Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2016 00:24:23 -0400
From: Leo Rysing <leorysing@protonmail.com>
Subject: Tales of Boys and Men: 00-Preface

Tales of Boys and Men
By Leo Rysing  (LeoRysing  at  Protonmail  - dot - com)

Free Speech is Nifty!

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express them without fear of reprisal or of being shut down
by a majority that doesn't share those views.  It insures
all of us can have a place to be heard, even when what we
want to talk about is something that most people would find
offensive.

That's what Nifty is all about.

The views and subjects represented in most stories on Nifty
are about things most people would like to make illegal
even just to talk about.

We are so lucky we have this place to read and share
stories about these things, even though a majority of
others would not approve, but please, don't take it for
granted.  It can be lost and there are many morally
righteous people who would like it gone.

Nifty is the very epitome of free-speech in action.
Please, do what you can to support Nifty so that these
voices cannot be silenced.


About these Tales

This is a collection of standalone short stories, each
fully complete, the only connection being a similarity in
theme and content.

Read them in any order you like.

Most are based on true experiences that actually happened
which have been related to me, first hand, by the person
involved (usually from a time when they were a boy).  Some
are from my own personal experiences growing up.  Finally,
some are fiction, but even those are very grounded in
reality.

May those who enjoy this sort of thing, find this to be the
sort of thing they enjoy.

Author's Preface:

You see it in the news all the time:  "Teacher / Priest /
Coach / Youth Leader Charged with Sexually Molesting Boy."
It is, sadly, an all too common headline.

But you know a news story you never see?

"Boy In Need finds Greatly Desired Sexual Comfort with
Adult Male Friend."

Of course there's a reason we will never see that headline.
It is universally illegal for adults to have any kind
sexual contact with minors.  And for good reason!

We want children protected from those who would do them
harm, including those who would selfishly take advantage of
them for their only lustful urges, robbing them prematurely
of their innocence.  The fact is, it's far too easy for an
adult to manipulate a minor into doing things that are NOT
in the minor's best interests, especially a boy in
emotional need, looking for someone to turn to for comfort.

Let me be clear, if you are the kind of cruel and selfish
person who would do such a predatory thing... well, there's
a special place for you that isn't very pleasant.

And if you were a boy who was taken advantage of and felt
yourself used, abused and lied to by an adult male, then
you truly have my deepest sympathies.  You have been
cheated and robbed of something that cannot be returned to
you, and I am truly and sincerely sorry for what happened.

Those kinds of stories are in the news every day.  They are
well known and universally loathed.  If you mention the
concept of sexual contact between adults and minors, that
is what people think of.

But these stories are NOT ABOUT THAT!

These stories are about the other kind of encounters that
happen between boys and men, the kind of stories that most
believe don't exist.  These are the kinds of stories that
don't make the news and never will; stories about sincere,
mutual, consenting encounters.  These are about experiences
of the good kind, the loving kind, the welcome and (often)
desperately needed kind.  These are the stories that are
remembered fondly years later by both parties, without
regrets.

Most people feel there is no such thing, that these are no
different from the others that make the news.... but my
experience says otherwise.

Throughout my youth I had my own personal encounters.  I
was also aware of others and their experiences.  These
things I know first hand, from when I was a boy.

As an adult, I have sought out these kinds of tales, and
found so many men have had them.   As I have spoken with
other adult men about their experiences, mostly about
experiences they had when they were boys growing up,
eventually, in private, a man will confess with fondness an
early erotic experience that happened with a fellow male.

To get to the truth of these tales our conversations must
be private, and intimate.  Grown men do not easily share
these things.  We know what the world thinks of this kind
of stuff, so we keep it to ourselves knowing others
probably just "would not understand."  And yet, when given
a chance to share with someone who will not judge us
harshly, one who has shared and knows of similar
experiences, it's like the cork is removed from a bottle
and long pent up stories come flowing out.

Most of these stories are true.  They have either been
related to me by others or they are taken are from my own
experiences.  ALL have had their details changed to hide
identities.  Most people who told me their stories were
fine with me sharing them as long as there was no way for
the story to ever be traced back to them.

I am keeping that promise.

Some of these will be fiction because there is certain
protection given fictional stories that is not present for
actual events.  Think of it this way, you can write a
fictional murder mystery, no problem, but if you write
about a real unsolved murder you happen to know about....
well, that's different.

Of course, I have no way of actually knowing if the stories
told to me were true, or if someone was just really good at
making them sound true, but these are the ones that sounded
real to me.  That's enough.

For those reasons, and others, no declaration is going to
be made about which are true and which are not.

Obviously, no one remembers every word uttered decades
later, but the fact is, it's surprising when you replay
things in your head how much you do remember from
experiences that made an impression on you.  The details
are drawn from what they told me, or what I have
experienced, and I filled in the gaps to make the stories
complete, without changing the known facts of what
happened.

Some words you never forget hearing.  Some actions you
never forget experiencing.    Some sensations you never
forget feeling.  In short, some situations you never
forget, period.

I have worked to preserve those when I had them.

You will probably notice, as I did, there are certain
recurring themes in these stories.  For whatever reason,
similar places, situations and relationships keep showing
up.  Swimming pools, locker rooms, camps and camping trips,
hunting trips, fishing trips, scouting trips, athletic
events, father figures, coaches, teachers, uncles,
neighbors, ...  It seems there are certain times, places
and relationships where men and boys can be alone together
and become intimate.  The same situations seem to happen
for all of us.  I hope you won't find it redundant and will
just accept it, as I finally did, as just the way these
things seem to happen.

I have no idea how many of these I will have time to write
and post.  I've got so many stories to share, but writing
time is hard to come by.  I will post what I can when I
can, but there may be very large gaps.  There is no LAST
story planned.

If you have an experience you'd like to share, I'd love to
hear it, even if I don't turn it into a story to share
online.  I am a collector of this particular set of human
experiences.  They connect me to my own, and I love hearing
others share their experiences as well.

Finally, typos happen.  I do my best to catch them, but
once published I can't really change them.  Feel free to
let me know so I can revise the master file, but if I kept
editing till they were all gone I'd never get anything out.

I hope you enjoy the stories.