mrrnice2

Welcome tokan. This is a great community at so many different levels. If I were to give one piece of advice it would be to take the time to read, read, read, contribute to the forums, treat people nicely and with respect and it shall be returned to you many times over. I know that for me I usually have 4 hour drives when I meet someone, so that may be easier for you than I. With thought and effort on your part any driving that you have to do will be well worth the time and the travel. Good luck to you.

I am mrrnice2 and as corny and silly as that name is, I at least like to think that it is representative of me. I was born a Maritimer, brought up in the suburbs of Montreal and have lived back in the Maritimes for almost all of my years after graduating from high school. I do have a couple of degrees behind me. I could never have been a professional student as I found that my real education was found by experiencing my work, and not from text books or classroom debates and discussions. I am a retired educator and for the most part I thoroughly enjoyed what I did. I retired when I did because of changes in the education system that I fundamentally disagree with and as I told the Superintendent, " If I had wanted to be a social worker I would have gone to social worker school." I tend to speak what I see as my truth rather than follow the politically correct expectation. I am usually a very positive person but the last couple of years have challenged me with that. I am making a comeback. I have never lost my sense of idealism. I believe in the genuine goodness of people. I was formerly a nationally ranked athlete and that led to the one regret that I have in my life - choosing not to go to a pro football training camp after being drafted. I am a father, an uncle, a friend to many and close friend to few. I relate with women far better than I do men. I have my private pilots licence but due to a silly medical rule I am no longer allowed to pilot a plane. I hate heights but never had an issue when flying with the door open. I would never ever parachute from a plane. I am a thinker and analyzer and questioner, especially of myself, and am correctly and properly told that "I think too much." I am not a risk taker. I am very shy but can cope well enough when I have to. Yet I love being the center of attention in certain situations - I love speaking in front of large groups and did an annual comic review in a work setting. I get very frustrated with bureaucracy and government. I love to drive and would think nothing of getting in the car in the morning and driving for 18 hours, day after day, but I am very nervous of any foreign travel opportunities. I really like to try to help others, though individually rather than as a volunteer for organizations. I enjoy trout fishing in the spring. Just me and my bobber and silence and if I get a bite or a nice trout then that is a bonus. I would rather be outdoors than indoors from April until November. I love gardening and my passion has moved from the vegetable garden to the perennials, and especially my lily beds and daylily beds. I love the Montreal Canadiens and am feeling rather down about the upcoming playoff season. I LOVE Christmas and detest Hallowe'en. I love cooking but rarely if ever bake anything. If I were to go back to school to start again it would be to a culinary school to become a chef. I have learned a great deal about myself from my participation in CERB and have valued this community for what it has given me. In many ways it may have given me my life back.

Hmmm perhaps I misread? Don't sweat the small stuff is the title of the thread? Now of course, toilet paper might not fit that criteria either? I mean it is hardly an insignifican issue? There must be other small stuff that we get perturbed about? Why for example one burning issue with me is when the snowplow takes out my mailbox down by the road. Now that should not irk me as it does. But a nice soft double or triple ply tissue to dry my tears makes it ever so much more bearable. :)

I am with Lee on this one Meg. Personal honesty is virtually always the preferable course, and even when it brings unintended and oft-times unfair anger or consequences, honesty is the best policy. It does hurt though when it brings those feelings, as we have all experienced them.

It has been said that the eyes are the gateway to the soul, and so they are. The kiss however is the other exquisite means of conveying emotion, desire, passion, and love. In many ways it is the ultimate sharing between two people. A first tentative approach, then gentle touches, feeling response, tasting, exploring.......the kiss becomes all encompassing and one loses oneself in it ........truly it IS poetry, a song. Aaaah! I love kissing too!

Oh the things that one learns from being a CERB member! I am still pretty new to the maintain a house by myself thing, and shopping for toilet paper, paper towels, dish detergent, high performance laundry soap, and the like has been an adventure. Maybe I have to start a thread on each of those too? :) Who knew! I sure as heck didn't! But hey, need screwing, oops I mean screws, or something at Canadian Tire, and I am your man.

