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Why would one treat sex you get paid cash for in a different way than sex you don't get paid cash for? Good sex means clients will come back. As I used to (and still do, from time to time) say, escorting is a service industry in more ways than one. If you want repeat clients, you should put your best, er, foot forward.

...and don't forget to leave a review on daddy's to warn others.

Let's pay the people teaching the next generation's scientists, political leaders, etc., so poorly that they can't even afford to live in a studio apartment.....what can possibly go wrong.....

Why would one treat sex you get paid cash for in a different way than sex you don't get paid cash for? Good sex means clients will come back. As I used to (and still do, from time to time) say, escorting is a service industry in more ways than one. If you want repeat clients, you should put your best, er, foot forward.

Let's pay the people teaching the next generation's scientists, political leaders, etc., so poorly that they can't even afford to live in a studio apartment.....what can possibly go wrong.....

I imagine everything is negotiable. But why not take the tube to Heathrow?
 
There are clients for whom money is no obstacle....but that's usually the exception rather than the rule. There's no shame in taking public transportation (unless maybe you're wearing nothing but a harness and a thong) to save yourself and/or your client some money.
 
Less money spent on getting you to the airport means more money spent on a better restaurant, bottle of wine, or more time and/or a bigger tip in your pocket.

I imagine everything is negotiable. But why not take the tube to Heathrow?
 
There are clients for whom money is no obstacle....but that's usually the exception rather than the rule. There's no shame in taking public transportation (unless maybe you're wearing nothing but a harness and a thong) to save yourself and/or your client some money.
 
Less money spent on getting you to the airport means more money spent on a better restaurant, bottle of wine, or more time and/or a bigger tip in your pocket.

Why don't people trust atoms?
 
Because they make up everything.
 
---ba-dum-dum---

If you have to explain it, it wasn't funny.

If it's that difficult, then perhaps a change of career should be considered. Escorting is a SERVICE industry.

Something tells me I'm going to regret weighing in on this....
 

In the US, at least, doctors asking for a "deposit" is largely unheard of. Maybe he's confusing a co-pay or office-visit fee as a deposit?
 

 
If you're afraid of crime, then you're kind of in the wrong business. I mean, escorting itself is a crime almost everywhere in the USA. If your'e operating as an "internet-only" type of person, then you don't get a chance to see or meet a client -- and get a feel whether it's a good idea go anywhere with the.
 
I mean, let's face it....people get held up sometimes. Pizza delivery drivers and cabbies are two famously frequent targets for hold-ups. I'm sorry if it's happened to you, but escorting is not historically a business for the skittish.
 

 
Personally, I find it unreasonable to be expected to give money to someone whom I have never seen, much less met. My name isn't Charity. And why should someone trust you to show up after you have their money? If you don't trust someone to pay enough to show up in the first place, it kind of implies that you shouldn't be trusted to show up anyway.
 
If the "charge a deposit" model works for you, then more power to you. That does not appear to be the standard business model of the industry, though, and (as you have experienced in this thread) it can leave a figurative bad taste in the mouth of people who think you're just jerking them around.
 
Best of luck, but I'm not particularly sympathetic in this case.

Something tells me I'm going to regret weighing in on this....
 

In the US, at least, doctors asking for a "deposit" is largely unheard of. Maybe he's confusing a co-pay or office-visit fee as a deposit?
 

 
If you're afraid of crime, then you're kind of in the wrong business. I mean, escorting itself is a crime almost everywhere in the USA. If your'e operating as an "internet-only" type of person, then you don't get a chance to see or meet a client -- and get a feel whether it's a good idea go anywhere with the.
 
I mean, let's face it....people get held up sometimes. Pizza delivery drivers and cabbies are two famously frequent targets for hold-ups. I'm sorry if it's happened to you, but escorting is not historically a business for the skittish.
 

 
Personally, I find it unreasonable to be expected to give money to someone whom I have never seen, much less met. My name isn't Charity. And why should someone trust you to show up after you have their money? If you don't trust someone to pay enough to show up in the first place, it kind of implies that you shouldn't be trusted to show up anyway.
 
If the "charge a deposit" model works for you, then more power to you. That does not appear to be the standard business model of the industry, though, and (as you have experienced in this thread) it can leave a figurative bad taste in the mouth of people who think you're just jerking them around.
 
Best of luck, but I'm not particularly sympathetic in this case.

drams per lunar month

I've been encouraged via PM to share this story as an example of how you don't need the internet to make contacts and get clients. All it takes is a little savvy -- and in this case, a bit of a sense of humor since it was a bit of a trick I played on a friend.
 
A few years ago (within 5 years), I was visiting an old college friend in Las Vegas. For one reason or another, I extended my trip by a day because we were having so much (platonic) fun together. He was pretty obviously gay when we were in school together. I was out but he wasn't, so I didn't press or make a big deal out of it.
 
