taste like, is he heavy shooter? You never know and I have endured a lot of bullshit from men just to find out what their cocks feel like. Plus he had been drinking Greyhounds and I was enjoying the smell of his fruity breath. I downed my drink and then removing his from his hand finished that also. I wanted him to be able to get it up. Grabbing his arm I pulled him into the dark of the back room. He laughed and pulled me close pushing his grapefruit flavored tongue into my mouth. We slobbered and humped each other, me trying to detect signs of life at his crotch. I was not interested in wasting my time with a limp dicked drunk. His body was firm and strong. I tried resisting when he ordered me to suck his cock and pushed me down on my knees. Okay I did not resist that hard, just trying to find out how drunk he was. I yanked his zipper down, no underwear, and helped myself to his meat: a couple inches of flaccid dick. Hmm. Not to despair, some guys can really surprise you. I went to work. It was a long haul made endurable when I glanced a couple guys watching the action. One only sipped a beer but the other had his cock out and was slowly beating off. I discovered my man really responded to having his nuts pulled and sucked. After that his dick was hard in no time. It was a respectable piece, uncut and leaky with delicious pre-cum. I was about to offer up my hole when he pre-empted my thought by ordering me to, “Get up and show me your faggot ass.” I promptly stood and dropped trou. I was already lubed. He quickly pushed his cock into me and we both sighed with pleasure. “You like my raw cock in your guts,” he questioned me, grabbing my hips and pulling me hard onto his rampant cock. “You know I do,” I groaned. “Fuck me.” I ordered. The masterbater edged closer. He had a glazed look in his eye and I wondered which one of us he envied. I motioned him closer. He moved cautiously and I kept waving him closer until his cockhead bumped my forehead leaving a snail trail of pre-cum. I thought he might retreat when I turned my head to take him into my mouth but instead he surged forward impaling me on his meat. Taking my head in both head he face fucked me timing it so I could catch a breath once in a while. The guy in my ass was a talker. With a lot of 'fuck yeahs' and stuff like 'eat that cock' he encouraged me to take it and the other to give it. I was in cockhound heaven. The guy in my mouth was obviously getting close. He begged the guy in my ass to trade places with him so he could dump his load in my hole. I was eager for that and happily my fucker quickly relinquished my ass saying “Breed the bitch”. My holes were soon refilled. The fucking was manic and filled with the sounds of his moans and our balls slapping together. He came with a rumbly sort of moan, his body shaking hard and his cock pulsing out squirt after squirt of his sperm. “Oh god that is so fucking hot,” the guy in my mouth intoned. The fuckers cock went limp fast and my original fucker moved to fuck me again but he was pushed aside by the guy was had until now only watched the scene. “I gotta fuck that seeded hole,” he growled pushing down his jeans. His cock was rock hard and sprang out of its confinement like something alive. He was a dark bearded man with steely unreadable eyes. Without another word his sank his cock into my well used hole and I clenched my ass in pain. He was thick and I was not prepared for his girth. He ignored my yelp and preceded to fuck the holy hell out of me. My drunk was apparently delighted with the situation. He ordered me to suck his balls and went on to cheer my latest fucker on. He wanted my hole good and wet with loads. At this point I was so turned on I knew if I touched my dick I would shoot so I confined my actions to my nuts, pulling and massaging them as surrogates to my meat. My fucker was slamming me so hard it was difficult to maintain my balance much less suck balls without accidentally scraping teeth so drunk guy replaced his nuts with his cock. My nose was pressed into his pubes and he held me by the shoulders to steady me so I could take the hard driving fuck the other guy was delivering. Luckily I can hold my breath for a very long time. I enjoyed the feel of is hard cock filling my throat and the lack of oxygen sent me into a light euphoria. I was nothing but a receptacle for cock and loads. I was about to get my second load for the night. With a gargantuan lunge and a grip I was sure would leave bruises the man shot his load. He continued to pound me hard and he swore like a sailor, a series of swear words without any real content or meaning. And then just like that he was gone, pulled out and walked away, tucking himself back in and strolled out of the bar. “That was so fucking hot,” the drunk said as he guided his cock back into my hole. “Oh shit, you are so hot and slick and hot, so hot.” Still drunk I thought. He fucked me leisurely recounting the two breedings he had witnessed. “I think I am I love with you,” he said and giggled. “Fucking cumdump whore faggot cumhole. Jesus Christ I want to see the whole bar fuck your slut hole.” Yes, yes, yes,” I agreed. He did not last much longer dumping his load into me with a long drawn out sigh and rather tender thrusts. “God damn that was the best fuck ever.” I was busy shooting my load onto the filthy floor. I couldn't completely agree but it was a fine little gangbang and I was supremely happy. I turned to tongue lube and cum off the guys half hard cock. When I stood he gazed at me with a happy satisfied smile. I went to tuck his business back in his pants but he stopped me saying to leave it out he had to piss. With a lingering kiss he pulled away and staggered to the bathroom. I pulled up my pants and went back to the bar for another beer and hopefully more cock. My hole was warmed up and loaded and ready for any hard-on that looked my way.
  9. Heavens to BETSY and Mergatroyd! Sounds like some Jane Austen wanna be got a hold of your manuscript. I understand your frustration. The changes are absurd.
  10. Every time I see someone getting fucked on a pool table all I can think about is how much work it is to replace the felt! Of course that would not stop me if a hot daddy or ten wanted to take advantage of me over a pool table.
  11. I have even more bad news. Having had a terrible time in NOLA I thought I would get some fun bar sex in Palm Springs, CA. Not so. Underwear night at the Barracks used to be super fun. Not only did you get to ogle all the guys in their undies but if you lubed up and bent over you had all the cock you could handle out on the patio. The last time I was there I got fucked by a dozen guys and blew just at many. I am getting a wood just remembering what a fine night I had. I went to bed fully loaded, exhausted and satisfied. Sigh. So I guess there was some bar trouble somewhere related to violence I think and not sex but no matter they stopped letting guys fuck at the Barracks. IT WAS SO FRUSTRATING!!!! I was major horny and ready to take on all cummers but no luck. Hot cock everywhere but no fucking. Grrrrr. A security guy kept walking around and discreetly putting an end to any encounters of the carnal kind. He was not a dick about it which was nice I guess. I ended up going home with a leather daddy with a fun playroom. Mike fucked me with his fat cock and fed me poppers while ordering me around. I had a fine time but still would have liked a few more cocks to round out the evening. What is this world coming to?! Is there anywhere a needy bottom can still get fucked in a bar.? May the powers that be save Key West and NO. 1 Saloon. I got fucked there too and can't wait to go back.
  12. Love the sexual energy of a bathhouse. There are two big plusses for me, the amount of cock available (I want all the cock and loads I can manage) and I like guys watching me get fucked.
  13. Was in NOLA last month during French Quarter Festival. The town was hopping the leather bars were not. I expected them to be packed and very busy. I have had a lot of cock at Phoenix and Rawhide. Soooooo disappointing! Rawhide had about ten guys in it. Two tried to get busy and were immediately stopped. The back area is well lighted with a new pool table. There were three chicks playing pool at the front table. All this at 11pm when the place should be packed and cocksuckers about their business. Phoenix/Eagle was little better, much changed upstairs. No more sling or dark room. Two guys got kicked out for attempting oral. It was boring. I snuck in a few kicks from a couple yummy guys but eventually gave up and left. Nola is ruined for me. I was told we have some uppity bitch to thank for this debacle. Apparently she was denied entry to a leather event at Rawhide and decided if she couldn't have fun no one else would.
  14. Jeez, that is terrible. Not the kind of 'dick' you want to meet at the baths. I never noticed anyone erasing my room number but I did have the opposite happen. I was in the sling getting fucked by this really hairy guy (we have played a couple other times) who drives me crazy. Love the furry ones! He left for quite a while and I got quite a bit of action in the sling. Lots of raw cock in my hole. He came back much later to fuck me again. As he was boning me he told me had had gone to all the boards and wrote "hot top taking loads in sling". Wasn't that nice of him. There are a few nice guys at the baths.
