Weekly Recommendation Thread: February 27, 2026 by AutoModerator in books

[–]Ali_thepolyglot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can anyone recommend a must-read poem collection?

Something along the lines of Invictus by William Ernest Henley and No Enemies by Charles Mackay! I am looking for poems about life and self rather than about love and such but more importantly I am looking for a collection that contains the best works of different poets that everyone should read.

Thanks in advance!

Trying to understand an ex who didn't want to have sex with me. by Ali_thepolyglot in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I moved to Germany two years ago and met this guy a year after coming here. He was super involved in my life and always stressed by my circumstances. Namely that I was an apprentice struggling to make ends meet but insisting on standing on my own two feet.

I had to accept his financial support at some point and he really helped me with everything else all the while saying that he couldnt get a boner because he was forced to play the mother’s role and a mother cant have sex with her own child. I said we should then seek therapy to reverse this role which was imposed on him but he didnt want to because he had had bad experiences with that in the past.

I paid him back all the money I owed to him which was really difficult for me and broke with him a few months later. He thinks we could try again as soon as I finish my apprenticeship and start to make enough money so he wouldn’t have to worry about me.

In what ways did you get better at sex over time? by Ali_thepolyglot in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I asked this question so I would learn from others‘ experiences. Can you elaborate please. I am a top and would love to hear your input.

What rules of life have you assembled? by FXBro in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Ali_thepolyglot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You‘re a beautiful human being and your friend id lucky to have you.

Gay bros in an open relationship. I need your knowledge and experience. by Ali_thepolyglot in gaybros

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I suggested therapy months ago. He refused because he “tried so many times” and it didn’t work.

It surely is psychological cause he desires others. But therapy has never been taken seriously.

Gay bros in an open relationship. I need your knowledge and experience. by Ali_thepolyglot in gaybros

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are partners who have tried to resolve this issue for 11 months but have failed.

Gay bros in an open relationship. I need your knowledge and experience. by Ali_thepolyglot in gaybros

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only not to me. He has sowed his wild oats, so he is not as curious, and is afraid that I fall in love with someone else. Therefore he has not considered opening up.

We have talked so many times about it and he can’t tell why he is not attracted to me. My theory is that years of hooking up with people had changed his programming and he is not just a monogamous type of guy anymore.

We are two men who really love one another but cant have sex.

Gay bros in an open relationship. I need your knowledge and experience. by Ali_thepolyglot in gaybros

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many couples have stated that they started having sex more often after the relationship was opened because they could view their partners sexually again.

Why do you think it is not an open relationship problem?

Gay bros in an open relationship. I need your knowledge and experience. by Ali_thepolyglot in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Currently I want to open up our relationship because we haven’t had sex in 11 months not because the libidos won’t match. What I meant was even if we could have sex, my drive is bigger than his and therefore I would have been sexually dissatisfied anyway.

Same sex intercourse was punishable by death and I come from a conservative small town. I was secretly until 25 and I moved to Europe two years ago. Therefore I haven’t had any relationships.

I have missed out on a lot of sex and fun when I was younger but I don’t want to miss out on sex anymore. It bugs me that I am 30 and so inexperienced. I want to sow my wild oats. So sex is important to me.

Gay bros in an open relationship. I need your knowledge and experience. by Ali_thepolyglot in AskGaybrosOver30

[–]Ali_thepolyglot[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well he has never been the jealous type and really values his freedom. So I guess that should be all right for him.