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Is escorting worth it?

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LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:23

Sounds extreme but considering this if I can’t get a job in a month or so because I’m so fed up of having to watch everything and feel like I get punished for treating myself. Sounds childish I know but my headspace seriously needs a boost. Obviously this won’t be my first choice but if things don’t change then choice is out of the question. Obviously I wouldn’t do the extras just dinner dates and girlfriend experience etc

here’s why I’m considering it
*extra money for me and my family.
*can treat myself more to boost my mood.
*can afford the work I need done.
*help me get over this past few years.
*get to relive my youth by going to fancy bars and restaurants also save up for travel.
*if things go shit with my family and in laws the money can go towards daycare or if me and hubby need a break.
*pontentially more opportunities in life.
*feel more wanted and useful. Also it will get rid of my low self worth.

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YoungGunsHavingSomeFunCrazyLadiesKeepEmOnTheRun · 01/02/2025 20:32

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:28

I’ve heard of escorts just doing dates and nothing else

Where did you hear about them?

If you look at escort sites online you won't see them advertising sex, because that's illegal, but it will be implied by the photos and descriptions.

MrsJHernandez · 01/02/2025 20:32

I think that sex is unspoken, but expected. You don't know what any of these men might do if you refuse sex.

Keep yourself safe, if not for your sake, then your kids'.

I'm sorry you've been struggling lately. Keep applying for jobs, something will pay off in the end.

Findacleverusername · 01/02/2025 20:32

The "girlfriend experience" involves sex so you would be selling your body to strangers.

FoxtonFoxton · 01/02/2025 20:32

My friend was an escort for years. She was happy doing it, but it's NEVER just a date or a nice dinner. It's always sex.

mumofoneAlonebutokay · 01/02/2025 20:33

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:27

Good point. That would put me off. I hate the situation I’m in now. Yes could be so much worse but my headspace is in tatters most days and I’m a burden to those around me

Girl what is your situation?

Are you happy in your marriage? Do your family not like you, do you not get along, why are you a burden to them?

BobbyBiscuits · 01/02/2025 20:35

You think that prostituting yourself will help you 'get over the last few years'?
Whatever happened to you, selling your body like a piece of meat to misogynists who care nothing about your pleasure or inner value will not help you 'get over it'. You'll undoubtedly end up all the more damaged.

Keroppi · 01/02/2025 20:36

Girlfriend experience and dinner dates do carry the sex expectation
Look on reddit for stories from real escorts in the UK
You will have to have sex. You'll earn nothing just doing girlfriend xp
Even findoms and dommes who don't do full on penetrative sex find it difficult
Blimey you've got celebrities selling feet pics and butt pix online. The market is really saturated
You will have to be faking it all the time, pretending to be interested and sexually attracted to gross men and then dealing with husbands jealousy. Dealing with agency fees. It's like customer service to the nth degree
Fam and friends will definitely find out

Get a night shift in supermarket or Amazon parcel delivery
Or try and find a cash in hand cleaning job etc lol

icelollycraving · 01/02/2025 20:36

Any escort telling you they just go got dinner is stretching the truth let’s say.
Escorting will not help any of the things in your list. You sound utterly naive. That won’t last long when an unappealing man is expecting you to meet you in a hotel room for sex, where you may or may not be assaulted.

LeticiaMorales · 01/02/2025 20:37

Please listen to @MrsSethGecko . It's not reliving your youth, being treated well and being wined and dined.

Keroppi · 01/02/2025 20:38

You should literally just do bar work and flirt with customers if you want a self esteem boost and extra £.

1smallhamsterfoot · 01/02/2025 20:38

You are far too naïve if you honestly think you don't have to open your legs... What planet are you on? Ofc you have to fuck!

RobertaFirmino · 01/02/2025 20:41

I wouldn't encourage anyone to start sex work but truthfully, I'm more concerned that you describe yourself as 'a burden'. Is that something you feel able to tell us about?

arcticpandas · 01/02/2025 20:42

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:25

I won’t be having sex with strangers. Just dates

Sorry OP but you are being extremely naïve.. it's ALWAYS sex with strangers. It's just dressed up as something else. Think of it like luxury prostitution, it just makes everyone feel better about it going out to a fancy dinner first. But believe you me, no man has to hire an escort to take out to dinner: sex is very much expected and potential "clients" will react badly if you're not up for it.

