I became one of "those people who sells sex", an ESCORT!

[Guest Jason Reardone]

http://www.JasonReardone.cjb.net DON'T WORRY THIS IS LONG BUT GOOD!

Part I:

Often times when I meet someone new and interesting (well primarily when I meet someone who loves to talk my ear off) I like to take a break from answering questions and ask a few of my own. I have a profound interest in the client side of escorting. "How do they see me, us, them?" " What made them pick me over that really hot guy with three legs?" "I wonder if I'm what he expected?" Or " I wonder if my four page a'lacarte menu of services turned him off?" (Ok, the last one is obvious). So, recently I had that opportunity and posed the same question to several "friends" (code word for client, since I hate the connotation), "If you could ask me one question, what would it be?" They all had the exact response "Why do you escort?" They asked.

 

Well my first thought took me back before "The Reformation", before I became one of "those people who sells sex", before I was an ESCORT! Looking through the pages of your typical rag I remember drooling over the thought of having one on my bed. (Kind 'a like the New Britney Spears Doll only with real drool.) It turned out that the idea of having an escort was as arousing as the act itself. Unfortunately my first encounter hiring an escort left me wishing I'd settled on the idea alone for the act produced more dirty laundry then dirty thoughts. And despite that my image of the escort was enviable even intriguing. So I guess one answer to the question, "Why do you escort?" is clear. The fantastical image of an escort was acceptable in my eyes and the idea of providing what seemed like a relatively simple form of entertainment with an equitable "benefits package" was quite exciting.

 

So then that's it, it's over, question answered. Well a great philosopher once said "You there, Hold'eth Your Horse…-eth " or something like that. Shortly after becoming an escort you must "stay" an escort for a particular reason. I mean once you've acquired your necessary Star Trek collectibles and sent your charitable donation to the Southern Baptist Coalition then why not quit and re-join the ranks of the living, wake up before noon, eat a traditional sit-down dinner….. at dinner time, shower only twice per day, douche simply cause the urge hits, pull your favorite shirt out of the dirty laundry because you want to wear it not because it's the only one left without a lube stain on it, answer your cell phone at 4am because you're sure it must be an emergency, file your taxes, buy a new porn flick that you like and watch it for a change, go on a date or schedule a romantic evening with someone for dinner without hearing "Are you sure you're not charging me, cuz I don't pay to play!", grab the four bottles of deodorant, hair gel and cologne that you have under the seat of your car and put them in the bathroom where they belong, buy lube on your routine visit to the store instead of 10 minutes to midnight with a stick of gum and a half hidden sneer from the cashier, remove the 264 little pieces of paper with notes and addresses all over them from the passenger seat of your car and throw them away. Why not do these things and re-gain peer and familial acceptance? Because there is an attraction stronger than cash at work.

 

For me, at least it's very much about companionship. Is it taboo to tell you that I escort for the same reason that my "friends" hire me? I enjoy the interaction. I enjoy meeting new people, if even for an hour. I enjoy interacting with exciting world travelers and businessmen, celebrities and retail stock boys (Ok, I'll tell you like I told the nice officer, I didn't know he was 15, honest!). The interaction between "friend" and escort is as therapeutic for me as it is for my "friends". I've never been the type of person to make friends easily and yet I've been told I am the most charismatic, gregarious person in my circle. (Ok, I said that…. to myself…. aka "the circle".) So the opportunity to experience and engage multi-talented, educated and successful people from around the world is one opportunity, I feel, not intended for just anyone. Does this sound trite, cliché and full of run-on sentences? Maybe, but its one opinion from one individual that is confident someone, somewhere will get a kick out of this post and perhaps even smile for the first time today.

 

Other reasons? You ask! Well as a matter of fact there are many others. I'll probably get a slap on the wrist for loading down the site with this half-witted jargon. Some how I think it's a bit refreshing from the latest "Family Feud Chronicles" that I wholeheartedly take a middle seat to, taking neither side equally and commenting on nothing to no one's benefit, and plead the fifth, fourth, twelfth and any other commandment that guarantees my right to ride the fence… just for the record! (Testing, 1, 2, 3, is this thing on?)

 

Stay tuned for part 2 that is if part 1 makes it past the first airing, the networks these days are so hard to please. One day it's "Oh, we want you for at least 2 seasons!" The next thing you know it's " I'm sorry, the pregnant, lesbian, Slum-Lord group, ages 12-14, did not come in where we needed it to be in order to continue network support, try FOX!" -jason, ps: go easy on me it's my first day back

[Barry]

Great subject Jason. I'm one of those clients that always asks why a guy got into escorting. I usually ask how as well. It has always fascinated me how someone could just walk up to a door and do his best with a complete stranger, sight unseen. I think it's because I am very shy and am still a nervous wreck when I meet an escort for the first time.

