2010 Illustrations

An internet friend [who is in fact a 26 year old real estate agent] asked me to create a few internet profiles for him - on sites such as, 'gaydar', 'dudesnude', 'gayromeo' etc... - as he couldn't allow himself enough courage to talk about his identity to his parents.

Therefore, out of pity, I aided him by activating a few profiles with his images and descriptions of his ideal boys [18+].  The images he sent me were completely hilarious, hundreds of the same shots and demanding I pick the best five or so, this seemed impossible.  He felt he had to adhere to the most successful internet model - Muscular, Masculine, Dominating, Hung etc... but it was clear he was not so.  It was a little too easy to spot the sadness and desperation and thus few people responded to his adds.  Of course he blamed me for his unpopularity on these silly internet sites rather than seeing fault in our fake profile.  I began to regret ever complying to his requests and I also started to copy/make fun of his images - very childish but it really was very therapeutic!