Mature Gay Mens Love Coach

It can often be very difficult to determine if a guy is gay, or if he’s even interested for that matter.

Here are just two of the techniques that work for me.  The first one is to pay attention to who he’s looking at.  If he is checking out the hot/cute/hunky/older/younger (you name it) guy across the room he may be gay.

Now if he is checking out the women with the big, hanging out of her shirt breastesses then he probably is not gay.

But then again even if he is not gay he may not be adverse to an invitation back to your place to see what comes up when you ask him is he wants to see your pet python, so to speak. (was that a run-on sentence or what?)

Secondly, if a guy holds eye contact for more then 5 seconds he may be gay. Most non-gay (read straight) men will not hold your gaze that long. If he does look you in the eyes for a long time he still may not be gay, but simple nearsighted. He may think he staring at a cute women with short blond hair, when it’s actually me, a cute guy with short blond hair. (devilish grin)

Now if he’s checking out my ‘more the amble package’ (ya, right), my bootee, or my smile he then may be gay or simple interested in seeing what else I have to offer.

Sometimes when I’m out and about I’ll wear a lil HRC equals sticker on my shirt.  Or a Tee with a gay related symbol on it.  Those who know the symbol know it as that of the  (Human Rights Campaign ) a national gay lobby group and assume that I may be gay too. It does open up the door for some interesting conversations.

Those are my rambling thoughts and musings.  Care to add a comment or two about your use of your GayDar?  Please feel free to do so below.

(Coach Notes: The official launch of this site will be February 1st.  Until then some links, information pages, and layout thoughts will not be fully implemented.  Please ‘Pardon Our Dust’ until all the wallboard, fancy bells and whistles, and attractive lighting are finished, or as close as I can get in the time left.)

Attracting Mr Right is all about visibility.

He’s not going to find you in your living room in front of the tube now is he?

What are you doing to make yourself visible?

Being out there in the real world is the  key. I was very visible this past week with all the inaugural events around town.  And gosh, did I get a lot of great pictures too!

Ok, you’re out and about, now what?  Two thoughts come to mind.

First be approachable.  Smile and make it known you’re friendly, especially to people who may be a bit uncertain, like all these DC visitors.  While I love my iToy, oops I mean my iPhone with it’s build in iPod music box, I made a point of not wearing the headphones recently.  How available can one be by hiding behind earbuds or with their nose in a book?  Be visible and approachable.

Secondly, reach out and take the risk to connect. Get into the habit of talking to people. Oft times we are afraid of rejection which prevents us from making the effort to talk with others.  In two words?  Get over it.  Oh, I guess that’s three words but you get the point.  Either way it’s better to be rejected, and learn how to be more assertive, then to beat ourselves up later for not trying at all.  What have you got to loose?

Yesterday on the metro train to my office I sat across from an older gentleman and what appeared to be his 20something son.  The cute lad looked at me and smiled.  Was that an invitation to chat with them or what?

I leaned towards them and asked, ‘Are You in Town Visiting?”

The father looked up from his Metro map and said, “yes, my son and I are here for the inauguration of President Omaha.”

That began a conversation.  They where from Chicago, going to their congressman’s office to get their tickets, I spoke of my moving to DC from SW Michigan, and the weather, etc.

Halfway in I introduced myself and found out they where John and David.  Shaking my extended hand son David excitedly said, ‘this is my first time in Washington and I really like it here.”  “Well, perhaps you’ll come back to visit again, real soon,” had the young lad beaming.

We chatted for another ten minutes or so until I’d arrived at my stop.  I stood up and simple said, ‘John, David?  Good to meet you and I hope you enjoy your visit.  Please come back to ‘your nations capital’ again.  Trust me, the summers here are specular.’   (Use peoples names often, as everyone likes to know you remember and hear their own name, right?)

Now this was just a simple interaction with no agenda on my part.  I enjoyed it, and they seemed to as well.  The thought of a stranger talking to them on the train in Washington, DC may have dispelled any negatives they many have had.….and I enjoyed it too!

Consider what the outcome might have been, say, had this happened in a coffee shop, or a restaurant, or perhaps at the club with only the young lad David alone without his dad.  Who knows where it might have gone and it began with me reaching out, being approachable, and of course, visible.

My request for you this week is for you to reach out to three complete strangers.  Begin a conversation, ask questions, introduce yourself and get their (his) name, and see where it goes.  Are you willing to do that?

Let me know how it went for you by leaving a comment also, or email me with your results.

Lastly, what ideas do you have about reaching out, being visible, or taking risks to meet new guys?  Let me know.

