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As others have mentioned, most cruise lines have an LGBT meet up every evening. Personally, I did not find those get-togethers very useful. Some are very well attended and others only have a couple of people there. There is also a "solo travelers" get together group each evening. I like that better than the LGBT meet-up. Just be sure to make it clear early on to the women in attendance that you are gay or, at least, not available. It is my experience that single women on cruises are extremely aggressive in trying to find boyfriend/husband possibilities. They have a laser beam focus on any single man that is on board.
 
Overall, I find the best place to meet fun people on-board is at the piano-bar or the casino-bar in the evenings.
 
One place for possible "cruising" on board is in the ship's sauna and steam room. I was on one transatlantic cruise a few years ago and the men's locker room/steam room/sauna/whirlpool area might as well have been a gay bath house. This cruise had an unusually large amount of gay men onboard and they pretty much took over this area in the evenings. On that ship, the steam/sauna/whirlpool area were not co-ed so there was lots of nudity and a fair amount of hanky-panky going on. Frankly I found it to be over-the-top. YMMV depending on the set-up on the ship you will be on.
 
Have a great cruise!!

You're playing the victim here when, in fact, you're the instigator. You are starting to remind me of an older version of our escort poster Mocha......who has taken a voluntary leave of absence BTW (hint hint). He's always complaining and everything is always someone else's fault. He never see's the reality that his own shortcomings are his main impediment in life. Sadly, some people can never see the forest through the trees.

All evidence indicates you’re the obsessed one in this thread.
 
Let it go. Apologize to the OP (who you have managed to silence). Admit defeat. Move on to other things and stay away from daddy’s world for a few days to gain a clear perspective.

All evidence indicates you’re the obsessed one in this thread.
 
Let it go. Apologize to the OP (who you have managed to silence). Admit defeat. Move on to other things and stay away from daddy’s world for a few days to gain a clear perspective.

All evidence indicates you’re the obsessed one in this thread.
 
Let it go. Apologize to the OP (who you have managed to silence). Admit defeat. Move on to other things and stay away from daddy’s world for a few days to gain a clear perspective.

All evidence indicates you’re the obsessed one in this thread.
 
Let it go. Apologize to the OP (who you have managed to silence). Admit defeat. Move on to other things and stay away from daddy’s world for a few days to gain a clear perspective.

All evidence indicates you’re the obsessed one in this thread.
 
Let it go. Apologize to the OP (who you have managed to silence). Admit defeat. Move on to other things and stay away from daddy’s world for a few days to gain a clear perspective.

As others have mentioned, most cruise lines have an LGBT meet up every evening. Personally, I did not find those get-togethers very useful. Some are very well attended and others only have a couple of people there. There is also a "solo travelers" get together group each evening. I like that better than the LGBT meet-up. Just be sure to make it clear early on to the women in attendance that you are gay or, at least, not available. It is my experience that single women on cruises are extremely aggressive in trying to find boyfriend/husband possibilities. They have a laser beam focus on any single man that is on board.
 
Overall, I find the best place to meet fun people on-board is at the piano-bar or the casino-bar in the evenings.
 
One place for possible "cruising" on board is in the ship's sauna and steam room. I was on one transatlantic cruise a few years ago and the men's locker room/steam room/sauna/whirlpool area might as well have been a gay bath house. This cruise had an unusually large amount of gay men onboard and they pretty much took over this area in the evenings. On that ship, the steam/sauna/whirlpool area were not co-ed so there was lots of nudity and a fair amount of hanky-panky going on. Frankly I found it to be over-the-top. YMMV depending on the set-up on the ship you will be on.
 
Have a great cruise!!

As others have mentioned, most cruise lines have an LGBT meet up every evening. Personally, I did not find those get-togethers very useful. Some are very well attended and others only have a couple of people there. There is also a "solo travelers" get together group each evening. I like that better than the LGBT meet-up. Just be sure to make it clear early on to the women in attendance that you are gay or, at least, not available. It is my experience that single women on cruises are extremely aggressive in trying to find boyfriend/husband possibilities. They have a laser beam focus on any single man that is on board.
 
Overall, I find the best place to meet fun people on-board is at the piano-bar or the casino-bar in the evenings.
 
One place for possible "cruising" on board is in the ship's sauna and steam room. I was on one transatlantic cruise a few years ago and the men's locker room/steam room/sauna/whirlpool area might as well have been a gay bath house. This cruise had an unusually large amount of gay men onboard and they pretty much took over this area in the evenings. On that ship, the steam/sauna/whirlpool area were not co-ed so there was lots of nudity and a fair amount of hanky-panky going on. Frankly I found it to be over-the-top. YMMV depending on the set-up on the ship you will be on.
 
Have a great cruise!!

I have not been with ANIMALHETERO but I did communicate (in written Spanish) with him when I was in Malaga in November 2017. Very responsive. Said he is a professional body builder. Based on what he said to me, he likes scenes where he is dominant. He allows to be sucked and rimmed. I never hooked up with him in the end....and I regret that. He left a good impression on me based on our brief communication.

