Calling all prostitutes and former prostitutes on MN, as there seem to be a few around right now...

[Aitch]

I'm curious to know how it makes you feel to see threads on here from wives and girlfriends etc when they discover that their husbands etc have been visiting prostitutes? even if you are happy in your own jobs (and i hope to god you are somehow, because the alternative is intolerable), how does it feel to be confronted with the downside of your work on these pages?

(i think it goes without saying that the men are culpable in this scenario, but am looking for some insight into how your work squares with sisterhood etc).

So are street walkers legal then? I always presumed not cos you see police moving them on etc.

Unlikelyamazonian, obviously I don't know what, if anything, you do by way of paid employment; but how familiar are you with the Thai laws re your own situation? (Whatever that is?)

Or the laws in Singapore, or China, or....

UA, just google Amanda Inverness and send me an email through my website if you're really that bothered. Make sure you use a proper email address so that I can answer you, otherwise there's no proof.

Why the hell would I need to know Thai law to be a prossie?

Who the hell said I was an advocate? I speak for me.

nappyaddict, soliciting in a public place (broadly speaking, streetwalking) is illegal, as is kerb/curb crawling and running a brothel. The exchange of cash for sex is not illegal in the UK at present.

Golly, it's a jungle out there.

So: 'Street walkers' charge per bodily function and escorts like OurLadyManda charge per hour whatever they get up to?

Sounds like street walkers have the better deal tbh You can be done and dusted with the shitbag in two minutes and home watching Eastenders with a bag of chips by 8.

How scintillating it all is.

Nappyaddict, prostitution is legal, soliciting for the purposes of prostitution is illegal.

It's the hanging around on street corners they get arrested for, not the sex.

UA, with that attitude, you'd fit right into a SoHo walk up.

The National grid will now not be locked by people googling amanda glasgow

Wrong city, UA.

There may well be an Amanda in Glasgow, but doubt she'll thank anybody for emailing her out of the blue.

Inverness.

Ah I see. Thanks for clarifying that :)

nappyaddict, you're welcome. :)

I do find it tiresome to repeat over, and over again that what I do is legal, so it's lovely to find someone who accepts it the first time, instead of telling me my DH and adult DS are pimping me.

Oooh, I could alomost hug you, if it weren't so un-Mn-y.

Ahem, almost.

what does your adult ds think of your job, OFFS? and what would your advice be to him if he decided to become a prostitute?

Offs, you are punching well below your weight.

Underhand, unnecessary and unpleasant. Just to copy and paste from the soho walk-up thread:

"new indian babe in romilly street!
Well guys theres a great new busty slim indian chick in soho (romilly street_ da old oriental walk up innit!)
she sucks like a trooper & has great dark nipples to boot!"

Nice. I wonder if it's Amanda's mate?

Jeez. Have a heart. And a brain. ffs.

OFFS

Did you start doing it after you got with DH? How old was your DS at the time? Was it a joint decision between you and your DH that you would do it and how did you tell him? Also why did you decide to start doing it? Was it cos you knew other people who did it? Do you have younger DC as well? What do you tell friends and family that you do?

Sorry for all the questions!!

just seen the glasgow comments. Ha. [grin.

Only I was being wry.

You obviously don't do wry.

Inverness is near tadcaster?

"Inverness is near tadcaster?"

Only if they've moved it. It's the capital of the Scottish Highlands.

From your website amanda: "The word ?prostitutes? brings the above picture. The word ?escorts? brings this one. Now call me a snob, but I know which picture I?d rather be associated with"

Yep. You're a snob. And a prostitute.

Jeez, you really have had a sense of humour lobotomy. I hope no male customer you encounter needs to get off on one while you tell the Colonel Custer joke.

You'll be fucked.

And he won't.

Mandamu I have some similar questions if you don't mind?

How did you tell your eldest DS and how did he take it when you did? Does anyone else apart from your DH know and if not what do you tell them that you do? What do your younger children think you do for work?

I didn't say I wasn't a prostitute. I was referring to the image that the word conjures up in people's minds. I was referring to the marketing side of things.

I don't want to market myself as cheap and unfortunately, "prostitute" would do just that.

OK, nappyaddict, I'll indulge you as I wouldn't for many others at this time of night; I've already answered your questions elsewhere but I may as well repeat them. :)

First off Aitch, my DC don't know what I do. While I completely support Manda's attitude to telling her DC, it's not for me. I am prepared to be pilloried with all sorts of insults over that, and I'll ignore them, and any subsequent goading, just so you all know in advance, like. (And I know none of the insults will come from Manda.)

If my DC ever uncover what I'm doing, I will be honest with them. Until then, my family dynamics are mine alone; I see no reason to have to defend my position.

So, back to nappyaddict, I have been married for over a quarter of a century, and worked as a whore for nearly a decade. We were in a bad place financially, and I suggested it to DH. He has never had a say in who I see, or when I work... and I think I've covered the rest! Do ask if there's more.

Why on earth would I want to be associated with a girl in a lycra mini dress, holding up a lamppost on a street corner?

I can't remember exactly what I said to my DS. He doesn't mind at all, in fact he reckons that any red blooded male would fancy his darling Mum. Talk about biased...

All of my close friends and family know, except for those who are too young.

Anyone else thinks I'm a tour rep and party organiser.

That comment about the lappost was supposed to be followed by. It would be like marketing cheap nylon dresses in a top London fashion house.