Athos

Finding out just how much my mother's health has deteriorated over the past year. She's 88 with alzheimer's, wheelchair bound, can't feed herself, can't go to the toilet! I hope I never have to go into a nursing home! I feel overwhelming despair at the moment!! Treasure your family, your loved ones and your health while you can! Porthos

You should do it, precisely to put that nasty business behind you. The current website will probably always remind you of it. And you'll feel so good when a new site is up, and you see all your creativity and phenomenal sensuality reflected in it!!! Porthos

Welcome to CERB. Enjoy. It's a great place!!

Yes, everyone grieves in their own way, and needs the time and space to do so. It's hard to know how to proceed. But Sophia's advice is really sound. Angela, Your love and friendship will be a great source of strength, and he'll know it's there for him!

Oh boy, I rember holidays as much by the food I eat as the places I've been. I love to travel, but find airports incredibly anxiety producing I like heights, but do suffer vertigo (I like to challenge myself on this one) I work hard, but would rather not I allow people to place their expectations on me, and then fear letting them down I can't think of many things better than escaping to nature Would love to live in a house completely off the grid I have a very bad temper, but very few people ever see it. And even then rarely. I don't suffer fools gladly. I can be too sarcastic for my own good I'm sometimes too flippant about important things. People misinterpret my humor as reflecting a lack of seriousness, which is incorrect I can't think of any situation that can't be helped by having a laugh about it I drink too much coffee Don't smoke, never have, never will

I know Ottawa very well. Kanata is great, but I would think you would lose some of the working crowd as the driving time would eat up the playtime.

I know I'm not in Ottawa, but I think, in over 15 years the vast majority of my encounters have been daytime, and frequently mornings. I tend to divide my hobbying. Encounters where I live are almost 100% daytime. When I'm traveling I'm more likely to book an evening encounter. As others suggested, family responsibilities make it extremely difficult to get away in the evening. If that's typical, then visiting gents will likely prefer evenings, as their days are more likely taken up with meetings. Regulat customers who live in town will usually find it more convenient to slip away from work during the day for a little playtime.

Heading out of town to a conference I don't want to go to and a family visit that I'm not looking forward to!

I don't know very much about this. I do know an individual who has undergone this, and it really seems to have worked wonders. As Samantha suggests, though, i'm not sure whether it's because of the surgery or the lifestyle changes after. He now eats well, exercises regularly and generally looks after himself. He was so obese, however, that absent anything as radical as the surgery, I'm not sure he could have gotten to the point of being able to exercise. In any event, I would say these procedures are incredibly invasive and radical. I would think it should only be considered as a last resort. I also don't think many family practitioners are in a position to actually know who is a good candidate for this procedure. If your doctor pushes it, insist on getting second opinions and don't just see the specialist your doctor sends you to. Get another opinion there as well. Exercise and diet are the key. Start by even walking. I have a bad knee, and lots of exercises bother it .... Running is out of the question for me. I walk. 2 km to work, 2 km home. Most lunches i go for another 2-3 km walk. Most days I clock between 7-10 km of brisk walking. Start off going round the block, or even to the end of the street and back. Park a block further from work, or at the far corner from the mall entrance, get off the bus a stop earlier. Do it for a week, then add a bit more. Don't expect miracles overnight, but it will happen. And you'll feel better for it. Trying to do it on your own seems far preferable than going under the knife! Good luck. You can do it!!

Some of the best sausages I've had were caribou. Yum. I also used to get bison sausages that were so good. They almost tasted like you were eating a roast!

I think Gabriella has the right approach. There is no need to start too big. Years ago when I was living out west I organized a couple of very small events. It started with a lady I saw quite frequently, and much like the Halifax social it emerged out of a desire to build a bit more of a community. We inviteda couple of other ladies, each lady invited a couple of clients they felt could be trusted. That was it ... In the end it was eight people and a fun night at a local strip club. No publicity, advance tickets, etc. just a group of friends out together. We did it a couple of times, but it died out after a while. Porthos

I like Tokan because he has plunged into this community and become such an important part of it. And he lives in Brockville. I'm quite partial to the Valley!!

Last week I was in a restaurant down on the south shore of NL. Sign at the counter .... Bottled Moose available here! They also had wild rabbit meat. Was sorely temped!!!

I still get a bit nervous (or maybe more anxious and excited) when seeing a lady for the first time. I actually much prefer contact by e-mail, as calling someone up cold, and hearing her voice on the phone, is something I find hard to do. No problem calling once we've exchanged e-mails and chatted electronically a bit. To the OP, I'd simply say in your introductory e-mail that you're very shy, and nervous about the whole experience. I'm sure you will get a very reassuring e-mail that will help put you at ease. In the long run, if you are shy with women, seeing an escort may very well help you develop the confidence that you are, in fact, a great guy, with lots of good qualities, and the ability to interact with and please a woman. Learn from the ladies you see in this biz, and I fully expect that when you interact with civilian women, they will respond to the changes in you. And when they meet you in the bedroom, they'll likely find out there is a lot more that lies behind the shy exterior than perhaps they expected. :icon_wink: Porthos

Happy Birthday ... hope you have a great day

That really does suck!!! Yikes! Well, on the plus side today can only be better!

Oh my goodness .... My heart goes out to you Sophia. Big hugs. Hopefully things will sort themselves out. But RG is right. You need to walk away from this cousin. She's shown she can't be trusted! It makes me very sad when people who are good hearted, and full of love, get exploited and taken advantage of. Porthos

An absolutely cracking day here. Sunny and warm, although a bit breezy. Lots of icebergs about. A gorgeous start to the long weekend.

Having just had the safe sex conversation recently with my teenage son, I wonder about this as well. He said all the right things in our conversation, but he also left me with the distict impression than not many of his friends bothered with such things. Porthos

Lots of good advice, but do emphasize that this is a police matter. If you are afraid for your friend's safety, then it isn't something she should try to handle on her own.

I find it incomprehensible that people would even ask for this. Is there any sense as to the demographic of those requesting this? I've read that young people aren't, in general, taking on board the safe sex message. It also worries me that if people are asking, they may be finding providers somewhere who are willing. All the more reason to stay with reputable and well established ladies. I also hope that ladies immediately put anyone who asks for this on their do not see list. Porthos

Awesome ... Keep the fripples coming!