M4M
For an Hour or Forever - the Gay Man's Guide to Finding Love Online
Chapter One
THE USUAL SUSPECTS: CHAT ROOM REGULARS
When a newcomer to the gay online scene first peruses the lists of names in the
various chat rooms open to him, he usually gets a little giddy, a little
lightheaded. He doesn't feel like he's merely found a new portal to the world
of men; he feels like he's discovered a whole new species. He reads the
profiles, he looks at the pictures posted, he gets hit with masculine,
confident IM after IM. And he thinks that he really should have gone online
long ago. Clearly, this is where all the attractive, fascinating men
have gone to.
Then he begins making contacts. Some lengthy IM dialogues, some picture trades,
some tentative get-togethers planned and carried out. And then the walls, as it
were, come a-tumbling down. Weeks after that first, dizzy entry into gay cyber
interaction, he signs on again and hears himself muttering, "Damn. Same old
tired gang." Why, it's almost like he never found a new world of men at all.
It gets bette ... read full excerpt from M4M: For an Hour or Forever--the Gay Man's Guide to Finding Love Online ebook
