Originally posted by Irvy+Sep 14 2005, 09:37 AM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Irvy @ Sep 14 2005, 09:37 AM)</div><div class='quotemain'>If I can add my 2 cents, I'd really recommend trying to find someone in a similar situation and age to yourself. There are lots of much older guys (some of whom may already have sent you a message becuase of this thread, offering their "help) who like to prey on young guys, confused enough in their sexuality to do whatever they tell them to.
Take things slow, make up a list of rules about how far you're prepared to go for now, and stick with it. If you're unsure about your sexuality, it won't take very much for you to realise whether or not this is for you, and if you are indeed just straight and curious, you'll have an easier time coming to terms with finding out by having a wank with someone your own age than you will finding out with some 40 year old dripping sweat on your back as he fucks you.
Take things easy, have fun, but most importantly, look after yourself.
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<!--QuoteBegin-Irvy@Sep 14 2005, 09:53 AM
Thanks alleyblu!
It is true though. I've witnessed in chatrooms the lengths some of these older guys will go to in order to snare an 18 year old out on his first time. They're like cats high on catnip. The curious teen, in their mind, doesn't have the experience to know what to say no to, and I've spoken with guys who told me just what some of these guys told them and assured them of to try to get them into their bed (or rented apartment on the other side of town, well away from their wife and kids).
General rule of thumb, if some guy tells you the first time recieving anally doesn't hurt, he doesn't give a shit about you finding out about your sexuality, he's only after getting what he wants.
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[/quote]How terribly disturbing, Irvy.
Slam dunk, there's lots of good advice here, and some disturbing advice. Chat more than 3 or 4 times before you decide to hook up - if they are not interested in chatting first, and insist on meeting and fucking immediately, they are creeps, stay away. Meet for the first time in a public place, for lunch or dinner, and TALK for an hour or so. If they want the first meeting in private, or want to jump immediately into a bed without any talk, they are creeps, stay away. If there is anything about them in chatting, meeting, or talking, that bothers you or makes you uncomfortable, interview the next one. If anyone, male or female, tries to talk you out of using condoms, they are creepy - run like hell, they don't care about their own lives, and will end yours if possible.
Irvy, my first experience was when I was 17, the other guy was 27. Not the same as 20 or 30 years older than me, but 10 years older. But I knew him a few years first, and he was VERY hot, and he was not creepy. Although I am not generally all that interested in very young men, I can't say with certainty that I would turn down any and every 18-year-old who approached me (don't fret, hasn't happened yet and I doubt it will). I definitely do not seek them out. Please do not paint all guys in their 40s and 50s as child molesters. Some of us, without any sexual involvement, would actually like to mentor younger gay men who are asking just exactly these sorts of questions. When I was coming to terms with my sexuality, the only mentor and role model I had was a very open-minded straight woman 5 years older than me, who told me "It's ok to be gay."