I spoke recently with MARK SLADE and told him about all the requests that I've been receiving here for his bottoming debut. He laughed and said "Really?" He was genuinely surprised that people would want to see that.

"I don't think my ass is that good," he said. I informed him that it was.

I was reminded years ago of when we were having that conversation about him bottoming in THE BOMBARDIER. He was very apprehensive. "I've never had anything go up there before," he said, "not even a finger." But he was interested, and we'd talk more about it every few days. Finally, he decided to go for it, but he was very nervous. He'd never used an enema. I told him how. He was concerned about the size of his partner. I told him he was a nice size but not unmanageable. He asked me how he should prepare for losing his virginity. I told him that when he and his girlfriend have sex, to have her finger his asshole. He said he would.

The next time we spoke, he told me that she had refused to play with his hole. "What do I do now?" he asked. "And how badly is it going to hurt?" He wanted to know if fingering himself the night before the shoot would stretch him open and help ease his partner's entry. I said it might. He sighed and said that he should just come over, have a few beers and let me pop his cherry myself and get it over with. I was sooo tempted, but...the pressures of monogamy. lol.

I told him to go to the local Pleasure Chest and buy a small dildo and a tube of Anal Ease, which would numb him before penetration. I would reimburse him. He agreed, but he next time we spoke, he said he hadn't done it. "Why?" I asked. Mark told me he'd been having second thoughts. He said he had stuck a finger up his own butt in the shower, and it had felt "weird". He also said he was thinking of making a comeback in the straight industry and was concerned how bottoming in a gay video would affect that.

I knew then that it wasn't going to happen. If you're going to bottom in a video, you have to WANT to. So we ended the dealings on a positive note...and a promise. Mark PROMISED that when (or if) he ever bottomed, it would be for one of my videos. And I think he'll keep that promise, too.

JBK