There was a thread about this recently, unfortunately, it pretty much resulted in what you're most worried about. The only people who know what I do are other escorts I've got to know over time, I hate lying but I don't see that my friends would support me in my decisions to do this so I get the feeling of being isolated sometimes.

You could have a look on here and see if there are other women in your area looking to meet socially and then you have a safe social circle where you can be open about what you do?

You could try opening a general discussion about sex work with your friends to try to gauge their strength of feeling. I would do this one on one though because if someone very vocal starts moralising, others will probably just go along with it.

Fab idea!

Out of all my female friends, only three know. One is super open minded and tried to do it herself but found she couldn't handle it, another is a stripper & very open minded and wants to try it, and the third thinks I only do pro domme stuff... not sure how she'd feel the escorting side of it. She's very supportive about pro domme and dancing so I feel she'dbe ok but I don't really want to risk it.

In my  opinion, it's a need to know thing. As long as you have at least ONE female friend who knows and supports and understands, thats all that matters. I guess it can be lonely, but it's why making friends with other sex workers is so fab. Nobody will ever ever ever understand what being a sex worker is like until they've done it, no other job compares. I have a lot of male friends who know I do it, but I find men tend to be more open minded anyway. I also associate in very open minded, sex positive circles e.g. people who are in to kink & such like, but again, mostly men.

I have a lot of male friends who know I do it, but I find men tend to be more open minded anyway.

This seems to be the common consensus. Both my male and female friends know, but the men were by far less phased.

It really depends on the friends.

Hardly any of my friends accepted it. In fact - my friendship group got hugely judgemental.
I think jealousy was a factor because I went from being broke to having my own flat. I would come over wearing nice clothes and bring drinks/food to parties for everyone - the girls didn't like it for some reason but the guys were cool (very curious haha).

The only one that was happy for me was my closest long time friend - usually those that love you no matter what are supportive.

Its better to be open than keep it a secret. There is enough work pressure without having to live a double life on top of that.

And if you loose friends like I did - then its a blessing because you got rid of people prepared to drop you that quick.

I think friends who are good friends and on your wavelength will be accepting but people from sheltered lives or people a bit bitchy might not approve.

Most of the few people I have told have been fine.

very rare? my friends all know and some of my family also.

Same as you, Roxy. I only had one bad reaction from an ex and he is no longer part of my life. It helped me see what a judgemental prick he was.
Everyone else has been fine.

trashbaby when your friend says 'you can do better' does she realise how much we can actually earn!