Coach Ronald

One of my New Years Resolution requests was for you to be ‘good to others’.  This includes reaching out to others, offering a word of encouragement, a kind word, simply a connection,  or reconnection.  Let me relate my experience of doing just that.

I made three calls. Remember the power of three? One was to my beloved sister; one to an old friend back in Michigan who I’d not talked with in months; and finally to a new guy I’d met recently. Nothing fancy, just checking in and wishing them well in the new year.

Three emails (notwithstanding the dozens that go out each day) where also sent to people I’d not been in touch with for awhile. Again, simply wishing them well and reminding them of how important they are to me.

Finally, two emails of appreciation to a couple of fellow bloggers who I’ve been following from afar for some time. I let each of them know how much I admire their work, how informative their blogs are, and finally letting them know how important they are to me. Sense a theme here? Just the act of telling another how important they are to us is enough to let them know we appreciate them……just as they are.

Ok, fine, my task is done. Little did I know the unexpected outcomes of these very intentional actions.

First off there where two phone calls from people out of my past, back in Michigan. Reconnecting and saying I was on their minds, wondering what was up with me, and how I was doing.

Second, and this one really surprised me, and email arrived from a young lad I’d let live with me for short time back in 1991. He left unexpectedly when I found out he’d been letting ‘his fingers do the walking’, and more, on the 800 sex lines….on my dime, well, more than a dime, trust me.

Apparently a tune on the radio had brought back memories for him of my kindness allowing him to live with me and he wanted to connect, and send me the ‘phone bill’ money he owed me. Now what an incredible surprise this was!

Finally, in a coffee shop over the weekend a man, at the next table over from a friend and I, politely interrupted and asked if my name was Ronald. He then related that he’d heard a paper I’d presented at a conference in New Orleans back in the early 90’s and wanted to tell me how impressed he had been, and is, with my work and commitment to creating a ‘gay ok’ world. Wow! Can you believe that? Almost 20 years ago and there he is was drinking a cup of  ‘Joe” right next to me in a coffee shop. Amazing.

I say all this to remind you, and myself, of the unexpected results of intentional actions. We simple do not know, nor can ever dream of what our positive reaching out to another will result in. All it takes is the ‘intentional action’ of a kind word, a reconnection, a simple thought. Simple, right?

What three intentional actions do you plan to do in your life this week?

As is the custom for many of us, today we may contemplate the commitments to a few New Years Resolutions or two. A commitment? To really follow thru? Or simple believe we will still be at it in six months, well three months. Ok we’ll think about thinking about doing something new in the new year.’

Ok, lets try something different. I’ve three requests of you in this new year. This is what a Coach does, makes requests, and I like the power of three since usually one, hopefully all of the three can be accomplished. These requests are not really all that difficult. (Your mileage may vary tho)

#1 Be good to yourself first

* Honor your body: Join a gym, or go back (often) to the one you’re all ready a member of.
* Eat well: Take a look at what you put into your body and incrementally feed yourself in new and better ways.
* Begin thinking in new way: Stop beating yourself for past failings. Look at today as a new, and only day you have. Be more positive and when possible, push out those thoughts which don’t serve your well being.
* Nourish your soul: Continue to participate in a form of spirituality which works for you, or recommit to those forms of ’soul nourishment‘ which worked for you in the past that may have drifted out of your life.
* Join a new group, or engage those you’ve been a part of before. (Book club; meditation group; social activism; social activities; 12 Step; volunteer for an agency; staff a phone line.)

#2 Be good to others

* Commit to supporting the friends, relatives, coworkers, and lovers in your life now. Call someone you’ve lost track of. Remind all those around you just how important they are to you, and to your life.
* Perform ‘random acts of kindness‘ each and every day. The joy of these simple acts will bring untold satisfaction into your life, with little or no energy on you part.
* Join a group (see above and add to that list those places where you can make a even a small difference in the life of someone else).

#3 Be good to the earth. Ok, well this one is fairly easy and we’ve all heard what we need to do so I won’t expound my thoughts here. Simple put, do what you can on a daily basis to preserve our planet.

Alternative #4. Ok, I said three yet here is a 4th for those of you who are looking for a new guy to share your life with.

This one’s simple, stay tuned. I’m about to unveil this new website for those who are looking for Mr Right, and the clever one’s in the room have already figured out the name of this new site. ISOMrRight.com! How simple is that?

I’ll let you know when it’s ready to be opened up for the visiting public.  The place is a bit busy and messy right now with me, a consultant guy, and George the cat moving things around and finding places for all the old stuff and all the kewl new widgets and the like.   Stay tuned!