It's my birthday

First time gay - tell all

How old are now?

R1, I don't understand.

R2, I am a little sad to say I am 54.

R3 no shame. You made it! Many did not...

Rosebud or coinslot?

Happy Birthday OP! May you have someone to give you your 55 whacks!

Thank you, R4.

R5, I have no idea what you mean.

Dear Birthday Boy, do you look 54, or 47? Or, are you really 65 and tell people you are 54?

Happy birthday, OP! I May you have many more happy healthy years in front of you. I have three questions for you:

1. What's your favorite food?

2. Did you ever do drugs?

3. What's the capital of Lithuania?

Now that's hard, R8. I have the three wrinkles of doom (check in front of your ears to see if you do too!) I think I look my age. Some people say I look mid forties but I believe them to lying. I am 54. But I feel 65 some days. I dread aging more. It is weird to really feel so much of the gay community doesn't want to see you anymore, and, in fact, often doesn't see you. And I don't want to chase guys half my age or anything, or wear their clothes or anything age inappropriate. Yet I feel the chill of being 54 and daring to be... visible outside my own home. It's quite a sensation.

R9... my favourite food is, I think, roast turkey. I love Thanksgiving and Christmas and my memories of them... and the smell in the house of roasting turkey. I smoked a little pot and hash in my yoof, but no drugs the dr. doesn't prescribe any more. The capital of Lithuania is Margaritaville. But it is spelled Vilnius.

R10 what state or city are you in? I always chat up the "Elders" at bars in NYC, because they can hold an intellectual conversation. Maybe you need a change of scenery. Most Midwest cities are definitely more skewed towards the younger gay crowd and there is no community for the older gays.

R8 here. You sound cool, OP. Enjoy the next 54 years, but remember, by the time you are 90, nobody will wantto fuck you except for Anna Nicole Smith, and maybe Larry Birkhead who's wig will be a copy of his 1990's hair! Happy Birthday!

Present your HOLE

I will admit, I feel like May 15th has a nice ring to it, as birthdays go. There's kind of a flow to it. I was adopted, so I know next to nothing about me, in the original recipe respect. I cannot believe I am 54 years old. It bewilders me.

R12, I am in Toronto, a city where unfriendliness outranks how much of the unremarkable characterizes the place. It's wow.

If you are still fairly goodlooking, white and male, can I give you a birthday spanking?===It gets even better after this, just keep breathing, skin tags, senior discounts and Medicare are just around the corner.

R16 take a trip to NYC. Go to Julius and also Townhouse, you'll be among friends and have a great time!

Happy Birthday, OP!

LOL, R17 - yup... got the skin tags. Consulted a dermatologist who happily told me she could take them off, but they'd just come back.... I get so many 'Sirs' these days I am wondering if I missed a knighthood. You can spank me, I certainly pass for fairly goodlooking.... but I can't see actually getting aroused by it.

I never heard of Julius but I sure have heard of the Townhouse... perhaps the time has come. I was advised if I went to Palm Springs soon that I would, at this age, be chicken again. So there's that....

Get the tags removed.

Happy birthday.

Did you get anything good for your birthday, OP?

I love Birthday cake. Did you have cake?

My birthday’s on Christmas, so nobody ever wishes me a happy birthday.

don't be sad to say you're 54. in 20 years you will be saying, sadly I'm 74 and you'll think back about how young you were at 54 and wonder why you were sad about it

𝓗𝓐𝓟𝓟𝓨 𝓑𝓘𝓡𝓣𝓗𝓓𝓐𝓨!

My birthday day started 32 minutes ago. It’s May 17 in Europe. Hope yours was a good one op! It’s cool over here, my partner and I started celebrating 2 days before and are spending the night before in a swanky hotel. A bit weird, but fun. Big birthday hugs op xx

Happy belated birthday, OP, and happy birthday to you, R26!

Thanks r27 - how are you celebrating today?

Happy iorthday OP and R26!! Thanks for the warning about Toronto (was considering moving there if Trump is reelected - now, I don’t know).

Visit Monster in the West Village, NYC. My 48 year old self had a blast there last year (Thursday night - older crowd).

Happy Birthday OP!

*birthday!!

R29 don't move there, it's dull, sterile, cliquey, and grasping.

Happy birthday, OP!

Monday Morning Moos has its birthday on Sunday. Please put it on your calandar now, as I will be at the barn dance and won’t be able to remind you on Sunday. Thank you.

R16 I'm not quite understanding what you say about Toronto.

"a city where unfriendliness outranks how much of the unremarkable characterizes the place'

Are you saying it is unremarkable?

R34, yup, I find Toronto entirely unremarkable in any of the ways that a city can be pleasing. All my friends here agree it is a hard place to live. Draining expensive, over governed, gridlocked, bland, extreme weather and increasingly frayed at the edges. But it is still generally very safe. However, there's no character to Toronto once you're past the pursuits of your twenties. For me, it is a place where you work and reside and fly out of to enjoy and savour life.

Many thanks for the kind wishes all.

Happy Birthday, OP! Do Canadians have any interesting birthday traditions?

Happy birthday fellow Taurus!

R36... not that I know of. In my family, birthdays were never a big deal. There would be a cake and some gifts, but none of this 'it's your special day' excess. The only interesting thing is that my grandmother, mother and a cousin were all shared the same birth date. Which is a hell of a coincidence.

OP, are you mentally abusive? Most Taurus men are.

I knew a guy who was celebrating over an entire month, when finally, his best friend publically blew up at him for all the brunches and drinks and such he was mooching off the rest of us over the month.

What was it like when you were young?

R35 that is sad.

I heard that 120 years ago it was called 'Toronto The Good'.

R35 Come to NYC!!!!

Happy Happy Birthday Birthday! Enjoy your special day, reflect on the good times and give yourself a treat.

"Skin tags"

Don't get rid of the tags if they have the "Do not remove " warning. You could be subject to fines and violations.

And, OP, you cry if you want to.

I cried when I turned 50. I went to a beach resort on Long Island and it rained.