foot is noticeably better already!
Wearing rigid boots outside or rigid slippers inside was all it took, I wouldn't know anything is wrong with my foot anymore. Can probably go hiking in the boots with Dax tomorrow :-)
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It's tough policing Dax on walks when my goal is to keep him from chewing on any sticks. It's impossible to achieve 100% unless I put a muzzle on him, which I am thinking about ...
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Something I want to point out again as it seems relevant now -- I have no age range with respect to my romantic/sexual attractions. Where appropriate, I will show my interest in anybody from Age of Consent through Seconds Before Death. Over the past few years I've played with fellas who ranged in age from around 20 to over 60 -- including every decade in between. There are a few reasons why it seems I'm mainly interested in younger guys these days:
(1) I'm 53 years old, so most people are younger than me. Having no age range means most of the guys I'm potentially interested in are younger than me. Most of the guys I run into at bars, events, parties, or online are younger than me. [Keeping in mind that most of the sexually active gay guys who would have been older than me died from HIV. Most of the gay friends I made when I came out during my 20s died from HIV.]
(2) Online, most of the older guys I would be interested in are explicitly not interested in me -- they list age ranges for their potential partners that exclude me. Time and time again I click on a hot profile of somebody my own age, and it says "looking for younger only".
(3) Online, most of the guys who express interest in me are younger than me.
So, it may look like I'm mainly interested in really young guys, but it's more that they are the ones who are interested in me. Sure, lots of young guys look hot to me, and I don't rule them out just because they're young. But most of the older guys who look hot to me rule me out because I'm older.
I was getting along really well at first with this guy my own age named Kev about a year ago, it was fun having conversations about our youth and knowing what the other was talking about. But it turned out he was super needy emotionally, couldn't hold down a regular job, had spent time in jail for illegal drug dealing, was still dealing illegal drugs, was sort of looking for a new sugar daddy to replace his current one, and I couldn't get past first base with him sexually. So ... I tried making a connection with somebody my own age, who was also interested in somebody his own age, but it didn't work.
Sigh. That doesn't mean I've given up on guys in their 50s, it means I'm willing to date guys my own age, but with Kev it didn't work. But I'm not going to restrict myself to guys in their 50s either. If a 25-year-old expresses interest in me, and he looks hot, and we have some things in common, I'm not going to throw him away just because he's half my age. I give people a chance to click with me. If a younger fella wants to marry me and have my pension for the rest of his life after I pass away, I definitely don't mind, LOL.
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It's tough policing Dax on walks when my goal is to keep him from chewing on any sticks. It's impossible to achieve 100% unless I put a muzzle on him, which I am thinking about ...
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Something I want to point out again as it seems relevant now -- I have no age range with respect to my romantic/sexual attractions. Where appropriate, I will show my interest in anybody from Age of Consent through Seconds Before Death. Over the past few years I've played with fellas who ranged in age from around 20 to over 60 -- including every decade in between. There are a few reasons why it seems I'm mainly interested in younger guys these days:
(1) I'm 53 years old, so most people are younger than me. Having no age range means most of the guys I'm potentially interested in are younger than me. Most of the guys I run into at bars, events, parties, or online are younger than me. [Keeping in mind that most of the sexually active gay guys who would have been older than me died from HIV. Most of the gay friends I made when I came out during my 20s died from HIV.]
(2) Online, most of the older guys I would be interested in are explicitly not interested in me -- they list age ranges for their potential partners that exclude me. Time and time again I click on a hot profile of somebody my own age, and it says "looking for younger only".
(3) Online, most of the guys who express interest in me are younger than me.
So, it may look like I'm mainly interested in really young guys, but it's more that they are the ones who are interested in me. Sure, lots of young guys look hot to me, and I don't rule them out just because they're young. But most of the older guys who look hot to me rule me out because I'm older.
I was getting along really well at first with this guy my own age named Kev about a year ago, it was fun having conversations about our youth and knowing what the other was talking about. But it turned out he was super needy emotionally, couldn't hold down a regular job, had spent time in jail for illegal drug dealing, was still dealing illegal drugs, was sort of looking for a new sugar daddy to replace his current one, and I couldn't get past first base with him sexually. So ... I tried making a connection with somebody my own age, who was also interested in somebody his own age, but it didn't work.
Sigh. That doesn't mean I've given up on guys in their 50s, it means I'm willing to date guys my own age, but with Kev it didn't work. But I'm not going to restrict myself to guys in their 50s either. If a 25-year-old expresses interest in me, and he looks hot, and we have some things in common, I'm not going to throw him away just because he's half my age. I give people a chance to click with me. If a younger fella wants to marry me and have my pension for the rest of his life after I pass away, I definitely don't mind, LOL.