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Sitting and reading this thread made me smile as I have sat and pondered this many times. 1985 was my first year working. My rate was $200/hr. The majority of my clients still pay that. I have had years where my fee was much higher but it wasn?t in Canada. I agree with Christine that there is a price ceiling. I feel it is generated by a combination of self and societal beliefs. The discretionary income is there, I see it every day. The challenge is that we are not a recognized industry and there is no organization amongst us to speak of. The women who make up our ranks have such vast differences in work ethics and expectations that it makes it impossible to set an industry standard for either service or fees. Unions have ensured our tradesmen are given a set wage and benefits package and even full time food service workers are given benefits packages. There are standardized base salaries pretty much across the board for all occupations that require certification. There is also an expected commitment to working a set number of hours per week depending on whether you are full or part-time in a recognized profession. Our business is completely different. Women can work as often or as little as they want. They can set their own rates depending on their expectations or needs and never think about ?undercutting? someone else. There are no rules. Every legitimate small business owner has to operate within guidelines dictated by our government; ie taxes, employees, licenses and codes. We have nothing. The mismanagement of rates is not an individual issue. Independents run their business as best they can with the current legislation in place. Until it changes and we can start organizing as an industry our rates are subject to the whim and fancy of our guests. I have always believed that there should be mandatory training that covers the gamut of challenges we face. Too many women get involved without the proper information at hand and it puts everyone at a distinct disadvantage. There needs to be some sort of accreditation. If women had a clear understanding of the toll this business could take on them, the rates they set would reflect the physical, emotional and spiritual costs involved. It is a challenge that will only be changed when we are given the same basic rights as other Canadians and who knows when that will be. Until then, those of us who have committed a lifetime to this business need to make sure their money management skills rival that of Warren Buffet or else they will wake up one day with little to show for the years of hard work? Catherine

Everyone has a handle here a name we know people by...before you sign up i think its best to do your homework...make sure your handle is NOT similar to others. This causes to much confusion if 2 people have handles that are very close. This happened today with our Spud271... so i would suggest using something that is familiar to you...maybe an old nickname ex: toothpick or heyyou...lol maybe even something you always wanted to be ex:bestfuck so many ways to come up with an original handle if you nee help you can email me....lol...i would love to help. kisses, Emma

The few clients {very very few} i have dated in the past we kind of went backwards. In order to date me they actually had to start from the beginning ...as if it were a new relationship. In a way it would be a new relationship meaning that they may have known me as Emma Alexandra but now they had to know me as me. I wouldn't have sex with them right away they had to build on the "real" relationship first. Prove to me they liked me for me and not just for sex. I have always tried to avoid the dating scene with clients and in the past few years with anyone. I was always afraid of guys wanted to date me for the wrong reasons. Besides having a couple of bfe a day sure helped....lol kisses, Emma

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My clients are nearly all married and not looking for a committed relationship with another woman, so being with me is ideal for them. But I have one client who I think would like me to be his real-life girlfriend. I tend to steer the conversation in other directions whenever it moves into that subject area because I'm not interested in him as a genuine romantic partner. He says that he's known a lot of escorts in his life and at one time lived among some of them in another city. He's also been an active swinger. He says that he likes sexually uninhibited women--women who are confident about what they have to offer. I also think it's titillating for him to think that a woman he's close to has sex with a lot of different men, and has been doing it for awhile. He sometimes asks me about the men I'm with, or have been with; my refusal to talk about them in any but the most general terms possible seems to intrigue him. I think he enjoys knowing that I have a "secret life" that no one knows about. He seems to feel privileged in some way because he does know something about what I'm doing. I think that, if I were interested in being more deeply involved with him, he'd be very encouraging and supportive of me continuing to be a paid companion because he finds it arousing. I wonder whether the very small percentage of men who might actively seek out SPs to date like the fact that they can be on intimate terms with us more easily than they think they can with women who are not escorts. After all, they don't need to invest much time or energy in us as people in the hope that they can get us into bed with them. Our companionship and the sex that goes along with it doesn't require a deep level of compatibility, shared values, or mutual interests, yet they can have an automatic girlfriend just by making an appointment, paying the fee and showing up. Maybe it's a way to cut to the chase, so to speak, if a guy's highest priority in a relationship with a woman is sexual compatibility?

Yeah, the cell I have is the LG Rumour. It's got the slide out keyboard, which was one of the main reasons why I got it, because as Buggernot said, it's a bitch to try to text on a number pad. I actually prefer texts to phone calls, but that's just me. Plus, since I was almost finished my contract, I got to upgrade for a lot less than if I bought the phone outright.

I wanted to see how Halifax is, so id like to do a pole here ill let run for a bit.. I offer GFE and Domme/fetish sessions, my website goes into great deal of information, and pictures etc.. And if anyone has any info or requests or anything for that matter please don't hesitate to PM, or email me. And any other boards that are out there for eastern Canada please pm me. thank you..