Be A Dick: Public restrooms

Dear Dick,

I love cruising public restrooms. I know it’s old-fashioned and dangerous, and I know that there’s the Internet for hookups, but I can’t help myself. I love the rebellious act of using a public space to get off in. I love the nervous energy of the other guys who are there cruising too. I love showing off my cock at a urinal (I’m big), and I love the quick, dirty, blow jobs I get after showing it off. The downside is that I’ve been arrested twice for public lewdness. I don’t really care about that. It’s not like I’m running for senator anytime soon, so fuck the laws. My problem is that my friends think it’s gross, and they’re all judging me for what I do. How do I tell them to shut up? It’s my life, isn’t it?

Toilet Guy

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Dear George Michael,

Yes, yes, it’s your life. Yes, yes, famous playwright Joe Orton was a champion of the public toilet and its many gay sex delights. But here’s the thing: Other people need to use that place just because they have to pee really badly. And if you’re in there hogging the urinal just because you’re hoping to see some penises you might or might not be invited to suck then you’re kind of being rude by disallowing others to use the place for its actual intended purpose. That’s right, it’s simply not polite. Now, about that other stuff. Yes, it’s totally dangerous and you can be arrested or robbed or murdered or wind up in the middle of some media circus sting if your chosen partner happens to be a senator himself (those guys seem to love cruising public toilets). Your STD risk is higher because anonymous sex tends to lower the participants’ regard for each others’ well-being, and frankly it’s all just too fraught with terrible potential consequences. Dear Dick couldn’t care less what society thinks of it, but he is thinking of you.

Comments

[ChrisM]

Here's my take. I'm a gay father with two sons ages 8 & 10 and quite frankly I'm tired of having to go in and check out restrooms for possible "action" prior to allowing my boys to go use the facilities. Both boys know all about the "birds & bees" (both straight and gay) but neither of them needs to be, or should be, exposed to the sexual activity of some guy who can't get his rocks off without the so called thrill of public sex. If you're gonna do it then at least take it to a stall and latch the door or better still hit up an adult bookstore because, although I don't care about your sexual fetish, I sure as hell don't want my kids observing it. While you might never plan to run for public office I can assure you that at some point in time the police record you say you don't care about could easily come back to haunt you - arrests for public indecency can, and do result, in being labeled a sex offender thus restricting where you can live and frequently where you can work and even more importantly it places your name on a list of possible suspects that will pop up every single time the police are looking to find someone who might have committed a sex related crime in your area.