This question pertains to both a previous thread here, and a thread in Diamonds& T. .
Do you Men REALLY care if a Provider is educated? (In the hobby only, not as SD/SB.)
So many posts ridicule Providers' intellegence and level of learning.
Seems Men always say they want a smart woman to share the hobby bed with, but actually just want a good listener and a Provider that can easily follow direction.
Originally Posted by SweetDulce
That's an interesting question. As several have already said, there's a lot of variety in what clients are looking for. I think it's important to keep in mind that there's more than one kind of intelligence, and some are more conducive to obtaining degrees and credentials than others.
Another thing that occurs to me is that any lady who successfully does "this" for any length of time ... a nominally illegal business in which she has to guard herself against the possibility of violence, refusal to pay, and disease from her clients ... such a lady is obviously not stupid. She can't be. Obliviousness is a luxury that only 8-to-5 desk jockeys can afford.
We hear a lot on here about the IOP, and I do not disparage some good illusion-of-passion. I enjoy it as much as anyone, I suppose. But in my case, what I tend to look for is more the IOC: the illusion of connection. I look for someone who will see me as a fellow human being. A fellow passenger on the short train ride from the cradle to the grave. Of course, I figure to offload some semen. But, if all goes well, I also hope to make a friend: someone I can come back to see again, have a little email correspondence. Not to cross the boundaries of
demimonde propriety, but to have a visit that I can feel good about afterward. And I think that puts a premium on the lady having some emotional or social intelligence; some discernment. Knowing her people.
Also, I realize fully that age is not a requirement for developing those sorts of intelligence, and I'm sure that lots of the 20- and 30-somethings have it in plenty. But I find that, in general, the closer to my own age she is, the more likely I am to enjoy some good IOC. But
(sigh!) ... at my age, there are few still working who are even close. That's what I get for getting old.