I totally agree with you. As I said up-thread, I felt about The Shape of Water the same way I felt about American Beauty. Interesting and captivating movie...but Best Picture?

I found Shape of Water charming as a sort of homage to Creature from the Black Lagoon/Splash and ET, but agree I wouldn't have thought it was best picture-worthy?

I didn't watch the show last night....so I woke up to see who the winners were this morning. All very predictable in the main categories. No real surprises (not that there should be any.....but it does add excitement with there are). I liked Shape of Water...but Best Picture?

I've always been attracted to uber-masculine alpha-type males. It usually (but not exclusively) means they are str8 if I find them attractive. Twice in gay bars, I was propositioned by gay4pay ex-cons who had just been released.
 
Once was in a dive stripper bar in the late 80's/early 90's near the NYC Port Authority (not Stella's or Cats.....much more sleazy than those). He was one of the strippers and he told me he had just been released from prison that morning or the day before. At the time, I remember thinking that I thought it was not a good strategy for him to tell potential clients that he just got out of prison. He was not that hot looking....so I declined.
 
The second one was in a hustler/drag bar in Houston called Cousins (now has a different name). It was around 2008 and a very attractive/muscled Louisianan in his late 20's approach me and asked if wanted to have fun. He added that he had just been released from the penitentiary that week. He was definitely hot looking but I chickened out. I kept thinking about those stories you hear of ex-cons killing someone within 1-2 weeks of getting released from prison.
 
There's tons of latino day labor guys in Houston hanging out at all the Home Depots as well as other locations. Lot's of opportunity there but always with the associated risk as well. It helps a lot if you speak some Spanish.

I live in MI where apparently the Moscow Mule is the most popular cocktail. Two data points:
 
1. I've never heard of a Moscow Mule.
2. I've never heard anyone order a Moscow Mule in a bar in MI.

And I'd question that "most-searched-for-on-Google" equates to "most popular". It could mean "What the hell is that?" followed by "that sounds nasty" :-)

I live in MI where apparently the Moscow Mule is the most popular cocktail. Two data points:
 
1. I've never heard of a Moscow Mule.
2. I've never heard anyone order a Moscow Mule in a bar in MI.

I live in MI where apparently the Moscow Mule is the most popular cocktail. Two data points:
 
1. I've never heard of a Moscow Mule.
2. I've never heard anyone order a Moscow Mule in a bar in MI.

Thanks for that. I just asked my 89-year old mom if she heard of the drink. She said she did but didn't know what was in it and had never had one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow_mule

I live in MI where apparently the Moscow Mule is the most popular cocktail. Two data points:
 
1. I've never heard of a Moscow Mule.
2. I've never heard anyone order a Moscow Mule in a bar in MI.

I visited Twist on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. I prefer Twist on weeknights as the club is too packed for my taste on weekend nights. There were 12-14 dancers of which about 5 were solid hunks/studs. A much higher ratio of hunks than when I was at SR's in Atlanta a few days earlier. As is usual, the dancers are primarily Latino (Cuban, Venezuelan, Peruvian, and Brazilian) with a smattering of Europeans (three Italians and one French). It helps a lot if you can speak some Spanish as many of the dancers have limited English. Yes the smoking inside is very annoying. Yes the music is far too loud. Yes it is a tiny space within the larger Twist complex. In spite of all that, I had a far better time at Twist on Tuesday and Wednesday than I did at Richard's the prior Friday.
 
The 5 Twist hunks were easily hotter than any of the strippers that were at Richards on Friday night. In fact, I told two of them to hot-foot it to Atlanta and start working at Richards. They would make a killing.

Translation to me: twinks? Might be worth a visit again lol. This is why I applaud the guy running Johnsons for trying to appease all tastes in one bar. It's not easy I'm sure. When you have a mix of muscle and twink, half the roster is already unattractive to a typical customer. It's like having an election results party with republicans and democrats. I've only been to SR once or twice, but there were only one or two guys my type. That's why I was curious about Roosters. But next visit to ATL I'll give SR one more try.

I just wrapped up another Atlanta/Miami trip combo. I was in Atlanta on Friday through Monday. Went to Swinging Richards on Friday night and was, once again, very disappointed with the line-up. Plenty of dancers but very little to hold my interest. There were maybe 30 guys there. I'm into masculine muscular macho alpha male types. Only 2 or 3 of the guys kind of fit that description.....but not fully. The rest were just a mix of twinks/fems, or just average looking guys who you might not even give a second look at if you saw them in a pick-up bar. The best word to describe the line-up last Friday at Richard's is mediocre. I was so disappointed that I did not bother returning on Saturday as I had initially planned to do. This is now my second consecutive disappointing visit to SR's. I'll give them one more chance in a few months.
 
The lineup at Twist in Miami, on the other hand, was solid. I'll report those details in the Twist thread.

Pic #3 resembles a pic JJ Forte used years ago. I'm calling this guy a fake.....or at least a partial fake.