For the past 8 weeks or so I have been leading a double life, and I am an Escort. Kicking myself really that I didn't do it years ago. I've even quit my regular job, not to do this full time, but because financially it made little sense when other people out there need employment.
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SoapOnARoap ·
17/07/2018 00:50
And are you the neighbour from the other thread?
That was my first thought 
Do you get any bizarre requests?
NotMyFinestMoment ·
17/07/2018 01:57
With respect, if you've only been doing it for 8 weeks, you can't have that much experience of the industry unlike someone who has say been doing it for a few years (or at least 1-2 years). Therefore, your experience and knowledge will be very limited. I genuinely (and say this with sincerity) have no intention of being rude, but if someone is on an AMA thread they should either be knowledgeable or experienced in whatever it is they are talking about because readers will be looking for a meaningful insight in to that particular area of your life, e.g. I wouldn't start a career in banking, social work, estate agent, store manager, dominatrix, professional submissive, stripper or whatever and think 8 weeks in that I'm knowledgeable enough (or experienced enough) to offer anything other than a casual observation of my experiences so far.
I would also add that you shouldn't have left your day job so quickly because as you will find out in due course this business is very up and down. You might rake it in initially, but later you may struggle as business slows for you and you may find on some days you can't even cover your overheads. There are hundreds if not thousands of sex workers out there (younger, older and anywhere in between) struggling each day to consistently make ends meet because this business is so very unpredictable (very high earnings one day, zero income or customers the next). Additionally, the powers that be are trying to stop the women in this industry from advertising online in certain ways, further pushing the men and women in this business to go underground and making what is already an extremely dangerous job, even more dangerous. It's not just street workers who are robbed, raped and murdered. It's the escorts who work from home, hotels and apartments and who work either locally/travel within the UK and/or internationally ('touring' escorts) that are regularly targeted by dangerous/unstable types. I hope you have not experienced this but at some point you will. When a situation like that arises, the way you ultimately respond may be the difference between you continuing with the rest of your life, or ultimately end in your death. These things come from experience of different types of men in different (and frequently volatile) situations. You are unlikely so early on to have experienced many of these type of situations. There's money to be made but you have to have your head screwed on, be very very alert for danger, (and have a virtually bomb proof vetting procedure to screen out undesireables - which you are unlikely to have honed this early on, simply because you are relatively new to this), you need to know how and where to market yourself, how to save and invest, you should have something else to fall back when you want to stop or are no longer able to do this work. You also need to realise that being is this industry can be very isolating (working alone, sometimes for long hours can be very isolating), trying to hide what you do can be stressful, the risks related to being 'outed' are huge and very real, family and friend relationships may suffer, some people may experience relationship difficulties. The flip side is for some, it can be a very good and positive experience and very empowering. Finally and perhaps most importantly, you need an exit plan. Many people fall into this line of work, sometimes by chance, sometimes by misfortune, for many it's an informed decision which they act on. It's easy enough to get in to, but very difficult to get out.
I hope anyone reading this (including the OP) realises that I am not criticising the OP but trying to make anyone unfamiliar/curious about the industry realise that there is a hell of a lot more to it then can be gleaned from 8 weeks experience of working in it. The limited opening post indicates that the OP experience has been 'a walk in the park' (thus far). The OP's age is irrelevant as so long as a person takes care of themself and makes an effort with their appearance, they will more than likely find a very willing and happy to pay customer base. There are elderly women in their 70's and even 80's who are doing this and commanding decent hourly rates and sometimes significantly more then the teens and twenty somethings in the same line of work (younger escorts are ten a penny, mature escorts are a plenty, but really mature escorts are a very 'niche' market).
Good luck OP. I hope your experience so far has been good (and profitable!!) and that you will never experience any of the negative points mentioned above. Stay safe 
Edit: when I originally started replying to this, there was only ONE reply so I don't know if the OP has already mentioned or experienced any of the above so this reply is based on only being able to see the opening post and one reply.
OnThisHill ·
17/07/2018 02:08
I'm interested in this, so placemarking.
(In the thread, not the job! 
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