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Originally Posted by tylorblake
This could definitely be a whole new thread but here is the second question I have been asking myself. When is the right time to reveal to a man my line of work? I cannot emotionally connect with a man that I am lying to.Yet, I have made the mistake of revealing my work too soon. If I reveal my occupation to soon I attract men that just find it "intriguing".......I have come to loathe that word.Funny little story, I went out on a date with a man. Nice guy but knew we were not right for each other. We developed a friendship. I revealed to him what I do, as it happens he was very familiar with the hobby and had seen several ladies in my area. Sometimes I think its not really such a small world.
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I'm all for telling the guy before he knows my real first and last name, where I live, or anything else that he could retaliate with if he were NOT cool with the fact that I'm a companion. I also think that he deserves to be told before we sleep together- incase he has any health hangups or concerns.
For this reason, I would be extra selective. As in, excluding guys who my friends set me up with (because if they didn't handle it well, they would tell mainstream friends who I don't want to know about this life).
As I was just becoming aware of this world, I met a few guys in the mainstream who had dated or married escorts and did not describe those relationships as any more dysfunctional than with other women they've dated.
I'm not looking to date, but I had one recent experience that it was accidental- we met while I was out celebrating a friends' birthday. I told him over coffee the next day, matter of factly when the conversation naturally turned to "so what do you do for work". That part was really funny ("oh I'm an escort, what do you do for work?"). "Do you like it?" "Oh I love it" "Oh that's great, I love my work too..." ... the conversation continued normally as if I'd just said I was a secretary... The next day he figured out which of the 29 chicks on STL Eros I am and we had a laugh (and talked about more interesting things than how I spend my time and make my money) ....but, as I've said, I'm not ready to date, and for that and alot of other reasons he's in the friends-zone. He still doesn't know my real last name/where I live.
I believe that there are guys out there, alot of nice guys, who are surprisingly open minded.
I have no doubt that when I'm ready to seek a healthy mainstream relationship, that I'll be able to find one with someone I can be completely honest with.
It makes no sense to me that many people think teachers make better parents (because they work around kids all the time).... but many think that escorts make worse mates (because we work around men all the time).