Please keep your dignity and selfworth and find a normal job. I would rather clean toilets than sell my vagina and my integrity.

AnaMond · 01/02/2025 20:46

People don't need to pay anyone to accompany them on a dinner date.

Surely they would just access a free dating site.

MumChp · 01/02/2025 20:46

Selling sex? Won't do you any good.

Guineapiggywiggy · 01/02/2025 20:46

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:25

I won’t be having sex with strangers. Just dates

I’m afraid that’s not how it works.

FoxtonFoxton · 01/02/2025 20:48

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:25

I won’t be having sex with strangers. Just dates

My friend was a "high class" escort and made a lot of money/got a lot of presents and went on holidays with her customers. It's always sex, men don't just pay for dates. That's make believe. Rich men can get dates for free, they don't have to pay for them. They can't always get guaranteed sex; that's why they hire escorts.

ttcat37 · 01/02/2025 20:51

Bless you OP for thinking you can do escorting without the sex.
Could you get a bar job instead? No sex involved, still get to chat to people, get bought drinks etc.

MrsGhastlyCrumb · 01/02/2025 20:52

Therapy is also very expensive.

CarrieMoonbeams · 01/02/2025 20:53

@MrsSethGecko I'm so sad that you were put in that situation, I hope your life is better now 🌹

@LastHope30Something it really saddened me to read that you feel like you're a burden. Without being too outing, can you give some details on what's been going on in your life to make you feel that way? Maybe someone here will be able to give you some advice. Best of luck to you 💐

CallMeFlo · 01/02/2025 20:53

If its was merely drinks and dinner every attractive female would be doing it

You're kidding yourself if you think it won't involve sex

Escort is a fancy way of saying prostitute

MrsSethGecko · 01/02/2025 20:53

I was at one agency when a young girl started- 18 years old. She thought it was going for dinner, maybe holding hands.
They sent her to a group of regulars who liked to have a girl together- four men, middle aged, drunk, on coke in the middle of the night and one very young girl who had no idea what she was in for. And they laughed about it.
("They" being the receptionist and the manager.)

That place, up to 20 women a shift sat in an old taxi office repurposed into an office and "lounge" and waited for men to call up and book us, and then a driver would take us, wait for us to finish, and drive us back to the office and wait for another job. We could do ten men a night if it was busy.
My driver was my "boyfriend."

Lots of the women there were also driven by their "boyfriends."

It's not nice. It's not easy. It's not holding fucking hands and going for dinner.

JoanCollinsDiva · 01/02/2025 20:54

You sound very naive so I'm not sure escorting will be for you 🤔

Snapncrackle · 01/02/2025 20:54

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:25

I won’t be having sex with strangers. Just dates

you seriously think men are going to pay you to chat to them and buy you a meal at a posh hotel - why on earth would they do that

more likely on your knees sucking cock in a Travelodge 😂

your deluded and really naive if you think it’s anything else other than sex

escort is just a polite way of saying prostitute both escorts & prostitutes sleep with men for money

Guineapiggywiggy · 01/02/2025 20:56

MrsSethGecko · 01/02/2025 20:53

I was at one agency when a young girl started- 18 years old. She thought it was going for dinner, maybe holding hands.
They sent her to a group of regulars who liked to have a girl together- four men, middle aged, drunk, on coke in the middle of the night and one very young girl who had no idea what she was in for. And they laughed about it.
("They" being the receptionist and the manager.)

That place, up to 20 women a shift sat in an old taxi office repurposed into an office and "lounge" and waited for men to call up and book us, and then a driver would take us, wait for us to finish, and drive us back to the office and wait for another job. We could do ten men a night if it was busy.
My driver was my "boyfriend."

Lots of the women there were also driven by their "boyfriends."

It's not nice. It's not easy. It's not holding fucking hands and going for dinner.

I hope things are easier now

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