@liz:

Would you say you've generally had good experiences with one night stands or bad ones?

But gay relationships don't have to follow the traditional paradigm.  There could be ground rules for an open relationship.  Sharing guys or group sex.  One night stands but you tell your partner.

However, as i got older- in my 40s, circumstances caused me to evolve to "relationships," which, in turn, evolved to one partner.

As to preferences:  The complications of scoring- hanging in bars, picking up  hitch hikers, ad nauseum, were so problematic and sometimes painful that- as i remember it- there were only about 10 that were pleasantly memorable.

Most ended up with "How do i get myself into these things?"

I've lived most of my  life with the phrase "Get the trique."

My last and now, only, partner and i have shared 35 years. I'm still a whore at heart, but can't imagine my world without Ellis, now.

-Bobby