Public cruising! Is it still a thing? Did it go the way of fax machines and landlines? What are your memories?

Lucky you! I'm 62 and never once came across (pun intended) a real glory hole in the wild. I did experience bathroom cruising, and fooled around at a gay beach in Mallorca.

Please tell me the location of this glory hole. I need to know so I can have it shut down

Have you heard of Sniffies? There’s more public cruising than ever before.

yes r3 I've heard of Sniffies. I assure it doesn't hold a candle to the 70s and 80s.

I’ll hold my nose, thanks.

I have done some public cruising in the distant past, havent done for years though, does still happen at some gyms and some nudist beaches

Lucky you OP, I never stumbled across anything like that at that age mores the pity, sounds like you had lots of fun

Hopefully it doesn't go as badly as in Stranger By the Lake

I still get cruised in public on occasion. Just not by anything Id want to fuck . Im not that picky either. its always the ancient or hideous ones . I look very gay even now so thats why it happens . I just wish it could be reciprocated .Ive noticed the bathroom at my local Penny's seems to be busy ,Ive often wondered if that was a hot spot. In this day and age theres no way Im trying to have sex in a public place.

R8- Are you ANCIENT and HIDEOUS yourself?

r8, it sounds like you might be overly picky for your current attractiveness level if NONE of them are anything you'd want to fuck.

R9-R10 Im ancient but not hideous. You both must be because why would you assume Im a snotty bitch when you neither saw any of them nor had them hit on you ? Trust me,Im not ever going to be so desperate that Id fuck somebody just because they hit on me. Never have,never will. Id be all over a guy my age IF he looked okay . Im all about the face. If the face doesnt attract me its a no go even if they have a better body or whatever. Ive fucked way too many men over my life to settle for the 1st one that asked unlike you both .

Young guys don’t even get it

Years ago, I had a friend who told me all about his successful public cruising and experiences. On one hand, I was rather taken aback by his crudeness, on the other hand, I loved hearing every single detail.

Sniffies.

r11, not hideous. You said pretty clearly that no one that hit on you found attractive. If that was an exaggeration, that's your own damn fault. If it isn't, then...

It's normal to not be attracted to some or even most guys that hit on you. But none at all suggests that you're waiting for 9s and 10s to hit on you when you're not at that level. Or you don't live in a major city, maybe, and aren't crossing path with gay guys regularly. I didn't consider that option and apologize if that's the case.

Too many think a glance at another human being is cruising. The amount of times people have said on this board that they were cruised by celebrities, when it was just acknowledging another human's presence.

Cruising seemed to be the only other acceptable way of meeting guys outside of a gay bar. With social media and apps, it's not really needed.

I only did it a few times and it felt rather seedy and dangerous - albeit exciting too.

R11 still handsome, still unable to write a coherent sentence.

Public cruising is still happening in the heaths, parcs, and Rosengartens of Europe. But the prudish are not having it!

Still happening. But such a struggle now. Undercover police and trolls. So rare to find a diamond. But I manage somehow.

Sniffies tells you where people are congregating. It’s totally cruising but with higher success rates.

Not into this internet stuff. I want to see the real unfiltered you in public and not in a serial killer door closed can't escape situation. Show me what you are working with.

I loved it back in the day and over indulged. From beautiful parks and beaches to industrial and seedy stomping grounds. Ive had violent events on busy city streets but never violent encounters over all those years of being a trashy cruiser all over the world.

Gym cruising is still very much a thing, maybe even more so with an increasing number of "straight" guys up for playing around

Planes, Trains, Automobiles. Often by accident. The right place at the right time. On a train to Luxembourg. Sitting a few seats away from a gorgeous guy on a crowded train. A few glances later, we were tearing our clothes off in bathroom where everyone could see who went in and out. Truly amazing. On a plane coming back from the Maldives. Sitting next to a beautiful man with a huge dick who was eager to play. We were sitting in between our partners on both sides of our 4 seat row. Crazy. At a café in Athens during my first trip to Europe many years ago. Followed by someone on my way to the toilet. Still the biggest cock I've ever seen. My friend told me later that someone was following me. At Berkeley. So many glory holes in the 80's. Students, athletes, professors. I remember draining one of my professors in a bathroom before class.

On a beach in San Francisco in the 90's. Enjoying the day relaxing in the sun before HE arrived. A few hours later he was shooting massive sperm ropes on my beach towel.

[quote]Not into this internet stuff. I want to see the real unfiltered you in public and not in a serial killer door closed can't escape situation. Show me what you are working with.

Sniffies is in public and in private and you show dick.

To me, there's nothing that replaces the sexy atmosphere you get when cruising in person. The eye contact, hot body language and immediacy of being in the same space is so hot. It allows you to pick up on really subtle cues that you just can't get when chatting online. All that said, I have had some really hot hookups through the apps - one two days ago that's still making my cock hard. But that's the exception, I think.

Come on, R2. I think you know how to find all the glory holes. Oh wait...that's why you're asking...now I see. Never mind.

Cruising? Never heard of it.

Archived version for R18's link

The closest thing I ever had to cruising was a guy offering me a ride and we fucked. I have a handjob to a stranger at a dirty bookstore one too. My boyfriend wanted me to suck him off but he was fat.

Picture it-

Trader Joe's November 2015. I was waiting in a checkout line and a guy in another line seemed to be staring at me. I looked behind me there was no one else he could have been looking at. The difference between someone who's checking you out and someone who's cruising you- When they just check you out and you look at them they look away because they usually don't want you to see that they're staring out you but when a guy is cruising you- he's stares at you and WANTS you to know he's staring at you. This guy was aobut 32 years old , slim, facial hair and good looking. I was flattered but I did nothing about it. Oh well.

No, I'm too shy, and if someone were to cruise me, I'd probably miss it.

Tear down those goddamn urinal dividers!! They are the ruination of Western civilization.

Yeah, why can’t we all just compliment each other more? “Oh that’s a nice dick head!” “Hey, cool vein!” “I bet those balls can make a village!”

R32 what a nothing event. And yet it was a memorable experience for you! Are you Quasimodo?

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