Good luck! Starting up is always the hardest part if you ask me. (it took me for example two months to really get into it)
Good luck! Starting up is always the hardest part if you ask me. (it took me for example two months to really get into it)
Good luck! Starting up is always the hardest part if you ask me. (it took me for example two months to really get into it)
Sure is. Maybe i am weird. But managing hydration was a lot easier when i went to the gym for exercise eons ago. As opposed to now when i do it at home. Luckily Ring Fit keeps bugging me about it haha.
Sure is. Maybe i am weird. But managing hydration was a lot easier when i went to the gym for exercise eons ago. As opposed to now when i do it at home. Luckily Ring Fit keeps bugging me about it haha.
yup, that's right.
I'm gonna try posting in here more often to see if I can feel like I can enjoy some community here. The OT section is incredibly isolating and negative and people are ready to judge and berate people at every corner. Otherwise I might just stop using Era. it feels hostile here, particularly to poly queers.
As long as you realize many of us were posting in your thread that got locked.
personally It's really alien to me, can't relate to it on any level.
I've been seeing this guy since late February (with a huge corona induced pause, of course) and I do feel like things are going well, but I can't push myself to make a move 😩 He always invites me out / accepts my invitations, and when we meet we spend the entire day together (sometimes from 11 to 11). We talk about so many things, we laugh so much, we walk so much, I can't think of a time when we (or at least I) didn't have a blast. If he wants to be friends, I don't want to ruin that, you know? I don't know if what I see as "signs" that he's into me are actually signs of anything.
Context: we're both grossly unexperienced and gay PDA is not a thing here, which makes things hard.
I mean yay for the Poly, nay for being completely irresponsible with sex during a pandemic.
not like any of you even knew the details of my life but people still decided to jump to conclusions. I went to an "orgy" but it was supposed to only be 2 people and I ended up not even having sex with anyone at all there, I just left because it was so uncomfortable.
...I'm not shaming you for orgies period. Orgies are fun. But the timing in general is poor considering our current climate. I'm saying that trying to hookup at this time isn't too far off from other risky ventures like circuit parties or the gays going to fire island. Which are just pretty much the COVID parties the straights are doing but with extra harnesses.
But I don't know your life story. You're a grown adult that can make your own decisions.
Well then, clearly they need to start tailoring to the Queer community more. ;)Out: Study shows 10% of gamers are LGBT, spend more money on gaming than straights, prefer console gaming, etc.
Out.com has posted an article about a recent study done by Nielsen that shows that 10% of participants identify as LGBT, that queer gamers spend more money on gaming than their straight counterparts, and that console gaming is the avenue of choice, among other things. Some highlights...www.resetera.com
Might be of interest~
FFXIV would lead you to believe half of gamers are LGBTOut: Study shows 10% of gamers are LGBT, spend more money on gaming than straights, prefer console gaming, etc.
Out.com has posted an article about a recent study done by Nielsen that shows that 10% of participants identify as LGBT, that queer gamers spend more money on gaming than their straight counterparts, and that console gaming is the avenue of choice, among other things. Some highlights...www.resetera.com
Might be of interest~
I'm gonna try posting in here more often to see if I can feel like I can enjoy some community here. The OT section is incredibly isolating and negative and people are ready to judge and berate people at every corner. Otherwise I might just stop using Era. it feels hostile here, particularly to poly queers.
Huh. That actually lines up with my experiences of people i know and if anything is a bit under representative. Wonder if this'll have a effect on representation going forward if more studies show this as a consistent trendMight be of interest~Out: Study shows 10% of gamers are LGBT, spend more money on gaming than straights, prefer console gaming, etc.
Out.com has posted an article about a recent study done by Nielsen that shows that 10% of participants identify as LGBT, that queer gamers spend more money on gaming than their straight counterparts, and that console gaming is the avenue of choice, among other things. Some highlights...www.resetera.com
I've been alternating between various Jazz playlists on my Spotify while i do work from home/cleaning
I've been alternating between various Jazz playlists on my Spotify while i do work from home/cleaning
Coffee House/Smooth/Fusion Fest Jazz is what I'm alternating between currently
Coffee House/Smooth/Fusion Fest Jazz is what I'm alternating between currently
Lately....
