I'm naturally adventurous and in the same boat. I feel your pain, I share your disappointment. Better safe than sorry though. I love sucking guys off, but I'm not willing to get deathly ill over a load of man-cum, even if it's dripping all off my beard onto my chest and I add mine to it right there in the hall while others watch and coat me as well. Hot as fuck but I want the possibility of doing this multiple times down the road after a vaccine, not once as my last sexual meal. Patience. I know, one of the hardest things in the world.

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It is VERY frustrating - I had been trying for a long time to get up the courage to try this bathhouse in the area -

And then COVID hit -

And now they are out of business.

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I don't know if I want to just wait it out forever if my local ABS (2 hours away for me I guess) wasn't likely to survive.
Whether I use a site like this, plus Tinder, Grinder, etc..., I know this strategy will be more helpful than going to a sketchy venue that has dubious legality at best. If I fuck someone at their place or my place, then I know I'll (usually) be a lot safer and be more likely to enjoy myself.

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MysticDick1018 -

I wish I lived somewhere with affordable hotel / motel rooms.

I would not want to bring someone to my house until I got to know them - but like you I am getting frustrated with no options.

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jonn3: Obviously. It could just be chatting online or actually meeting each other for lunch. Just to know who we are. But I (usually) trust someone's house more than sketchy abs or parking lot.
However, I'll still try to find a good abs. A little bit of danger can be exciting. Just after the pandemic is tamed a bit.

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Hope is on the horizon. At least three companies have developed vaccines, although due to the strict cold storage requirements of one, it will only be available in metropolitan areas. I'm not sure, but I think some require a followup shot. I'm hoping by summer we will have our shots and be out and about, putting our cocks through holes or playing with others.
Which brings up the question - will closed ABSs re-open? Some have stayed open by keeping their retail business of sales of toys, clothing, movies, etc. going. Some just closed their doors.

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I have seen that a number of bath houses here in the Los Angeles area have permanently closed -

It is difficult enough for ABS's to stay in business - the cities do not want them - I am sure they were not able to get small business loans or PPP loans that easy (just imagine the articles if government funded grants were given to an ABS).

ABS were becoming rare even before the pandemic and shut downs

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