He has a day job and isn’t the most frequent content creator, so he can treat escorting as a side hustle and erect barriers so he only gets the most motivated clients and doesn’t have to deal with a lot of hassles.
I suspect Mike knew well enough to avoid a pointless exchange where Toomuch4u would never be satisfied with the answer because all he has are his assumption. We've periodically had posters who mostly want to run down any provider they discuss without accepting its an occupation like any other, with plenty of different motives.
He had an older partner for many years (and may still) and has spoken repeatedly of being attracted to men older than him. He used to be a fairly regular poster here.
Here's a link that should work:
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there seem to be guys who appeal to someone so much that they want that one post that says "this provider really delivered" despite lots of negative feedback otherwise. Chasing this little bit of hope seems to happen on a lot of threads.
I tend not to spend a lot of time thinking about compliments from anyone I don’t know well. Giving compliments is, to some extent, just being polite. Yes. It may keep you as a client but you shouldn’t assume every compliment is simply manipulative. The polite response is to thank the person giving the compliment. Beyond that, I think you move on to whatever happens next.