First time poster, please be gentle. I was actually gonna join a few weeks ago didn't go ahead with it. Its just such a weird situation and I haven't shared it with anyone else. Nonetheless I’ve lurked here long enough to know that some may question why I’m providing so much detail but its just so hard to sum up in a few sentences..
So I have this ‘friend’ from way back who I’ve known since from Sixth Form (quotation marks as she’s not particularly close to me). We used to hang out in the same circle of school-friends, where she was known as a wild child even then, eventually dabbling in drugs like cocaine in her early 20s. We’re now both in our 30s.
All of us (our circle of friends that is) knew that was also into escorting/prostitution (whatever you wish to call it). The rest of our friends moved on with their lives dispersing across the UK and abroad but me and her remained in London and stayed in touch albeit intermittently.
I’ve never really pried into ‘her working life’ as such, as I consider it her private matter and its none of her business, and we haven't really discussed it much. I know her working name and that she has a profile on an escorting site but that's it. Whenever we’ve had a conversation about her work, she's the one who has initiated it. I suppose she sees me as someone she can open up to from time to time, as she has no real friends.
We only meet once every few months so I can’t claim to know her well, I mean, there is probably a lot I don’t know. But during the past few years she's mentioned on more than one occasion how she hates her job yet loves the money and can't break free of this. She also told me how she's come to despite her clients many of whom are married. One time she even fell out with some on some reviews site, though I don’t know any more details about it.
I normally meet her at a coffee shop or at her place in the City. The last meeting was at her place and it was here she joked that she wanted to show me something that she hadn't shown anyone else. She got her laptop and showed me files that were full of pics and vids labelled ‘January Clients,’ ‘February Clients’ and so on and quite meticulously organized. I thought it was her work rota or something, but she then played one of the videos and it was a guy walking into a bedroom handing her an envelope. The footage was very clear so I knew it was her. She asked me if I recognized the room and suddenly it dawned on me it was the same bedroom we were standing in!
I thought it was something to do with camming, and this is when she told me these were actually pics and vids of her meeting all her clients from the past 3 years. Initially it was cos of security (she works alone) but she just carried on doing it. i honestly didn't know what to say..!?
She then told me she had starting thinking about finding a buyer for all this content or somehow monetizing it herself by building a new website. She seemed utterly oblivious to the fact that none of these guys had consented to be filmed and most of them would probably be in a lot of shit if they got found out! Then again its possible she was partly doing this out of spite, I don't know.
I didn't confront her as such but did tell her how weird it all was and left it at that. The thing is I'm pretty certain she's doing the same to more unsuspecting clients as her Adultwork (escorting site) profile showed she logged in the same day when I checked last week. I feel so bad for her clients and its so scary that she has so much stuff on them without their knowledge.
She texted me afterwards asking if I was okay and said she was worried she has shown me too much but I said it was okay. She texted me again that same evening saying please not to tell anyone and saying that maybe it had been a bad idea to tell me all that but I said not to worry. Last week I got another text from her asking me if I'd told anyone but she never texts this way after we meet up. I reassured her that I hadn't told anyone but I’m thinking of just cutting off the relationship and never speaking to her again after this. She clearly needs help but PROFESSIONAL HELP. Part of me feels sorry for her as she’s clearly alone with no-one to talk to and maybe if she had had regular friends she wouldn’t have ended up being so weird.
Thanks guys