Jessie Ware - What's Your Pleasure?
Flo Milli - Ho, Why Is You Here?
Chris Christodolou - Risk of Rain 2 OST
They/Live - Ablation
Moderat - III
Baauer - Planet's Mad
Run The Jewels - RTJ4
Bad Bunny - Las Que No Iban a Salir
Mashrou' Leila - Ibn El Leil
La Roux - Supervision
and various one off tracks obv, but those are the albums I've had stuck on repeat the past few weeks!
The Tetris Effect soundtrack has been my background noise at work. It's great and 3 hours long so it kills a good chunk of the day without having to mess with it.
Just kinda sucks. I'm 32 years old and probably already past "gay death" and it just sucks that I can't even date or go to my favorite LGBT joints anymore and try to meet people. I'm just worried. I dunno. Sorry to be venting!
Think of it this way: everyone's social lives are on pause this year, so anything you think is passing you by is also passing most everyone else by. And those people who are out there living their lives like normal, well, they're dumb and you wouldn't want to date them anyway!
Also fwiw, I didn't start dating until I was your age and have now been married for three years. 👬
Awwwww, that's great! Congrats. This gives me a bit of hope. May I ask how long it took you to find someone? I've only ever had one boyfriend ever from 18-22 so naturally I'm panicked I am undatable lol.
But yeah.....you're right about everything being put on pause.
Also interested in this. Would like to go back to keeping up with the community.
Yes there is. :)Also interested in this. Would like to go back to keeping up with the community.
This too. I am tired of this thing.
why it happened? I know don't post a lot but I like this thread^^^^Now I kinda know why this thread barely moves. I would like to join it as well! I will send my PM.
why it happened? I know don't post a lot but I like this thread
I played Saxophone back when i was still in school so i've naturally tended to gravitate towards Jazz for as long as i can remember
I'm not part of it yet but i'm just gonna out on on a limb and say it'd probably be the discord channel that's hereIs there a lgbt looking for friends thread on here? I tried joining a few gay Xbox clubs and the gaymer discord but everyone is either thirsting or a minor. Just hoping to find some fellow gay adults to game with.
Not gonna lie as someone who hasn't dated in forever and hasn't tried gay dating yet this is actually pretty encouraging as a 26 year old bi-guyAlso fwiw, I didn't start dating until I was your age and have now been married for three years. 👬
Something like four years dating around? I wasn't specifically looking for someone to marry - and at that late point, I didn't think anyone would want to be with such a newbie - but once we met and were going out for a while, I couldn't imagine it leading any other way.
Not gonna lie as someone who hasn't dated in forever and hasn't tried gay dating yet this is actually pretty encouraging as a 26 year old bi-guy
That's really great to hear and it does give me a little bit of hope. I seriously just want to fall in love with someone and have him fall in love back with me. That seems like such a hard thing to do, right? Attraction that must be mutual? It's scary for me to think about how all the stars have to lineup in order for it to happen.
And with the pandemic, it feels like it's even harder. How did you date around? Just using apps? I tried my hardest to meet people IRL rather than apps, but with Covid that seems impossible, at least for this year.
I live in a decently sized city with a big gay population, and my career is here (Columbus, Ohio), but recently I can't help but just think about moving to NYC or LA and just.....start all over. It would be so hard especially with my skill set just being in working in a public utilities company, haha. Also, who's to say NYC or LA even look the same after the pandemic ends?
Right? Definitely made me feel better but I gotta put in the work now, I guess.
Pandemic makes meeting people more difficult I'm sure, and the importance of using apps has definitely risen. Finding love on apps can be problematic as well, especially in larger cities. Like when I was trying to date (Atlanta) the proportion to finding guys really wanting to try something versus hookups (or hookup opportunities) was very skewed. All you really can do is just be honest with yourself and say that you're looking to date. I met my partner through Hinge.
If somebody pulls the "I'd really like to form a friendship first" card there's a good chance its a fuckboi XD