You can develop a kind of friendship/relationship with your client as long as the rules are followed........At the end of the day, what changes the dynamics of the game is when someone wants more than the other is willing to give.
Originally Posted by Kitten
Agree with both halves of this. Rules need to exist, though where those rules are drawn varies with the two people involved, and may vairy over time. There are ladies I have known for very extended periods--the oldest relationship going on 15 years now. The rules have significantly changed over the years: when we realized we really enjoyed each other's company outside the bedroom, when she met someone she thought was a potential husband for her, when she retired to get married, etc. Rules evolve as we grow. I gave her away at her wedding because she and her father are estranged. I sure would not expect the rules with another lady to allow that, for example.
The key I believe is your second point: the rules two develope must fit what BOTH are willing to do/accept. If the two of them are good with it then no one else should really get a vote. And a set of rules a lady is comfortable with for one guy does not entitle anyone else to the same set of rules/priviledges/boundaries.
Yeah, I do agree with your provisions. Its a shame some men are such twits they think its something more. .....I've never seen that many providers anyway and never more than once. Unlike most men here, I look for and open to conventional relationships with women.
Originally Posted by acp5762
If you see a lady once and move on, then I wouldn't expect you to understand what is possible. In many ways it's beyond your experience base. Feelings, connections, even falling in love DO happen at times--but never on one date.
I have keys to a couple ladies' homes (not their work place). One has keys to mine. With different ladies we have entered each others' personal space, but only when invited by the other--and the boundaries while different are still there. I've met kids and parents and been to numerous events as a friend. Real friendship is not incompatable with this business. Your comment that most on here are not open to "conventional relationships with women" is just a wrong assumption on your part. For you the two do not seem compatable at the same time; do not assume that is the case with everyone (men or women).
Also, if you think girlfriend/boyfriend, SO, married couples are not about the finances AT ALL, then you are sadly mistaken. EVERY study shows that financial stability is a major factor in almost every romantic relationship and marriage. I'm not saying it is THE biggest factor, but it is a major consideration. And every study about marrital problems and divorce shows money is the most common serious issue argued about.