I'm trying to find information on how gentlemen's clubs operated. The info I've put together concerns mostly who was a member and what gentlemen did at their clubs, but I can't find anything about the mundane operations of the clubs themselves. Here are my unanswered questions:

1- What sort of staff would be on hand?

2- What would happen if a non- ( Read more... )

It's me again; same characters and scenario mentioned in  this post. (Thanks to all who helped BTW)

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Okay, this is something that's been bugging me for a while and has stalled progress on my story in a big way ( Read more... )

Where: London, New York, Utah ( Read more... )

How would two men from Hesse-- good friends, both of the same social standing-- address each other informally in the 1770's? When speaking with each other privately or in the company of other close friends, would they use each other's first names? Last names? Titles ( Read more... )

Time: 1759 ( Read more... )

Characters A and B are really close friends in the army during WWII, and A gets hit pretty bad.

Would it have been a faux pas at the time for A, thinking he's dying, to tell B that he loves him?

Tried searching different arrangements of: faux pas, WWII, American, men

ETA: I want to clarify that Characters A and B are romantically involved, but I ( Read more... )

Setting:  Half in Ireland, half in New York, 1994

I was wondering if any straight males could help me on this one.  My straight guy-friends don't happen to have a lot of straight guy-friends, and I'm trying to portray a realistic friendship, really close friendship, between males.  It's not sexual, but it's definitely love, so I have a feeling there ( Read more... )

Does anyone know how deep any friendships were between white and black men in 19th century America? All I could find is that from the 1840s through the 1860s, the abolitionists banded together regardless of their race, and friendships were formed during that time ( Read more... )

Question, regarding male psychology.

Does a man who doesn't otherwise weep in front of people, or show emotions in front of people, weep when he's alone?