My name is Gary. Friends used to call me GareBear because of my size and my similarities to the characteristics of a gay subculture known as Bears, older, larger, usually hairy guys who are typically dominant. The 517 is an old street address.

This is my story and I'm sticking to it. I happily started out as Edward59. I responded to posts etc., learned the site. One response I made was leaning slightly toward the sarcastic. Those that know me know it's a rare occurrence, but it has been known to happen. I was responding to one of @VictoriaNotes, then VictoriaNeuroNotes, responses. I mentioned to her that her name was too long. It was meant as a joke. The next day, maybe even the same day, she changed it. In my far-reaching wisdom and sarcasm, I changed my name to EdwTheNotSoCool. I believe I used up every space available. After a few days, I wrote Admin telling them the background story and begging them to let me change it again. They gladly offered me a second wish (I could hear them laughing in the background). By this time, @silvereyes and I were collaborating on a word nursery, nogginthumpt is our first child (just an interesting side note). 'silvereyes' and I worked on-and-off on a profile name for me for about a week. I eventually came up with Astral and soon afterward she came up with Smoke. So thanks, VictoriaNotes and silvereyes.

I was signing up for a chat account (or message board or something) back in college during midterms and I was super stressed, so I chose "stresser" as my username. I continued to use it for other accounts, until it was already taken. So, I just reversed it. And now it's the username I generally use on sites like this and Ashley Madison.

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