How did you get started as a Provider?

I was (still am) an exotic dancer (8 yrs)! I was constantly getting propositioned in the champagne room for sex...I would often meet my clients after work and over the years had a pretty extensive clientele base WAY BEFORE I started advertising online!

Escorting in strip club SPOILED me (back then) because it was nothing for a guy to offer you $1500 an hr for your time...expecially after he just spend $1000-$2000 in the champagne room and didn't get anything other than JUST champagne! LOL
Booooooooooy have times changed! LOL

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China Doll - love your avatar, she was a true gem! And thank you for the compliment. I thought it would be a delicate question, and am glad I was able to touch upon it properly...the realization is that we all, both clients and providers, have varied stories and lives that somehow bring us together. It is very interesting.

How cool to see how other ladies got started! Its also a great way for hobbyists to see that not every woman they meet in the hobby got into this to support her drug habit. There are so many ladies from so many walks of life on this board!

I got into this business while I was working my way through undergrad as a LMT. I worked for a hotel spa, and then did outcalls for private clients through a referral service. One day one of the other LMTs asked if I was interested in making extra money. Well, duh! Of course. She brought me to meet her "friend" and they both told me about their escorting gig, and how the "friend" booked young ladies with gentlemen callers. At first I didn't get it. LOL. I was kind of naive. But my co-worker explained what she did, how similar it was to actual dating, but you got to have waaaay more sex. It took a few weeks, but I finally got up my nerve and scheduled. I didn't even ask what I'd be paid!

I was nervous, but went on my first date and tried to be normal. It turned out to be so much more fun that I'd thought! At the end of the night, the booker handed me $2k, and I never looked back. I thought it would just be for a little while...maybe until graduation. I did leave the agency after college, but I really started to miss it. And now I'm back again. Indy is just as much fun, but a little more lonely at times.

I just kind of tripped and fell into it.

...and another bad joke(reaching for my cuffs).

...and another bad joke(reaching for my cuffs). Originally Posted by anova444

I did some amateur porn to save up for my boob job and after I got that done I went to being a cam girl. I was doing a cam show one night and during a private show a guy asked if I was also a provider. I had no idea what he meant so I researched it and thought to myself why not give it a try I love meeting new people and crave face to face personal interaction. Not to mention I was getting tired of just having toys all the time. I am doing better as a provider than I did as a web cam girl and I haven't looked back yet. I even quit my regular full time job to dedicate more of myself as a provider and it was the best decision of my life. I am a lot happier and I can finally say I enjoy what I do.

Another thing I've wondered about are the finances. I'm sure there's good money to be made and I wonder whether the providers plan for the long run or just live it up for the time being. I myself have been socking money away for some time for retirement and I'm glad I did as I'm being forced into an early retirement next year. Originally Posted by tedtex

I think this is one of the biggest misconceptions about the hobby: that all providers are "rich". This is just not the case. True, some of us make very decent or a good amount of money-although "decent" and "good amount" or even "a lot" can be quite subjective-but not all of us are secret millionaires like so many gents seem to believe. We have money struggles just as anyone else and have bills to pay as well. And as with any occupation some of us make more than others.

I think this is one of the biggest misconceptions about the hobby: that all providers are "rich". And as with any occupation some of us make more than others. Originally Posted by heatherelite

For me, it's because I'm just way too ambitious and I want to accumulate as quick and as much as possible with flexible time. I am doing good in my financial career and being a provider will help me achieve my financial goals even earlier in life. Plus I LOOOVVVVEEEE sex!!! And as long as I'm being careful,...I'm loving it.

I entered into it this summer after quitting a job and being frustrated finding new work and breaking up with a bf with whom I had great sex. Didn't want to date, wanted a lot of sex, needed money= no brainer.
It's a lot of fun and I'm socking it away as well.

Ladies - thank you so much for sharing. As a relative newbie, it helps guys like me to know why you are in this. You dispell all the stereotypes of women that are desperate and have no other option than this to make a living.
And ... thank you for providing such a wonderful service to mankind.

i am glad i got to read all the posts from the ladies and i just want to say thank you. now i have a question what about the guys why do we seek the company of these ladies how did we get started. as for me honestly i am addicted to the female body if i could have a naked woman every min of every day...well id be happy.i was to shy to ask girls out and when i did i always got the "i like you as a friend"line now i am married but it is a loveless relationship i got married for the wrong reasons and i stay married for the wrong reasons she lives in a different state than me we were open to having females join us as she is bi but the ladies did not want me and when im with a provider i feel excited and nervous like its my first time again but i also get to live out the fantasy of the girl next door or the girl i sat behind in school and dreamed of .for me though i enjoy pleasing more than getting pleased

I went home with someone from a bar, and he knew I was leaving to go get my nails done, and he gave me the money for it. That was enough for me to think, hrm, I coudl really do this. The price went up, and I got alot of pointers from another gent or two, got on another site, and asked TONS of questions and read every post I Could about screening, safety, LE , ect. The sex comes naturally and I enjoy that part! I unretired after I had my son with my SO's blessing, but sometimes he gets jealous and feels I do this just to cheat, and not for pay.