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		Profile ID: 455439
Age	78
Height	6'4" ft
	(193 cm)
Weight	249 lb
	(113 kg)
Sexually is	oral receiving
City	Highland Park/Los Angeles
Zip / postal	90042
State	California
Country	United States
Seeking	friends
Prefer men aged from 50 to 80

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UPDATE AS OF 8/12/2021, read no further if this is an issue for you!

I had a battery of STD tests done because I had never done it (after all a piece of trade like me wasn't expecting to have gotten anything).

I was EXTREMELY surprised to find out that I have genital herpes. I've never had any outbreaks down there. I have been prone to cold sores on my mouth all of my life, though.

There! It's out there in the open.

Proceed if you wish to do so.

This pic was taken in July 2018, but I still love it!

It was such a magical moment. I was at Frank Lloyd Wright's Falling Water.

All of a sudden, all these butterflies started to swarm around me, w/one alighting on my forehead for quite a while.

Those that I was with said that they were attracted by my shirt.

I said that may have been so, but that one butterfly that landed on my forehead wanted to see my soul.

Laugh if you wish, but that's my choice to feel this emotion.

We focus so much on being "hot," "sexual, "desirable," etc., that sometimes we forget about ourselves as just being human.

I've now given up on being "desirable," but now would rather focus on being "somebody that others might like to know," and if we should end up becoming "intimate," great, even when "intimate" doesn't turn out how we might like.

I now view this as an "adventure," and if this "adventure" ends up having a "shipwreck," or two, so be it!

What follows is my previous profile, which still has some validity to it, I think.

Do you ever wish that you could go "home again?'

In my case, I'd really like to go back to being introduced to gay sex from the basics, rather than the way I was introduced.

I wasn't abused, etc., but I have to admit to some revulsion at the experience.

Had it been different, I have no doubt I might had started out differently.

But, being raped by a bunch of supposedly "straight" guys didn't help w/my gay sexual identity, etc. And, no I won't share anything about that experience. That could very well be why I'm not into porn. Most of it is so violence towards others driven, I think. I'm not against it. It's just not for me.

That was then. This is now.

I was in a relationship for over 30 years. He died over 20 years ago. He was 16 years my senior, and was very accommodating to my issues, as I think I was with his.

Again, that was then. This is now.

So, here I am, much older, and hopefully, somewhat wiser.

My interest in sex for sex's sake has waned (but not entirely "waned").

I'm not looking for a husband, or partner, or anything that involved. But, a friend (or friends) with benefits might be nice.

Later in this profile, I will go into some vague sexual specifics, even though when I've done that in the past, either I got negative responses, or not many responses, which isn't unusual, given my age, etc. And, that's okay. It will take a very special type of guy who's willing to give us a chance to connect.

I have this running joke that for a guy to get to me, he'll have to have the following characteristics, because I have built up so many walls around me.

1. He will have to have the patience of Job.

2. The guile of Ulysses/Odysseus (the guy who thought up the Trojan Horse Maneuver that resulted in tearing the walls of that city down).

And

3. All the trumpets that Joshua had available to him, blaring to demolish the walls of Jericho (for you old movie buffs, remember part of the plot line of the old movie with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, "It Happened One Night").

If a guy is able to achieve tearing down my walls, maybe I might have a chance of "letting go."

We all have criteria, and I'm no different.

I think that the difference is that a lot of us looking and will hold out for "Fantasy Man," while passing by so many "Reality Men."

I'm no different, so here's my "Fantasy Man," but I'm willing to accept "Reality Man." If he is able to break down those walls I mentioned.

So, here's my "Fantasy Man," which is very narrow.

I'm tall, 6'4" and have never been with anybody taller than I am. I also have a small dick for those guys out there who are interested in the size of a guy's equipment.

He has black hair, blue eyes, and be hairy, but not the Brillo Pad kind of hair, but soft to the touch, with hair that goes across the chest and narrows at the crotch, and is a satyr from the waist down.

He is a total oral bottom. I used to love to fuck, but unfortunately, along w/the waning interest in sex, I'm not able to sustain an erection hard enough, or long enough to penetrate anything other than a mouth.

I used to love to make love, but got out of the habit of doing so, so part of my re-education will be that guys hopefully will give me the opportunity to re-discover the pleasures of pleasure, rather than the "work" of pleasure.

There was a time when I was into the "leather scene," but it's no longer for me. I got tired of trying to figure out if guys were interested in me, or the image I presented in the leather, or the anticipation of any "scenes" we might get into. Frankly, if I can't keep you "tied" to my bed w/just me and you, it just ain't worth it.

I'd love to find guys who not only enjoy bedroom activities, but things outside of that venue.

I enjoy good food, drink, movies, live theatre, museums, etc. I'm not into the more "jock' activities, such as most sports (figure skating is more my thing), cars, or going to the gym, etc.

Well, I guess that pretty much sums up my current thoughts and feelings on the matter.

I look forward to hearing from some of you, and if we so decide, getting to know each other better.

Oh, one last thing. I do have some medical issues, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, and limited mobility due to a couple of major back surgeries, so the days of bedroom athletics are long gone, as are my indulgences of drugs for fun. Now, I only take drugs to be able to continue to live as full a life as I can.

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