What are some unflattering things about bathhouses?

[blackbeltninja]

This thread was created to highlight all of the negatives of bathhouses, and reasons to not frequent them.

Personally, I don't like bathhouses. They're unhygienic and not intimate, relaxing, or comfortable in my opinion. I don't like hitting/getting hit on by a guy, not hitting it off/not being able to have a sexual encounter, and potentially/literally seeing them have one with someone else in front of me. It's abrupt in terms of visuals, and can actualize/realize philandering/promiscuity which most never have to witness. Not every guy inside is someone I'm attracted to, I don't own the establishment so I don't control who patronizes, as a result I'll witness those who I rather not see exposed, and occasionally/always will experience some of them sexually advancing me.

What are other unflattering things about bathhouses? I want this thread to be dedicated solely to negative aspects, so I ask that you focus on them and voice opinions accordingly.

Gosh. How do you manage to walk down the street, with all the uggos and the riff-raff just like RIGHT THERE in front of you, and you can't do a damn thing about it?

The highlighted part should be in the 1st World Problems thread.

As should the OP.

-d-

 

[jdcnow]

I've never been to one, but like anything else, you'd have to go to form your own opinion.

I believe they have one that looks just like a Walgreens.

I see you've been to my store!

 

[frankfrank]

I've never been, but I've heard time and time again that's it's all eldergays.

Last time I was at one, yes (was that 2006 already??). That wasn't necessarily true forty years ago when I WAS going regularly - there were a lot of young people (around my age) as well.

I guess the "aging crowd" effect is the same there as the clientele I've seen at national hobby meets, record-collector fairs, sports card fairs, gun shows (but not quite as much an age-shift)...and, generally, participation in hobbies of most types as well.

Not quite as elderly as those at the bridge club, but it's getting there...

Seems that almost all places where people gather have skewed older than in the past (yes even gay bars), though it might just be what I've noticed...or *HOW* I've noticed...things.

Are we talking internet inches???

Yes, Gay Metric - which precedes the Internet by decades and which, in fact, has been adopted there.

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THREAD TOPIC: After you've been to a bathhouse, you should heed your genital area for the next few weeks. It's near-certainty that you will need to use RID (or something similar) to get rid of "the crabs" after the ones you caught at the baths have had a chance to multiply.

Multiply? Yes. Them lice be's smart. They're working on also learning how to extract square roots, and in a few years they might even tackle calculus.

 

[medic1]

They always have cheap tasteless coffee.

 

[dpnice]

They always have cheap tasteless coffee.

You go to a bath-house for the coffee.

 

[Pianist]

You go to a bath-house for the coffee.

Yeah, Starbucks is cheaper, and you don't hafta wander around in a skimpy towel frightening the clientele.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

no matter how negative it is there is cock there and anywhere there is cock there is glory.....

 

[blackbeltninja]

^If there isn't, there should be!

-d-

 

[rareboy]

Hey Pete.

They can be great fun.

The grunge is part of the charm.

The random hook-ups can be some of the wildest sex you'll ever have.

I think you should stick with paying guys for sex.

I don't get why you would create a thread just to have people post negative stuff in order to validate your own opinion.

Your brain must be a pretty dark place some days.

 

[bankside]

Yeah, Starbucks is cheaper, and you don't hafta wander around in a skimpy towel frightening the clientele.

Couldn't a person just ask for a "venti towel?"

 

[medic1]

They always have cheap tasteless coffee.

You go to a bath-house for the coffee.

No, but you need something to rinse your mouth with.........

 

[cgymike]

Lockers are insecure. Anyone could bust in those in a hurry. Do not bring anything of value and especially your phone.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Why do I now fear there is a whorehouse/bath house somewhere named Starbutts?

Too modern sounding. They're almost always named something pre-eighties. The patrons, however, tend to be veritable antiques.

 

[Pianist]

Couldn't a person just ask for a "venti towel?"

I went to a bathhouse once back in '07 just to see what the appeal and hoopla was about; the largest towel they had was barely sufficient to knot and stay knotted and therefore, on. I was NOT comfortable and of course, have never been back.

 

[Yuki Sohma]

I have decided to steer clear of public water parks, swimming areas (including hotels), as well as bathbhouses. There are just too many bugs floating about & I need to ensure I maintain my health.

 

[Harke the Boeotarch]

Maybe something more along the lines of Gay Rescue Mission then?

"Jur-assic Park" more like.

I went to a bathhouse once back in '07 just to see what the appeal and hoopla was about; the largest towel they had was barely sufficient to knot and stay knotted and therefore, on. I was NOT comfortable and of course, have never been back.

They not for wearing, they're for mopping up the cum...

I have decided to steer clear of public water parks, swimming areas (including hotels), as well as bathbhouses. There are just too many bugs floating about & I need to ensure I maintain my health.

Not to mention feces and semen.

 

[Pianist]

They not for wearing, they're for mopping up the cum...

Ah, well, as there wasn't any I just wore it. Just can't seem to get a handle on this being gay thing at all.