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Originally Posted by bezane
But that life has become so "normal" in the TS community and encouraged. Take someone on this board as sweet and nice as Jamie. While I'm sure she meant no harm she stated a couple of times recently that why would a girl that lost her job look for one at $20 an hour when they can get one for $200?
And then she added on another thread they they simply put a single ad on Craigslist and made $2000 the very first day.
Well not to be Mr. Responsibility here but this is crazy talk. I'm sure Jamie has made a cool million at the game as others have. Especially at 2K a day.
But I will say this without mentioning any other names. I know some elite girls. They don't make that type of dough. As a matter of fact I lived with an elite escort that travels the world with A-list clientele and never made it. Okay maybe 2 or 3 times.
And $200 an hour? I'd rather see a girl have an 8 hour a day job making $200 with benefits and security then gambling their future on a business that has so much risk. And I'm often met with the bit about it being that I don't want my girl fucking all these men. Well, to a degree I'd like my girl to myself. Who wouldn't? But thats just a poor excuse because it's not like there's not a wee bit of risk.
Glamorizing the escort life is just plain fantasy. High price call girls that have made hundreds and hundreds of thousands to millions like Jamie are a scant few. Bless them.
And I support the girls that are caught up in the business. My advice is to form an exit strategy early on. Get an education. Legitimate business can make more than an illicit one. And love is something that should inspire, not inhibit.
Giggle... I WISH we made a million dollars! Do you really think I'd still be online if we did? LOL :-) :-)
Honey please don't take my words out of context.
Yes, our first day as escorts we did make over 2 grand. But that's not the norm. I wish it was. Giggle. And remember we are TWO people. And we are well known, and fun to date.
We did make a lot of money our first year or so, and in Vegas especially 2G days were / are not uncommon. That's only 4, $500 dates for TWO escorts. That's nothing in Vegas, where GG's doing doubles will easily pull 2g PER date. But we didn't do that at home by any stretch.
Currently we are putting our exit plan into place. Jessica is in temporary "retirement" and attending school full time so some day she can get a "real" job and support me in my impending old age. Most of our income is from video sales, I date about 25 times a month right now, a far cry from the 25-35 times a week we did when we started. We live a nice middle class lifestyle. But we are far from wealthy. Though after my orchi and boob job next month I think I'm going to start working Vegas again. Giggle.
Heck I'm still waiting for "Corvettedude" to swap me a vette for a "good time." giggle.
But you are right, escorting is a dangerous job with risks to your health and life. And there's nothing glamorous about sitting on the floor all night in the Vegas jail on a prostitution charge while homophobes call you "it."
But I also think that there are few options for many trans girls. In San Diego, where our 1 bedroom apartment is $1450 a month, and 38% of TS's here earn less than $15,000 a year how can a girl possibly survive without escorting if she has little education or job skills, perhaps a drug problem or depression.
Someone has to set them up, check up on them, hold their hands until they can manage on their own. It's a long term need, and the govt sure isn't going to help - they won't even give us job protections under ENDA.
So I'm sorry, I will not apologise to anyone for being a prostitute. I did and do what I have to do to support my partner and live at decent level in this country.
Hugs,
TS Jamie :-)