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Dear RentMen visitors, JaredEriksonXXX chose to answer 16 interview questions that were last updated on 04 Mar 2020

Interview

  • What’s your lifestyle? What makes you who you are?
    When it came to what might be termed "lifestyle specifics" I knew who I wanted to mold and build myself into being, and that directly affected my daily life and habits. I skipped the smoking, drinking and drugs and went for the gym rat life because I want to be muscled and built. The healthy body and high sex drive that comes from working out and eating (mostly) clean foods (think lots of chicken breasts and brown rice!) has been a great reward for the work.
    Learning and knowledge is important to me so I am always asking questioned and learning new things. Doing the gym rat thing also requires a great deal of knowledge about nutrition and weight lifting, which goes well with my pharmacy training.
    I am not a big clothing person and I stay naked at home.
    Further, I am not an extravagant person when it comes to material things. I am more of sexual and spiritual person, which, I think, makes me well-suited for working in the sex industry. Plus I enjoy being able to make guys happy using my body, whether in person or on film.
    Accepting it all together, I have found peace in myself by embracing the dichotomy of being both intellectual and animal.
  • What is your ‘niche’?
    Depends on what we are taking about. I have long chain (pup leash?) with a lot of kinks in it that I can't enumerate here. But the one thing I am complimented on repeatedly by clients is the relaxed, comfortable vibe I apparently give off, which is important especially for guys hiring for the first time.
  • Tell us what you consider to be your greatest life experience.
    I have been fortunate to enjoy some amazing moments in my life, from working at Disney World (Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion) to graduating with an advanced degree to competing in bodybuilding. For me, though, the most personal and the most rewarding experience I have had in life was when I provided professional male Companionship for the first time while working on the aforementioned degree.

    What surprised me most was not all the meeting new people, but how much the experience changed me and expanded and improved me as a person. In a work that largely objectifies the male body and potentially overfeeds the ego, it was (and still is) humbling to me to have such a reception among so many clients. While many experiences in my life have been fun, none affected me on such a personal level and in such a positive way as male Companionship work did, and continues to. And I am grateful for every amazing moment of it and the people who I was lucky enough to meet in the process.
  • What are your greatest personal traits?
    Determination. Loyalty. Strength. Lust. Intelligence. A (warped) sense of humor.
  • What do you enjoy most about yourself?
    you mean besides "that?" OK, well, I like my inquisitiveness; that I like to learn, that I don't take everything at face value and without question. I also like my determination to succeed and push my limits and work outside my comfort zone. Anytime I have done this, I have come out a better person for it.
  • What should others absolutely know about you?
    I am a very loyal, genuine and honest guy who enjoys intellectual engagement almost as much as he enjoys being a gym rat and professional male Companion. I will talk to anyone that approaches me. I work hard to be successful at whatever I put my mind to accomplishing, Companionship work included. Being able to share myself with other guys and connect with them on multiple levels is the greatest personal and professional reward I could ask for.
  • How often do you travel? Do you prefer to travel or you are more of a homebody?
    Since getting into male Companionship and adult film work, my travel has increased a great deal. Between client services, sex events and porn shoots I have a lot of travel opportunities. I do enjoy being at home but I love the chance to meet new people and go places I haven't been before.

    Also, I have an active passport and am based in Atlanta to facilitate easy travel.
  • What would you like your followers to know about you that is unique and even a bit personal?
    I grew up the skinny kid with asthma. I looked at hot jocks and longed to look like them. Then one day, I stopped longing and started working on improving my body and building it the way I wanted to look. It required a great deal of work and education (exercise form counts. dietary choices count) but it paid off. I got bigger and bigger and my health improved along with my body. I am glad to have grown up the way I did because I have found I appreciate physical attention from others far more no matter who it is. Unlike the muscle snob crowd (yes, we've all encountered them) that won't give the time of day to anyone not as hot as they view themselves to be, I deeply appreciate when a guy notices me and wants to touch me. I don't care how they look. They giving me the highest compliment I could ever receive from another male. It's the lesson of beauty and the beast: we are all imperfect in our own way and to treat others as inferior based solely on looks is the mark of shallow self absorption. If it feel great in the dark, why should it change if you can see the person?
  • What do you do for fun?
    Well, it doesn't involve clothing, that's for sure. (mischievous grin) But I do enjoy riding my motorcycle with friends, going to water parks, and going out to eat.
  • How do you go that ‘extra mile' in your life?
    TS Elliot said, "only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." To that end I strive to try new things at least once (except sushi and women. I can go without knowing. Same for Brussel Sprouts). When I find something I am passionate about, or at least enjoy, I challenge myself to see what I can accomplish at it, whether it is developing my body in the gym or learning to paint a house.
  • If you and I were on the beach having some wine and great food, what would you tell me about yourself.
    Well I don't drink, so it wouldn't take much wine to get me to tell you about my life, assuming it didn't put me to sleep--yeah, I'd be a cheap drunk! But you would learn that I have more than one degree and have worked in fields ranging from theme park to education to health care. All that public service "you're helping others" is a bunch of crap. The most rewarding thing I have done in my life was providing male companionship when I was in school. I met a lot of great people and I was able to have a genuine interaction with a fellow male (or males) that affected their lives in the positive manner those other fields market but never deliver on. See, I'm already talking and I haven't even had any wine yet!
  • What makes you stand out from the crowd?
    My friends would say both my humor and my ability to be simultaneously jock and nerd, intellectual and animal, spiritual and carnal, the unity of opposing forces that are all a part of myself. I embrace both aspects rather than attempt to suppress one in favor of the other.
  • What kind of diet and fitness regiment do you follow?
    I stick to non-fast food and clean meats (chicken, turkey and some beef--sorry, I hate fish!) as well as good carb sources like baked/sweet potatoes, brown rice, etc. I avoid sugar sodas but do have to watch my sweet tooth when it comes to desserts and cookies. I train some with my trainer, who has seen me through several bodybuilding competitions and some on my own. My fitness routine is to NOT do a routine but to keep my body guessing so it can't plateau on growth and development as easily. So, each week the exercises, set and reps all change, though I still hit all the body parts through out the week.
  • If you have to pick one thing that everyone else should absolutely know about you, what would it be?
    I am very affectionate person (so, no surprise I am also a leather pup) and comfortable in my own skin. It seems odd to say this, but as I evolved as a person and became more comfortable in my journey of self discovery I became acutely aware of how many people are not happy with themselves and fail to see the difference between self improvement/discovery that requires desire, commitment and work versus self loathing caused by socially fabricated guilt, shame and marketing/advertising.
  • What are your hobbies? What do you like to do in your spare time?
    I enjoy movies (Plesantville, Thank You For Smoking, Signs, Truman Show, Zootopia, Wreck It Ralph, Easy A, Love Simon) and television (Dr. Who, South Park, Umbrella Academy) bodybuilding, whitewater rafting (Ocoee River!), motorcycle riding (I have a Shadow 750), socializing, traveling and chilling with my dog. I read, as well, when I find something interesting and worth my time (That's anything from J.K Rowling to Atul Gawande to Mary Roach to Aldous Huxley).
  • Name 5 things that you can’t live without.
    We could go with Abraham Maslow: food, clothing, shelter, sex and throw in internet access. Or we could dispense with that and go with more specific: my dog, my friends, a gym, toys, a library