Phaedrus

I'm with the majority here; I don't see what there is to be gained from telling her at this point. Kicking someone when they're down just isn't cool. But you should take extra care not to get found out accidentally... because that would be even worse!

This is bad news. It won't be long before even the intra-muscular antibiotics are ineffective...

I also have a scar on my left thumb, from chopping wood without due care and attention. Fortunately, I still have the thumb.

I like Angela because of the grace she's shown under all the crap that life's thrown at her of late.

Wait until the guy stops running, and then put your mouse pointer just above his head. http://www.selfcontrolfreak.com/pakken.html

Over-zealous spam-filters. I wonder how many mails I've missed?

The edit button is roughly in the middle of the row at the bottom of your post, but there's a time-limit after which you can't edit any more (I think it's 48 hours). don't worry too much about double-posts - the software merges them automatically. And I can't help you with the ladies you mention, alas, but... look just what popped up!

I suspect that pretty much all SPs are offering a "girl you are cheating on your girlfriend with" experience on a regular basis :)

I'm pretty sure Cato has spent time in Oz - you could ask him. And hopefully he won't mind my volunteering him...

Who knows? Maybe it was un-stickied because it had been superseded by the threads in the "New To This" forum... it may even have been moved there.

I think (from memory) that when you install FF it gives you an option to import bookmarks, etc from IE. It probably won't be able to get passwords, though, so you'd have to type them all in again the first time you visit each site you use so that FF can remember them.

I daresay Nathalie would provide an MA-style service if that were requested (I've seen her as part of a duo with Megan, all within normal MA limits). Just because something's available, it's not mandatory to partake... :) But a big +1 on her Thai massage. It's awesome.

This is true... but it doesn't mean these threads are a waste of time. Not everyone who does this does it because they don't care - I'm sure some just don't know any better. If one SP who's starting out reads this thread and refrains from embarrassing one of her clients, it'll have been worthwhile, even though we'll probably never know. And sometime down the line it'll be worth someone else saying exactly the same as PP did, so that the message can reach a new audience. So it goes... and this applies just as much to the threads about things that guys do which annoy the ladies. The simple fact is that this game we're all playing has a fairly high turnover rate, and there's new people starting from scratch on both sides of it all the time. We all benefit if we can avoid at least some people making some of the common mistakes. I know I've benefited from not making them :)

I'm excited about this.

Happy birthday, Sophia!

I get the feeling that a lot of it depends on your personal circumstances. In particular, it seems that those without SOs are limited mostly by money and inclination, whereas those with SOs are limited more by opportunities to play...

It looks like thanking someone gives them rep points, too. If anyone can't see the "Thanks" button at the bottom-right of each post, I should PM Mod... it looks like this:

Happy birthday, Rebecca! Have a fantastic day!

One other thing: it may be worth having a look around the social groups page. There are groups for quite a few things, and joining and posting in one of those - if there's a suitable one and it seems at least somewhat active - may prove profitable. And fell free to carry on asking questions, either on the board or by PM... the only thing that will annoy people is if you ask something that gets asked quite often and that there's already threads about, so make use of the search page first :)

The bad actors will become known, eventually :) If you're worried about getting what you want, it's always worth asking up front. That way you needn't book if the extras start to pile up; or if you're told there's no extra fee and then that changes after you arrive, you probably have a good case for calling that B&S and walking out.

Well, I think the new groups stuff is awesome. You can do a --lot-- more than before. First up, you can subscribe to groups, or to individual discussions within groups (not sure if you have to be a member of the group to do this, but I see no downside to joining); on the main groups page there's a link at the bottom to your subscriptions, and from there you can see everything that's been updated since you last looked at it (kinda like the threads in the main forum). If you click the "All groups" link from the main groups page you'll get a list very similar to what was there before (all groups, ordered by last activity, most recent first). The discussions in the groups (if you're looking at an individual group's page) now also work pretty much the same as the threads in the main forum; if you click the main title you go to the beginning, but there's little arrows that link to the last post (on the right) and the first unread post (on the left). So, you can still do everything you could do before. But now you can do a hell of a lot more, too!

First up - welcome to the board! I can't imagine you'll get SPs thinking you're a complete freak. I'm sure most of them have heard pretty much everything already, so unless your tastes are really Way Out There you're probably not going to be the first person she's had asking for whatever it is. The most negative reaction you're going to get is probably something along the lines of, "Sorry, I don't offer that service." Do what research you can. Have a look at the ads in your locality and see if anyone's advertizing what you're after, or possibly advertizing similar things. If you feel brave, you could put a post in your city's SP discussion section saying what you're after, and inviting ladies that provide this to contact you. You may get lucky. You could also hop over to the search page and see if anyone's asked about your preferences in the past - it's quite possible that they have. As for when to discuss it with a SP... I'd have thought that early on is probably best. Assuming that you're polite about it, just be up front about what you're looking for so that if she doesn't offer it, she can just say so and neither you nor she wastes any further time. One thing you should NOT do is to book a meeting without mentioning what you want, and then spring it on her the day before (or worse, when you actually get there) - you'll probably piss her off and if you cancel at the last second you'll really piss her off. Finally, remember that we're generally a friendly and non-judgmental bunch here; provided whatever's happening involves only consenting adults, nobody will think any the less of you for it. Hope that helps. And good luck!