Having been asked to be a guest speaker at a rather prestigious out of province event I have been working on the presentation and doing some fine tuning. Being as the speech is to be presented in an officially bilingual province I am adding an initial paragraph en francais. Parce`que je suis sur un rouleau, jài aussi ecrive une carte pour une femme qui je vais rencontrer prochainement. Cètait plus amusant.

VJ, my personal feeling is that you would find some men who would very much enjoy this option if it were available to them. It is clear to me from my side of this equation that there are many reasons that account for the presence of the men who participate in this lifestyle. A primary reason for some IS for companionship and not only for intimate encounters. If you have had success with the golf/ski/snowboarding option then I would guess that hunting/fishing might be another area that would attract some clients. The longest and most extended date that I have had and one of the most memorable and enjoyable ones included a good part of a day biking trails around Ottawa with a picnic and good converation. It added a whole dynamic to our meeting and was very simply put, just a lot of fun. Specifically to your question, hunting for me would not be a choice that I would entertain, but fishing would, and combining that with an overnight camp site and a fire and good company would be an enticement. In the right circumstances this could be a possibility for some? As well for something such as this, be it golfing or fishing, I would probably want to know the lady previously in order to ensure that our comfort levels with each other are good and that an extended time together would not become awkward. Good luck with this endeavour!

Simple answer for me. Coffee Cerb My daily "to do" list Cerb Coffee

Good topic and certainly can be followed up here. If however you enjoy social groups then this one might be right up your alley. The Cookie Cooking and Baking Emporium. http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/group.php?groupid=64

Orlando I have visited but another newly discovered favorite city to visit for me is Ottawa.

In Newfoundland of course is the community of Dildo.

This is a difficult question as may be seen through the comments made to this point by a variety of contributors. What is appropriate may perhaps vary with circumstance? This opinion may be cause for disagreement with some, however I am looking at a particular circumstance that is relevant to me and quite probably a number of others. The situation that I am considering is based on the fact that many of the service providers that I see are women who travel to this part of the country from Ottawa, Montreal and points further a field. In order for these women to travel they are counting on appointments that are pre-booked well ahead of time. They incur expenses for air travel, hotels and they also must make financial allowances to cover meals, airport shuttles, taxis and other incidentals while on the road. Once the provider has left their own home for the city that is being visited the expenses mentioned above are fixed and non-refundable to them. It would be terribly unfair of a client to cancel without full compensation to the SP as this would truly be a financial loss for the provider, and not merely a loss of time. We read here often that "life happens," and indeed it does. I also see references to doctors and other professionals not having cancellation fees so why should SP's be any different? Well one difference is that that doctor or lawyer may be out potential income but they are not actually losing money if there is a cancellation. Would I enjoy paying a full compensation should I miss a prescheduled appointment? Indeed I would not, and in fact it would hurt a great deal. That does not change the fact that it would be the right thing to do. Further to this way of thinking, I wonder why all travelling SP's would not require a minimum of a 50% deposit on booking an appointment? That is food for a separate thread I expect.

Gabriella Laurence will be in Halifax this week. See below. http://www.cerb.ca/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=82497

Thanks for the information and link. I just did some comparison pricing with AC and Westjet, and this is a very good deal.

Company coming for dinner so the roast chicken is in the oven and since I always need an excuse to do it, my house is pretty clean and tidy again. Great friends, great family, and hey, it's March. I even got out my indoor greenhouse assembled today found some pots and started looking at my veggie seeds. Thoughts of gardening. :)

I just saw this AXE commercial this afternoon as I was watching some BB. Thought it was great. :)

