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By NancyMedia Christine remembers the first review a client posted about her. She was terrified to read it, but also desperate to know what he'd said. When she finally clicked on it, her hands were shaking. "Great conversation, beautiful, professional," it said. Three sentences that felt like a performance evaluation from a job she couldn't put on LinkedIn. She felt relief and shame in equal measure, but mostly she felt the weight of understanding that her livelihood now depe

By Nancy Tiffany graduated from NYU with a degree in communications and sixty-eight thousand dollars in student debt. Her first job out of college paid thirty-eight thousand dollars a year before taxes. After rent for a shoebox apartment in Bushwick, her loan payments, subway fare, and groceries, she had almost nothing left. "I was living on peanut butter sandwiches and hoping I wouldn't get sick because I couldn't afford the copay," she told me over tea in her now much nicer

By OrientalNY Lauren keeps a mental catalogue of her regular clients, and if you heard her describe them, you might be surprised. There's Michael, the fifty-something lawyer who books her every other Thursday and spends most of their time together talking about his mother's dementia. There's David, who takes her to dinner at expensive restaurants and mostly wants someone to discuss books with. There's Robert, recently divorced, who sometimes just holds her hand while they wat

Some client messages are perfectly normal. "Can we book Thursday at 7pm?" or "Running five minutes late, sorry." Others are weird in ways that stick with you. Like the guy who texted at 2am: "Are you awake? I can't sleep and keep thinking about you." Or the client who sends photos of gifts he bought me but never gives me. Just pictures of jewelry in store displays with messages like "saw this and thought of you." The married clients are the worst for late-night emotional tex

By OrientalNY Diana showed me her phone and walked me through her safety protocol. Before every appointment, she texts three different people: her best friend who's also an escort, her roommate, and a professional security service she pays two hundred dollars a month to monitor her. Each text includes the client's verified information, the address where she'll be, and her expected departure time. If she doesn't check in within fifteen minutes of that time, the calls start com

Posted by Julia | 7 min read Let me tell you about my regulars, because they're probably the most important part of making this work...

Social companions for events, dinners or cultural activities. Professional accompaniment at business functions. Pleasing social...