Of particular note: my friend's legal birth name is the same as a moderately well-known porn star of several years ago. My friend, though, has never been in porn and has never been an escort.
 
Anyway, we went to one of the "gay guys pool parties" at one of the casinos on my "extra" day in LV. We met a couple who were friendly (platonically, again) and we had dinner together. Then, we went to one of the clubs.
 
While people were changing shirts, etc., I made my way to the doorman/bouncer. I asked if he was familiar with porn star "xxxx." The doorman/bouncer acknowledged knowing the name, but not much else. "Well, he's in the car with a couple of other guys and will be coming in here...he doesn't mind being recognized, but he doesn't want a big deal made about it. But he might be available for a private hire." The doorman/bouncer was -- of course -- skeptical, but when he checked IDs of everyone and saw that his name was actually "xxxx," I saw his eyes get a little wider and a bit of a grin come on his face.
 
I bought our first round of drinks and had a similar conversation with the bartender. Within about 5 minutes, my friend started having men come up and introduce themselves to him and buy him drinks.
 
He was just innocent enough to not pick up on the fact that they were interested in hiring him as an escort. He thought they were trying to pick him up, of course, but he never made the connection when guys asked him "what would it take for you to come home with me for an hour or two." Nevertheless, when he took me to the airport the next day for my flight home, he talked about how popular he was the night before and how the Las Vegas guys must have been desperate to see a new face.
 
The moral of this story is that the "old ways" of finding clients still works. A few well-chosen words to a few well-chosen people, and the fact that you're an escort for hire will circulate pretty quickly.

As we say in my part of the south
 
Bless your heart!

If it's that difficult, then perhaps a change of career should be considered. Escorting is a SERVICE industry.

If it's that difficult, then perhaps a change of career should be considered. Escorting is a SERVICE industry.

Something tells me I'm going to regret weighing in on this....
 

In the US, at least, doctors asking for a "deposit" is largely unheard of. Maybe he's confusing a co-pay or office-visit fee as a deposit?
 

 
If you're afraid of crime, then you're kind of in the wrong business. I mean, escorting itself is a crime almost everywhere in the USA. If your'e operating as an "internet-only" type of person, then you don't get a chance to see or meet a client -- and get a feel whether it's a good idea go anywhere with the.
 
I mean, let's face it....people get held up sometimes. Pizza delivery drivers and cabbies are two famously frequent targets for hold-ups. I'm sorry if it's happened to you, but escorting is not historically a business for the skittish.
 

 
Personally, I find it unreasonable to be expected to give money to someone whom I have never seen, much less met. My name isn't Charity. And why should someone trust you to show up after you have their money? If you don't trust someone to pay enough to show up in the first place, it kind of implies that you shouldn't be trusted to show up anyway.
 
If the "charge a deposit" model works for you, then more power to you. That does not appear to be the standard business model of the industry, though, and (as you have experienced in this thread) it can leave a figurative bad taste in the mouth of people who think you're just jerking them around.
 
Best of luck, but I'm not particularly sympathetic in this case.

Once you become an adult, if you live with your parents, the responsible thing to do is at least offer to pay rent or chip in for expenses (food, utilities, etc.).

Once you become an adult, if you live with your parents, the responsible thing to do is at least offer to pay rent or chip in for expenses (food, utilities, etc.).

If I can't try it on, I don't buy it.
 
Let's take shoes, for example. Depending on who makes the shoes, for example, I wear anything from a 10 1/2 to a 12 1/2 (US measurements). Who wants to get a pair of shoes that don't fit and have to go through the trouble of trying to return them and get the correct size?
 
The same rule would go with trousers....who wants to be strangled at the waist?

An old man was on his deathbed, with his closest, dearest, oldest friend at his side.
 
"Jimmy," he croaked, "I am not long for this world. In the bottom drawer of my dresser is a bottle of whiskey. I've been saving it for 70 years. When I die, could you pour it on my grave?"
 
"Of course," said Jimmy, "but would you mind terribly much if it passed through my kidneys first?"

it's good for making sangria (sometimes) and that's about it...not that I would know...

I took my grandma to a fish spa center where the little fish eat your dead skin for only $45. It was way cheaper than having her buried in the cemetery...
 
---ba-dum-dum---

An old man was on his deathbed, with his closest, dearest, oldest friend at his side.
 
"Jimmy," he croaked, "I am not long for this world. In the bottom drawer of my dresser is a bottle of whiskey. I've been saving it for 70 years. When I die, could you pour it on my grave?"
 
"Of course," said Jimmy, "but would you mind terribly much if it passed through my kidneys first?"