Re: Interrogated by a local
Congratulation to your success!
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extronaut
Only one sour point in the night: some tough guy at the diner came up and and decided to interrogate us. He tried talking to me first, with his broken English. But my new Grindr friend quickly got between us and started answering all his questions.
Do I understand this correctly? You, your new friend from Grindr and his friend were having dinner and stranger walked up to your table and tried to start a conversation (interrogation) with you, and your new friend from Grindr answered on your behalf? Very unusual and awkward.
Re: Interrogated by a local
who knows what it was about, it is after all not a democratic state so possible a plain clothes policeman making sure that the westerner wasnt a journalist or something along those lines....or maybe he was a mb trying to muscle in on the cash source
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He could have been a plain clothed policeman. He had the manner of a cop. If he was, it would explain a lot. At the time, though, I just pegged him as a jerk who was sticking his nose in because he was drunk, and wanted to get macho. That would also explain everything.
And yes, Grindr friend did intervene, got between us, and answered on my behalf. He did so with urgency, as if he felt there was danger in this situation. My Vietnamese is shaky, at best, but I could pick out a couple of phrases like "he's a friend of mine", and "I am 25 years old."
Perhaps the guy saw me as some old pervert who was exploiting impoverished Vietnamese youth, and as a macho man, it was his duty to do something about it. If so, he had the situation completely wrong. This was just a case of two guys who met on Grindr, having a drink together, enjoying each other's company. One was considerably older than the other, but both were fully consenting adults, and there was nothing sordid or even vaguely sleazy about it.
The funny thing is, though, I have taken many a Vietnamese rentboy to my hotel room in the past. And never, has anyone even raised an eyebrow at me. My overall impression is that Vietnamese people don't give a shit about that sort of thing, as long as everyone concerned is an adult. Was I wrong?
Re: Interrogated by a local
Get a fake UN (or maybe CIA or something) ID card made up, and flash that around when necessary. That should do it.
Re: Interrogated by a local
thats one way of getting locked up....you should stip living in a HBO fueled fantasy world
Re: Interrogated by a local
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extronaut
I asked him if he wanted money, he said no. I walked him back to his hostel...., bought him a beer from the convenience store ... shared a cigarette.... Facebooked each other and made a conviction to at least try and catch up, if we're ever in the same part of the world again.
You do realise that in many parts of the gay world when all of the above takes place it does mean that you're now basically married to the guy right !!?? :-)