I wasnt one of the lucky ones when I started prossying.  I didnt know that SAAFE existed.  To be honest I really dont know how I found out about it.  Someone may have mentioned it but I cant be sure. 

I had so much to learn when I started but I had to learn a lot of it by trial and error.  I have been lucky in the fact that nothing has gone majorly wrong and Ive never had anything stolen from me.  Ive had the abusive texts from other WGs in the area when they werent happy with the fact that I was doing just fine but I dealt with that by going to the Police and it stopped.  There has also been abusive texts from clients I wouldnt give bookings to because they raised a red flag.  Personally I would rather not see someone I was suspicious about than allow them to know where I work from and thus put myself in further danger.

For  the first few months I didnt even know anyone else who was a WG.  It was so so insular and I know most femmes have found it the same.

I didnt start working till I was well into my 50s so  I had loads of life experience to stand me in good stead and had to fall back on  and I had been sexually active for approximately 40 years so that helped with ?the act? and clients.

When and how did you find out about SAAFE.   Did you use the site before you started prossying or had you started working before like me you found out about it.  Was there a lot you had not even envisaged you needed to know re how to work successfully.   Do you now realise that you were very naive when you started working.

I admit there was a lot I did not realise I needed to learn but it was a learning curve for me and I am now a more knowledgeable person for this learning.

Many come into the sex industry thinking it is an easy way to make money. (Lie on your back and think of Britain, oh and take the money  ).  Now through experience I know that it was a lot easier when I started for now the number of girls working has quadrupled but the number of clients hasnt  gone up by the same number.

What has been your experience.  Did you come into escorting with your eyes closed or open.  Did you find out about SAAFE before you started or were you like me and working blind.  Was there a lot to learn that you did not realise was required for the job.  Can you now laugh at some of the things that happened to you in the beginning before you learned the error of your ways.  I know I certainly can.  Thank goodness none of them were bad.

So, let me hear your experiences .................................. please.  Lets have a laugh on the run up to Christmas as many of us could do with a laugh. 

Oh and Amy and the others, thanks for having the site here for me when I needed it and thanks for keeping it running smoothly (even when some of us were giving you a headache, me included).

I read a lot of forums, can't remember how I found SAAFE but I did. Learned a lot on the job so to speak, picked up tips from other ladies. Have had a stalker who the police had a word with, have had a reasonably scary robbery that I recovered from, although because of the way it was set up and carried out it did affect my trust in new clients for a while but it also brought a few things into my life which otherwise I wouldn't have gotten involved with.

Why did I start?Because I thought I could do it, and I wanted to be able to afford the simple flat I had taken over from my ex-partner. Company I worked for dissolved and I didn't want to sign-on as unemployed. Had had a few boyfriends over the years, liked sex and was especially happy and comfortable in the company of men older than myself, as well as those my own age or slightly younger.

There's been stressful periods and a lot of lovely experiences along the way. I get constant supportive comments and compliments from regulars who've been seeing me for some years and that feels very good. I must be doing something right!

I started "slow at the minute" thread in 2008 when I was a newbie, 6mths in and looking to advice on trends. That thread, whilst de-railed now and again, is still a good one for monthly deviations and for getting empathy when you need a boost.

This one I will reflect, for the benefit of the newbies, what has changed and what I have learned in the last 4.5years.

When I posted I had the AW surge that new profiles have.  I was just coming to the end of the ride of that, hence "is it slow?". My slow at that point was the "norm"it seems for a full time lady that was no longer new.

I have actually had the best year in 2012 that I have had for 3 years, but is has been doubly stressful compared to previous years.

At the beginning it was all shiny and new.  It took risks that I would not take now. I took late night bookings.  I took outcalls to far flung places - more than 2hrs drive. I offered services which I was not completely comfortable or skilled at. I used to humour people asking for details, or tried to "encourage" them to book. I earned loads of money comparatively. Also there were far, far fewer ladies around.

As I cleared my debts I eased up on the late nights, cut the services I did not like. No longer do an outcall at all unless it is a regular or within 30mins drive - and only to a hotel. I am very professional now on the phone but any hint of a TW then the phone is cut off. 

I now know that anyone who doesn't know your price, age, size etc is a) unlikely to turn up or b) not anyone I want to meet. I only want to meet people who address me by my name and not any holes a goal merchant.

The reason I can be so picky and still maintain my income and sanity is that I have a wonderful base of regulars who tide me over, rain or shine.  Thank god for those.

Sanity wise, you still get the Tw's but my spidey senses are very tuned  these days.

Workwise, to get the level of work I want I have to work 3 times as hard.  I used to do my quota and turn them away.  Now there may be no work on a day or the call doesn't come until after 7 a night.  A far cry from work at lunchtime and finished by tea time.

I am on more directories than ever, blog, and take pics off my webcam - or client ones with my camera) weekly. Got to work it to maintain it.

And yes, 5 years in THERE IS NO WORK IN FEBRUARY.  Escort holiday time!!! Lol.


Hopefully if this thread is taken up it will be by ladies with lots of experience to impart.