Is this REALLY a place to find FRIENDS

[Ekwarph]

] a different place to Gaydar!

You "complained" about the fact you found only people looking for sex, but you asked a little bit for it.

[Nick9]

Thanks Nick9. I'm pretty adaptable so it doesn't take me long to get used to differences. I'm thinking of relocating back to London for two basic reasons: the Wealth Tax that the Spanish Governmen has introduced, and also London, in my opinion, is the cultural capital of Europe so it fills a big gap in my life. My last visit to London a week ago I went to four theatres in ten days and would have included the Pompeii exhibition at the British Museum but the friend I was with was exhausted and we will leave it for my next trip in August.

By e-mails I do mean e-mails, not messages here.

I have never been to Britain or to Spain :redface: But I wouldn't be surprised if the English people found a lot of museums or theaters in Spain to visit Isn't it about living somewhere for a long period of time as opposite to being on vacation? I live in a very cultural city, but many times I feel like there is enough time to visit that gallery or museum exhibition Being on vacation in a different city... well that's a different story

[Miles]

Hey and welcome Londoner We occasionally get people who join up here looking for a quick lay but they almost always leave disappointed. This isn't really the place for that.

[Dan1980]

Hi Londoner welcome to GS.

[princealbertofb]

Hello, Londoner, and to GaySpeak... I am, myself, living in a foreign country but my partner is, like you, a Londoner, who has expatriated to another county, not country... although he spends a fair amount of time in France as well. Hope you find your friends here; They'll tend to be younger, but who cares, since you, yourself, spend more time with younger people? It's all in the mind, isn't it? Yes, to answer you question, I think this is where you'll find new friends.... mostly gay, but not all. Welcome again.

[princealbertofb]

Oh and my usual first question, where is it in Spain that you have found "refuge"? I love Spain and going there, so does my lovely partner... though he speaks hardly a word of Spanish. lol.

[LONDONER]

Hi Ekwarph. No, I never even lookedd for sex. Frankly, at my age that would be a little silly. I joined Gaydar simply to look for friends but soon found that that was impossible,.

Nick9. Yes, there are museums in Spain but very few in the city I live in. As for theatre and concerts, you may as well forget it. It is a cultural desert here. My accountant who was born here, told me that 100 years ago there was 85% illiteracy while in the Basque country at the same time it was 20%.

Miles: That why I joined here.

Princealbertofb: Thanks for the welcome.

[partisan]

Hi londoner, welcome to gs, yes not many on here looking for a quick hook-up, and its more about topical chats, also a word game thread, good to have you with us.

[princealbertofb]

Partisan is right, good to have you with us.... What's your experience of living the gay life in Spain where people have been able to marry equally for a few years now?

[LONDONER]

Princealbertofb:

I really have had vey little contact with gay life in Spain for years now so I can't really comment. Those acquaintances I know who have married under the new law don't seem to have had much success since at least two of them have divorced. I have never really believed in marriage. I believe that people should jjust live together. However, all sorts of rules and conditions come with marriage, mostly financial unless of course the couple agree on a separation of possessions before they tie the knot. I might sound cynical but that's just me. I have never even wanted to live with anyone.