 

I hope we hear from some of the other 'scorts here.

[+ deej]

Great post, Jason!

 

Like you, I always enjoyed meeting new people. My escorting career ended a long time ago, but I still sometimes miss it.

 

Thanks for sharing!

[Traveller]

And all I usually ask is where they buy their dental dams and whether or not the gerbils are de-clawed.

 

Later.

[Losgatan]

Jason, thanks for another very interesting post.

 

deej, I didn't realize until now that you were formerly an escort. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd be interested in your transition from escort to client -- and what you remember most about your experiences.

[+ deej]

Losgatan, it was a long time ago. Escorting was an easy way for a young, hung, closeted Marine stationed in DC to have fun and pick up some beer money on the side. ;-)

 

I was already a client (see closeted, above) so there wasn't really any transition. In those days, enough of the guys asked me why I was buying instead of selling, I decided to sell.

 

I stopped when "that gay disesase" first surfaced and nobody knew much about it. It scared the bejeezus out of me. By the time "safe sex" had taken over, I was off in a different career in a different city and didn't need the money.

 

Like I said, it was many years ago.

[Guest cp8036]

I read somewhere.... "Old hustlers never die, they just start buying it back".

 

Of course, the relevant word is escort, as the word hustler has a different connotation and is bit dated. Still may apply...?

[Justice]

Wow Jason! Thank you so much for your excellent post. I look forward to future installments. :-)

[+ deej]

>I read somewhere.... "Old hustlers never

>die, they just start buying

>it back".

>

>Of course, the relevant word is

>escort, as the word hustler

>has a different connotation and

>is bit dated. Still

>may apply...?

 

You calling me a hustler?

 

If you're asking whether I still sell it, the answer is no. After all these years, who'd want it?

 

As a moderator, I've noticed your hostile-sounding posts and have been hesitant to send them through. Still I send them through because we're NOT censors.

 

Are you really CZ with a new alias? If you're gonna be a jerk, at least be an honest jerk.

[Guest cp8036]

Sorry if I came across wrong.

 

It was a direct quote, thus I used the word hustler. I attempted, unsucessfully, to link it to the piece about once being an escort, and now being a client.

 

No offense meant.

 

However, if you feel another post was hostile, please return to me.

[+ deej]

Smooch. (and no charge either!)

 

No offense taken. Just be aware that people are not always privvy to your frame of mind and choice of words when you post messages here. They may very well be a world away and from a different culture.

 

Let's keep this place civil, shall we?

[Guest Jason Reardone]

http://www.JasonReardone.cjb.net

JUSTICE, You are more than welcome, I feel sane again now that I can write! I hope this trend continues and more people are encouraged to post light hearted and informative points of view.

-jason

[Donnie]

There was nothing hostile or uncivil about his post. It was very clear that he was quoting an old saying, and he even clarified the fact that "hustler" was no longer an appropriate word to use. Chill out, Deej, and don't let this moderation thing go to your head.

[Losgatan]

Jason,

 

I see that HooBoy has put a copy of your post in the "Features" section -- along with the writings of some other budding authors. Congratulations!

 

I, too, await the next installment with great eagerness.

[Bilbo]

As another, though more recent I suppose, ex-escort, I agree with a lot of what Jason wrote.

 

For me, the actual impetus that made me actually start doing it happened at a party. I made a pass at the wrong guy at a party. His lover pulled me over by the refrigerator and chewed me out. He called me a "free whore" and it hurt. It hurt so much I was still trying to figure out, when I got home, just why it hurt. And it turned out that the word that had offended me was actually the "free" (taken in context) and not the "whore."

[Guest Jason Reardone]

http://www.JasonReardone.cjb.net

 

OH SHiT! Now I gotta call momma'! No wait She has no idea that she has a son named Jason, LOL! Thanks Hoo- the ultimate compliment. If you guyz don't mind, Part II will be out soon.

 

-<really, really shocked and quite speechless for a change>jason

[Rod Hagen]

Ha, Ha ha, Ha Ha Ha Ha, Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. FUNNY!! :-)

 

>And all I usually ask is

>where they buy their dental

>dams and whether or not

>the gerbils are de-clawed.

>

>Later.

 

 

http://www.rodhagen.com

[Guest cp8036]

I think the quote was from "City of Night", by John Rechy.

 

Donnie,

Thanks for the nod of support. Glad you didn't think I was a jerk.

 

 

Deej,

Point well taken. I accept that others may not privvy to my frame of mind. Just as I am not privvy to what you consider hostile. Also, that my post was poorly constructed. