PozBearWI

Oh to have bookstores here in Wisconsin (the old bookstores, with booths and GH backroom). And bars used to be a great place to hang out for awhile, and meet guys. Some bars were accommodating and had back rooms or basements. In this part of the US; those live, in person meeting places which didn't prescreen anyone or have a readable list of preferences and attributes are ghost towns. I think many in our community miss out on starting with eye contact and if a spark sparked we would have a conversation; or not, maybe just fuck and say nothing.... Conversation was two way, eye to eye. I miss that... It was my intention as covid has diminished immediacy in our lives to take the long drive into Chicago and visit Steamworks. I am suspecting mpox will level off; decline as we are able to get the shots and hopefully; the next hurrah doesn't start up as mpox starts to resolve and we enter an era of "wack em ole" the next virus. Quite a relief when I hear from some of the candidates that climate change isn't emerging... (NOT) I recall the sudden, but brief impacts when transport throttled back massively at the start of Covid. Some days one could get the impression mother earth isn't fond of us... Anyway, I digressed; sorry. So many customs from live in person meeting places didn't translate well to cyber. In cyber there is a breakdown of the fundamental courtesies that 'in person" life mostly demanded. Hopefully we'll work it out. For my own experience, there are the occasional OMW no shows. It is of course disappointing. There have been times when an OMW no show apologizes. But if they ghost I just block them. I actually experienced one OMW NoShow who apologized; set a new time and were once again an OMW NoShow. I don't get angry; often my gut instinct is pretty reliable of who is likely to be one. But it is pointless to continue if they are an OMW NoShow. I do have a couple dozen semi regular fellows though and none of them has ever been an OMW NoShow. As I see it; it is a phenomena experienced only in men I've never met. Perhaps this is the virtual "eyecatch" followed by an unspoken "awshit"?

My partner and I have a mutually agreed to open relationship. Thus there is no "cheating". However, a few outside of our relationship have asserted I am cheating. And were I their partner obviously IF I did that, it would be. Now, do I stay "loyal". Of course. My mate is my mate. Whether I have sex with another guy doesn't change that. Our home is our home. He is the one I snuggle up to at the end of the day. We go to the STI clinic together and we're open about results. We talk to each other about our outside play. I have had other partners though who clearly did cheat. My hubby had the same experience. That in fact formed the basis of our agreement with each other. In our decades together we often use that in our humor with each other. (e.g.: when I was scrubbing the back window of my mates daily driver he joked "scraping all the cum off the back window from my back seat fun???").

Oh how I wish you were in Wisconsin....

On the plus side of these aps, when a guy write OMW or On my Way and then ghosts I just block them. No point in any further conversation. At that point I have learned all I need to know about them.

Honestly I agree with George Washington on parties. Both absolutely suck; just that at this point in history, Dems suck hugely less than Reps. Right now we're not in a position to make effective; and well accepted advances on social causes until we tackle this ugly 50/50 split in our society. Before we can even do that; we've lost our way on accepted facts. The majority of us in this particular discussion on BZ are I believe in agreement with facts. Trump lost the 2020 election. It was not rigged. (recall before the 2016 election Trump decried it as already rigged and that "if" he lost, it would be because of that rigging. He didn't lose...). On his inaugural address he proclaimed it with gloom and doom; how destroyed the USA was and how he would rebuild it. My part of the US is definitely not destroyed. And I've driven across quite vast stretches of it and there is none of that destruction he proclaimed. Recall that he also proclaimed his inauguration was the largest ever (and if the metric is money spent; he might be right). But the crowd size was massively different than the inaugurations of his predecessor. So out of the box, newly minted president; he has lied to us. Have you ever noticed that if you listen to Trump's references about others; he is actually talking about himself? When he says "they are so unfair..." we need to correct his choice of object from "they are" to "I am". If one does that and compares it to observable events; thy match. Throughout his term he bombarded the news with false and incorrect information and the drumbeat became so loud many just believed him because it was all they heard. So; our challenge right now before anything else is to encourage each other to start exploring facts and to make active observations of what is fact and what is not. Then sure, lots of social causes and national advances we likely will improve the lot in life for MOST we can address.

I think I could easily get behind Adam Kinzinger.

I am timing pretty closely with you rawTOP. I know the place I normally go to for vaccinations likes 4 weeks between shots of any sort. With the new updated covid vaccine out shortly, I am planning a conversation about timing. I would like the new covid shot as soon as available, even if I have to wait some time before #2 mpox. And of course soon the annual flu vaccine will be out. My intent it to see if they'll be open to 3 week timer.

Mine was my very first fuck in the late 70's. A neighbor in the next apartment complex and I met and hit it off. Time passed and eventually we got around to sex. He fucked me bare using hand lotion as lube. But that got me started. At a point one fellow used a condom which I hated. Never repeated that and have only barebacked either as a top or bottom since.

I've definitely given up on giving any credence to polling numbers. Here in Wisconsin there is a huge amount of attention being given to polling and hardly anything to what the candidates are actually saying. When I filter out the big money ads and just pay attention to direct candidate ads, there is an interesting contrast to Michels vs Evers. Evers has a long list of impressive accomplishments even though legislators were of the other party. Michels simply talks about destroying things; and what he wants to destroy are people who disagree with his Trump backed agenda. Pretty troubling. Overall, I suspect midterms on average won't change much at all. The R's of course are dominated by Trump which is troubling in so many ways. I rather hope that Kinzinger or Chaney make a run to oppose Trump in 2024. While IMO Trump has earned prison time, I think it unlikely that will happen. Democrats have some pretty far left agenda items which is almost as concerning as the right wing. In my best hopes; I would love to see is start ignoring both wingtips and move back to centrist which should get us back to meeting the needs of the 80% (ish). I would love to see Citizens United overturned. The ads have gotten old and the intensity and content now is absurd.

Those doggone facts... LOL Glad you got the first shot. Sorry that we're in this crazy time of exposures again. If it is your intention to avoid getting mpox, I would wait until at least two weeks after your second mpox vaccination.

The website stores are OK. But a local leather shop will make your harness to exactly fit your body. Costs are hard to predict, but from my POV a $200 harness that fits you like a glove vs an ill fitting $100 piece is worth it in the long run.

My hope as well @rawTOP. It's been interesting watching the progression of the inoculation. Really now just a flat red spot. Slight bump. I thought it might itch as my mate, who got his at the same time found his; which had a more pronounced bump, itched some.

My decisions are always directly with the guy I am with; not something arbitrary like his race.

Love the feel of a pierced cock in my hole. First time was with a buddy with a OO.

Sadly though, that seems to be emerging as the more common level of comprehension. Perhaps too many have spent too much time in "name that tune" in three notes that they ignore the symphony.

Sounds like it is time to have a frank conversation with him and find out for sure.

Why not just initiate an open dialogue. Be open to any outcome; he might want to continue as friends and if you're good with that, continue as you have been. Gaining clarity with friends should be a good thing so next time you have a good amount of time; maybe over lunch; bring up the question "what is our relationship?" and let the conversation unfold...

Our clinic received only 20 doses. Those were gone wihtin an hour.

I agree. Additionally once I added intrusion detection to my network all sorts of shit accompanies Discord.

Similar experiences here too. Generally the guys who are invested in BDE are on balance crappy sex mates. They only think as far as their dick and leave out so much. On the other hand, I have had lovers with big dicks and not BDE who were astoundingly great in bed.

I have never understood why skin color was a thing....

I did have a nice conversation with the individual in our County Health department about where I might get vaccinated here in Wisconsin. As of a couple days ago there were only 4 total cases in the state. They believe they will get vaccine early in 2023. Is there a website you are aware of that gives Monkeypox vaccination options in Canada? (I have friends there an am asking them the same question.)

Last time i broke out in hives was when I discovered an allergy to a laundry product I had switched to a couple months before. The one with the European looking woman (costume) is sniffing dirty clothes and dancing. I concluded they took that video when she broke out in hives... 🙂 Go to Urgent Care confident that whatever they find they will help you handle it. No point fretting too much stuff that "IS".

Thank you!!! Entertaining to read as well. Nicely done article. Week over week my fondness for my brothers to the north increases.