  15. Who does that kind of stuff!!! OMG. Did he think it was funny? What kind of sick bastard thinks that is funny? Not a fun experience but a really good party shocker. It beats the diaper guy I went home with once from a bar. When he got in my truck he informed me he was wearing a diaper. I was so horny I thought, "I can do this." I am willing to try new things. We get to his room and his bathroom is filthy. I am a total sex pig, love ass to mouth, snowballing, felching, anonymous gloryhole barebacking, etc... but I can't stand a skanky bathroom. That is gross. I soldier on but things are not looking good. I try blowing him but as I get close to his crotch I can see the scabs from a serious crab infestation around his cock. Deal breaker. I sit up and as I am trying to think of a gracious way of departing he jumps up in a desperate attempt to save the encounter and pulls bra out of the closet. As he puts it on I tell him I am really tired and need to go home. "Yeah, okay," he says, "me too. There's a game I wanted to watch anyway." He was a bra wearing diaper clad sports fan. Go figure. Unfortunately for him none of those things held any interest for me.
  16. Wow! That is some crazy shit. I have not ever had it quite that bad. Once in a while I will play with some guy and then realize I am not into them at all and make my excuses and then of course they show up where ever I am. If I get in the sling there they are. I start playing the dark room and suddenly I realize I am being stroked by the guy I was trying to avoid, on and on. It ends up being a cat and mouse game when what I really need to do is grow a pair and tell the guy I am no longer interested. Hate to ruin a guys evening or kill the mood (as you know). Ah the perils of the bathhouse. Still love it though.
  17. I was tongue tied alright. I try to be a good bottom and give guys pleasure but I need a top in order to be a good bottom and whatever this guy was he was no top.
  18. I am pretty submissive when it comes to fucking. I don't have it in me to tell a top raw or nothing. I hate to disappoint anyone who wants to fuck me. Do you insist on raw only?
  19. If you can make it to a bathhouse you will find it much easier to get raw loads. Depends on the bathhouse though. I have been to some where it seems like most of the guys insist on condoms and others almost no one does. On a good night I can go a whole evening taking cock after raw cock without ever seeing a condom.
  20. I don't know how anybody keeps an accurate count. I find it impossible. I can barely keep track of cocks much less loads. Last year I was getting fucked by an anonymous top at the bathhouse. He had a fairly large cock and it stung a little so I assumed he was wearing a condom, wah, but I took it and the fucking. He got off and walked away. I took a piss break and the cum started pouring out of me. It was crazy. He shot a huge wad in my hole and the whole time I thought he was wearing a condom. If he had shot a smaller load I would never have known.
  21. I walk around naked basically to show what I got, not to show off. I do not like keeping track of a towel or an undergarment. I have gained confidence over the years so I am comfortable going naked now but was not when I first started going to bathhouses. Its all about your comfort level. Now I think of myself as a cumdump bottom who wants to attract as many loads as I can get so going naked lets guys see what they would get if they fuck me. Besides I think its way more fun if everybody is naked.
  22. I am not very good at the dirty talk but I love to hear a top who is. I let a top know how good he feels even if it is only moans and groans. Make sure to compliment them on anything you especially like. I love really hairy tops so I always mention how great that feels. Or if a man smells good. Whatever he is doing to turn you on let him know. Begging for his load is always a good choice too.
