My thinking is unless your boyfriend has a job unconnected to your providing himself...he's a pimp.
Let's say a single mom with two young children is a provider. Her boyfriend realizes his minimum wage job pays him less per week than they spend on daycare. So they decide he should he play happy homemaker. Cooking, cleaning, laundry, childcare...the vast majority of domestic chores are his alone. This is the only scenario where I would say a a boyfriend without a job isn't a pimp.
Originally Posted by SA Angel
I think Angel is essentially touching on the real issue: what is the relationship more than the words.
Who is really deciding how much to charge, how much to work, who to see or not, and what her menu is?
Who really controls her income, whether through force, collecting the money, emotional abuse, or any other means?
Basically, is she acting like the business owner, or is he?
True limps are the lowest lifeforms in the universe. Some, not all, "boyfriends" are pimps but just knowing the title tells you nothing.
Same with agencies: some truly act as facilitators/advertisers/phone answerers/etc., while others are limps by a different name. My ATF worked for an agency now out of business (all the ladies retired and the agency owner decided she didn't want to start with essentially a new group). The agency owner and many of the ladies are still friends and still look out for each other. Again, the name alone tells you almost nothing.