JofRIT

Just putting in my 2 cents worth... I'm pretty inexperienced but here's some things that come to mind. To be on the safe side, I leave my credit and debit cards at home and head out with maybe $40 cash in my pocket. It's enough to pay for a meal and some gas, but if it gets stolen, whatever. Note that I've never been in a situation where I've worried about this... it seems I've only met really nice, respectable couples who wouldn't dream of going through a guy's wallet--hopefully this trend continues. I've only been with a few couples, but it's been very clear in all of them that the man is very confident in his sexual skills, and with good reason. I know and they know that I'm just a guy for friendly conversation and sex, and I'm fine with that. Frankly, I don't ever expect to meet a couple where the man is considered "deficient", and I don't really want to. I'm not too worried about going to somebody's place and ending up at the bottom of a well, "Silence of the Lambs" style. Anybody who wants to do that could probably have a basement full well before I come along

I'll admit, I am *sorta* guilty of this--I have a (private) picture of myself standing on the porch in Hawaii holding a bunch of bananas and the machete I used to cut them down. The difference, though, is that I have a good reason to be holding the big knife.

Two things that have annoyed me while looking around on SLS: 1. Pictures of, say, just a woman's feet. Yeah, some people are really into feet, but I'm going to guess that feet rank pretty low on most people's priorities. 2. The "I'm hiding myself" pic, as seen on myspace. Look, if you're not happy with your body, say you're overweight, you might be able to partially disguise your body type by holding your camera up over your head and shooting down so as only to show face and breasts. This might work fine for you online, but if you meet someone, they're going to see what you look like anyway. Besides, when I see such a picture, I just say, "Trying to hide, I'm moving on". That's why my SLS main picture is a clothed full-body picture with my head shopped out.