  23. This happened to me last weekend and I would like some feedback cuz I was totally stupid. How would you have handled it? So I went to the bathhouse, Saturday afternoon, planning to stay through the evening. It was fairly busy and early on I got fucked three times, one each in the dark room, on the sling (wearing a blindfold) and on the fuck bench. Only one load but the first fuck was from a really hairy stocky guy and I LOVE that. I go back to the bench and someone starts playing with my cummy hole. He's rubbing his flacid cock in my crack and he does that for quite a while. We bottoms know how to be patient and I was. Then he asks me to go to his room. I don't go to rooms, mostly because I like public sex. I want to suck while I am getting fucked and I generally like to be available to whatever top wants me. And its way easier to get away from an encounter you are not enjoying if you are not alone in a room with them. Eventually he persuades me to go to his room. I still have not seen him but I think he might be this young Asian guy who has fucked me several times and is really into me. He always gives me a load and he enjoys watching other tops fuck me. He will bone me for a bit step back to let someone else have a go then slip back in when I am free. Fun guy. Wasn't him. I finally get a good look at him when we are alone in his room. And he is a very attractive young black man. He is a bit short by beautifully proportioned with great pecs and a six pack. Yummy from top to bottom. His short cropped hair was orange. He was sexy as hell. I was excited. We get comfortable and he proceeds to ask me things: do I do any drugs, do I like kink, do I like BDSM, etc.. No drugs except poppers, not much into kink, have never done BDSM. He asks me if I would like to try a little role play. Sure. He wants to do master/slave with me being slave. This just got interesting. I agree to a half hour of slavery, I will do whatever he wants. First thing he does is position me kinda on my side knees up a little so he can bury his face in my ass He spends most of the next 45 minutes with his face in my hole!!! At first it feels good. Who doesn't love a rim job and it is obvious he loves my hole. Ten minutes into my slavery I have done nothing except lay there. I am thinking at some point he is going to tie me up, gag me with his underwear, maybe walk me around on a leash ordering me to suck toes. I don't know, anything but just lie there. There is already porn playing on the television but he wants to put some kinky porn on his phone. He asks me not leave when he does it. I am the slave how can I leave? A sexy young guy comes on the screen in his underwear and starts rubbing himself. I will just say things got very messy from there. Its the subject that dares not speak its name, at least on this website. I am not freaked out or anything, just not my thing. My eyes wander, master notices and orders me to watch the screen. I start channeling my inner Martha Stewart. All I can think about is whether that stain is going to come out. I come to the conclusion that he is going to have to throw them in the trash. I've got Lysol on my brain after finishing The Days of Anna Madrigal where the whores use it to prevent pregnancy and I don't think Lysol is going to cut it for that bathroom disaster. I move on to bleach or maybe Scrubbing Bubbles. Master starts murmuring about me giving him some chocolate. The only chocolate in the room is him. He really does have the loveliest brown skin. I am douched up to my earlobes, not going to happen even if I wanted. Time drags on and I am still doing nothing but pulsing my hole for him from time to time. I almost fell asleep twice. BUT...I am committed. I am the slave, I do what I am told, I am going to give him his half hour. I thought he set his alarm on his phone. I was mistaken. Several videos later (only one was of any interest to me) I am sure my 1/2 hour is up. He is still nose deep up my ass and his cock had not hardened in the least. After I am positive a half hour has passed I start making noises that I am going to need a break. He ignores me. Master is having a fine time, he loves my hole. I like that okay, I want his load. He did eventually pull me on top so I could suck his dick. Still did not get hard. After about 45 minutes I wanted to be done but I invested so much time in trying to get him off I did not want to leave without victory. He continually promised he was almost there. He squirted some water in me so I could push it back out in his face. Yawn. Would have been fun if it was cum instead. I start getting pissy. He tells me to pulse my hole, I say, "No, I am bored". The half hour is over as far as I am concerned I have been emancipated, glory be. He continues to rim me. I say, "I want to leave." He begs me to stay just a little longer. I really want to make this cute guy cum but its a dumb situation that's become ridiculous. He ends up parked in front of the door with me bent over the bed, his face still in my ass. He does try to play with my cock, sucks it for a bit. I inform him the only way for him to get me hard is to fuck me. Stupidly he says, "Is that what you want?" What does he think I was draped over a fuck bench for? Is anybody else confused by that scenario? It has been almost an hour! What am I doing??? I don't want to be rude but I think he is being a jerk and I am being stupid for not putting an end to it. As soon as he moves away from the door I am out of there and I don't see him again. There must be a moral to this story. Oh and I think he gave me crabs, or I should say crab since I only found one but still...might not have been him since I got fucked by about 9 guys that night. I prefer to blame him since I enjoyed all my other encounters. Okay guys, lets hear it. I can't be the only idiot at the bathhouse.
  24. Wow, that was a really shitty thing to do. I hope you did not give him your load. He did not deserve it, unless of course that turned you on more then maybe he did.
  25. Your post made me hard. I'd bottom for you without hesitation. There are plenty of hot slutty bottoms who would be very happy to take your load. Ever go to the bathhouses? I am continually amazed at the studly cum dumps who prostrate themselves for anonymous cock. No worries about rejection there. If you haven't tried it you should.
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