Anonymity for me is not a particular issue for a couple of reasons. The first is that I do not have any particular reason to 'fear' being discovered as a member of this site or as a participant with the women that are here. I have no family issues or workplace issues that could be compromised. In reality as I am reasonably well known I am quite confident that I have said enough about myself that other CERB members from my area could know exactly who I am. Being known by other CERB members is really nothing that I have a worry about. More importantly for me, my anonymity to the women that I have met with is not an issue either. I have almost always made initial contact by PM and then followed up with an email from my home personal email account that has my full name as a part of it. I usually give a little introduction to the lady and don't hold anything in particular back. The biggest factor for me however is the fact that I have been very selective about the women that I choose to contact. With one exception I have contacted only those women who have a strong positive presence on the board and who make good contributions to the forums. Women on CERB with strong reputations have those reputations because they have earned them and deserve them. I have never had second thoughts or regrets about revealing my personal side or personal information to women such as this. I realize however that this makes things perhaps difficult for women that are breaking into this industry as I tend to eliminate them from my contact list. No doubt that is very unfair to some of those women, but by doing things the way that I have been doing them gives me a personal sense of comfort knowing that I am not going to be getting myself into any unanticipated difficulties. On the reverse side, I DO enjoy getting to know the personal side of the women that I meet. The women that I have met have all been very personable and over time have shared a part of themselves with me as they have become more comfortable with me. I take that as a supreme compliment because of the inherent potential danger that the 'wrong' client could present. As with any decision, we all must make the one that gives us our own personal comfort level. The disclosure or non-disclosure of personal information in either direction is at the discretion of each person involved and should be respected. If there is not enough personal sharing to satisy either of the parties then that is fair and simply an indication that the dynamics are probably not the best for those people so they should say thanks but no thanks and move along.

The Age of Chivalry is certainly not dead and gone. Perhaps this is an example of looking back at 'them times', when everything was supposedly better, but ask yourself if it truly was. Sir Walter Raleigh is well known for reputedly placing his cloak over a puddle to allow Queen Elizabeth I dry passage, yet in that same time period women who were not of the nobility were treated as chattel. I recall vividly as a teen how the older generation looked sometimes in disgust at the younger generation and waht was to become of them, yet here in today's world I see teens often being generalized as being rude and certainly not looked at in appreciation. Yet with my career in education I know firsthand that there are an incredible number of young men and women who are polite and mannerly and yes, I would use the word chivalrous to describe them. They care about their fellow man. I bet that each and every one of us can point specifically to a number of young men and women that you are proud to know because of their caring natures. Sometimes we allow ourselves to become jaded because of the pace and stress of daily life, and maybe bustling cities do have a different way about them as compared to smaller towns or rural areas. Individuals as individuals can get lost in the crowd mentality and then only allow their good manners and chivalry be exhibited within their own circle of family and friends. At one point in time I spent close to a year in a wheelchair, and that experience caused me to recognize the general goodness in people, the vast majority of people. Talk about people wanting to help! I had doors opened for me in every direction, even those doors that I did not want to go through! I had people offer to assist with curbs, stairs, carrying packages and with hauling my chair into and out of my vehicle. So yes, if you allow me I shall hold that door for you, I will virtually always be polite, I am virtually always very respectful, and I will help if you ask for it. If you really look around, I expect that you will see many many people just like that surrounding you. All we need do is to open our eyes and learn to appreciate the goodness of others. :)

Happy Birthday Spud. Have a great one and celebrate in style!

Congratulations Sophia on this elevated status. Sending a dance goddess for a graceful and poised dancer herself.

Congratulations Katherine to well deserved status. I believe that Lee has a suggested a wonderful tradition in his post here as well.

Felicitations mon amie Soleil.

Whether an escort can help one get over a break-up I really cannot comment on, however along much the same lines as that, is the role of an escort in helping one get over the loss of a spouse. Since joining CERB I really can attribute some of my 'healing' to the amazing women that I have met. I know that I tend to be very selective regarding which women I choose to contact and I have found that those that I have met have been women with great compassion, empathy, intelligence, and their own worldly experiences. Sometimes for me they have more played the role of a counsellor or confidante than an intimate companion, and that was my choice. It is fascinating that I can talk more openly sometimes with a 'stranger' than with good friends or even family. I know that I am more content than I was a year ago, and a large part of that I can attribute to the escorts that I have spent time with. For me, seeing escorts has not been solely about sex or maybe has not even been primarily about sex. These women are remarkable in ever so many ways.