Comments on: Gay Bars: Changing, Dying, Or Dead? https://www.okwassup.com/gay-bars-changing-dying-or-dead/ News, Entertainment, Lifestyle and more! Mon, 05 Jun 2023 02:52:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/gay-bars-changing-dying-or-dead/#comment-16977 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 21:05:22 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=30123#comment-16977 In reply to Mr.BD.

I wholeheartedly agrees BD which is why my partner and I took 2 yrs to really get to know each other via too many phone calls to count and thru many visits with each other!

But the sad truth is, so many people online are in such a hurry to “hook-up” with Whoever that they have NO idea who they’re really dealing with!?!

It’s scary … and it’s NOT just young people. It’s people of ALL ages…smh!

]]> By: Mr.BD https://www.okwassup.com/gay-bars-changing-dying-or-dead/#comment-16976 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:14:27 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=30123#comment-16976 The one thing I do see happening is people do not like real contact anymore. Technology makes it so easy to do everything nowadays and nobody wants in person meetings or phone calls anymore. The real thing dying is human contact.

]]> By: Mr.BD https://www.okwassup.com/gay-bars-changing-dying-or-dead/#comment-16975 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 16:11:32 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=30123#comment-16975 Everything is changing like it does every couple of decades. People are not going to work anymore because they found out they can do the same job at home. Young people are not going to clubs anymore for that same reason.

]]> By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/gay-bars-changing-dying-or-dead/#comment-16974 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 11:50:57 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=30123#comment-16974 Full disclosure: I actually met my current partner 13 yrs ago thru eHarmony’s Gay & Lesbian website ‘Compatible Partners.’

We’ve been a “Couple” for 11 years, as of this Sept. We took about 2 yrs to really try to get to know each other before committing to one another. And we live in 2 different states.

(Except for the Covid shutdown which significantly restricted us from visiting with each other)….

So far, so good! 🙂

]]> By: Truthiz1 https://www.okwassup.com/gay-bars-changing-dying-or-dead/#comment-16973 Thu, 01 Jun 2023 11:40:44 +0000 https://www.okwassup.com/?p=30123#comment-16973 Hmm. interesting topic DJ.

I haven’t been to a “gay bar/club” in eons (over 12 years) and honestly I really hadn’t given it much thought at all.

The appeal began dying for me in my late 30s and over time, as American society, in general, became more accepting and open to gays, other social recreational options became available.

As DJ points out in his post, a new generation had a lot to do with that changing mindset. Added to advances in technology, gays do connect in a variety of ways now, including “straight” bars. But I don’t do straight bars either.

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