I wonder what your views are on this.

I think the majority of people here would have reservations to date an ex-client in general, or (while doing this) even date a civvy. I also realise that the question depends on the individual person rather than the date/partner being a client/civvy.

(1) Assume you do choose to date
(2) Assume that you accept equally the date being a client or a civvy
(3) Assume you know the person and you choose to come clean about the job (if the date is a civvy they don't know about the present/past, the client already does)
(4) Remove other variables of individual personalities of your potential date

The specific question is: who do you think is more likely to keep it a secret to your social circle etc? The civvy or the client and why, if there is any difference?

I think the client wld as that means he met you while payin for sex. So he can lose credibility too. The right kind of civvy guy wld too i suppose but depends if they are manipulative and nasty. Esp if the relationship fails x

Agree

I'd say the client because it's his 'dirty little secret' too.

I wonder what your views are on this.

I think the majority of people here would have reservations to date an ex-client in general, or (while doing this) even date a civvy. I also realise that the question depends on the individual person rather than the date/partner being a client/civvy.

(1) Assume you do choose to date
(2) Assume that you accept equally the date being a client or a civvy
(3) Assume you know the person and you choose to come clean about the job (if the date is a civvy they don't know about the present/past, the client already does)
(4) Remove other variables of individual personalities of your potential date

The specific question is: who do you think is more likely to keep it a secret to your social circle etc? The civvy or the client and why, if there is any difference?

With all the things we need to assume here...
I think if I ever wanted to date again, the only thing i would like to "assume" is that my relationship is going to be based on trust.
In that case, I don't think it matters if I date an ex client or a civvie.
I would just want to assume I can trust the person I date.
Saying an ex client won't out your past because you're his dirty little secret makes sense. But then a civvie guy would not out your past either: why would he admit to dating a former prostitute?

Im not sure if it is really relevant here whether we date an ex client or a civvie. I think what we want is to date someone we can trust, and trust needs to be earned. But it's also a risk to take.

Im not helping here, ain't I