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Is escorting worth it?

301 replies

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.

OP posts:
Treeinthesky · 01/02/2025 21:09

Never will I ever encourage someone to do this. Your choice. But maybe webcam instead

I had a friend who was having sex with lots of ppl then whinging about it. I said basically your a free escort. Then she did escorting. Was driving round in a limo 4 nights per week and working full time. She ended up a coke head bad mh issues due to lack of sleep. Loaded but spent on shit. Anyways fast forward 1 year. Cocaine head, massive mh breakdown, lost her job which paid 45k a year her daughter aged 14 moved in with dad and doesn't see her anymore she lost her house and now she lives in Mablethorpe working as a waitress!!!

WednesdaysChild25 · 01/02/2025 21:10

ShortWide · 01/02/2025 20:25

Obviously I wouldn’t do the extras just dinner dates and girlfriend experience etc

…ain’t no such thing.

This, OP you are very naive

Illegally18 · 01/02/2025 21:10

Laiste · 01/02/2025 20:30

If it was true you could be paid just to be taken out to dinner and chat i'd be an escort like a shot. We all would 😂

Oh God, yes!

sometimesmovingforwards · 01/02/2025 21:10

It’s between you and your dignity to agree if this is the right thing to do. Or not.

OwlInTheOak · 01/02/2025 21:11

"Girlfriend experience" with escorting means no condoms.

Butchyrestingface · 01/02/2025 21:12

Nameychangington · 01/02/2025 21:04

OP has a young baby, a partner, and periodically posts bobbins on MN about how she needs to get plastic surgery so she can make money from online content creation and modelling. She has a visual disability and has never had a job. If her family fall out with her in laws she's going to put her son into care. Her posts are pretty recognisable.

Just realised this is the one who was posting this morning about 'competing' with younger women. 🙄

Cabin crew, man the doors.

Damnloginpopup · 01/02/2025 21:12

Those meals will be cock for starter, main and dessert.

AlmostAJillSandwich · 01/02/2025 21:12

Unless you're victorias secret model stunning, no man is going to pay you to "just" attend a date/event with him. Especially when that date will cost him money buying you fancy meals, drinks etc.
No offence, but your every day woman with a hubby and kids isn't the kind of women those kind of men would pay for anyway, they want hot shot model/influencers with tons of SM followers, or OnlyFans models.

And 99.9% WILL want and expect sex.

Clothesairerinmywindow · 01/02/2025 21:12

Hi OP
You have it wrong about escorting. It's a myth you just go on dates. This has always been a euphemism

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Bit unnecessary

midnightblackcat · 01/02/2025 21:15

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:25

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

Sorry, but this is naive. Escorting involves sex.

Eenameenadeeka · 01/02/2025 21:15

Yeah I don't think it works the way you think it works .. and it's sad that you think that it would improve your self worth, it sounds like you might need some support because things must be tough if this seems like a good option for you.

usser3245343 · 01/02/2025 21:15

😂

Hwi · 01/02/2025 21:15

This is basically a geisha role and you need to ask yourself - do I speak languages? Do I play an instrument? Am I able to hold a conversation about current affairs, opera, literature? Do I know all sorts of etiquette, I mean, for all scenarios? Escort is for escorting HNWI to their places of interest, sometimes without sex, like a 'walker'.

StMarie4me · 01/02/2025 21:16

LastHope30Something · 01/02/2025 20:28

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

That's a tall tale used to pretend they are not breaking the law.

No man is going to be happy to pay to take you out to dinner.

The girlfriend experience is sex. But you stay over, not leave straight after.

Very very unsafe OP.

JustFeedMeCake · 01/02/2025 21:17

Oh OP you're better than this. Of course sex is involved in escorting. Whether they admit it or not. It is.

Zanatdy · 01/02/2025 21:18

Most men who use escorts are expecting more than a dinner date. If that’s a line you won’t cross then I wouldn’t go into this world.

Jumpingoffthefence · 01/02/2025 21:18

My friend did this, it quickly became sex work because in reality no one wants an “escort”. She was earning £200 per hour for some grim sex acts with old guys and it completely messed with her self esteem taking years to build herself up again.

I get the financial attraction but you really have to think about what you are prepared to do for a better lifestyle.

ArtTheClown · 01/02/2025 21:21

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

Oh you sweet summer child.

ExercicenformedeZ · 01/02/2025 21:24

This can't be real. Unless you are supermodel level stunning, you cannot be an 'escort'. It is prostitution and all ethical considerations aside, the market is absolutely saturated. I can't believe anyone would even think of this. Why can't you get a real job?

EarthSight · 01/02/2025 21:24

ArtTheClown · 01/02/2025 21:21

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

Oh you sweet summer child.

Yes indeed.

OP I think you're naive. In your head, you're probably imagining dinners in swanky restaurants with a lonely man who just wants to have a nice, friendly time with a woman for the evening.

You might get that, but it's much more likely to end in a bad experience.

ExercicenformedeZ · 01/02/2025 21:25

JustFeedMeCake · 01/02/2025 21:17

Oh OP you're better than this. Of course sex is involved in escorting. Whether they admit it or not. It is.

I think that very, very occasionally, some super beautiful women can make a living by just being arm candy. It is very rare and if the OP was in that league, she'd already be doing it.

wildthingsinthenight · 01/02/2025 21:25

Goodness you are BREATHTAKINGLY naive OP

ArtTheClown · 01/02/2025 21:25

Unless you're victorias secret model stunning, no man is going to pay you to "just" attend a date/event with him. Especially when that date will cost him money buying you fancy meals, drinks etc.

I watched a Ch4 documentary about "image modelling", ie actual successful models being paid to attend upscale events. Turns out even most of THEM wind up prostituting themselves. And these are catwalk models - I'm guessing the OP is not.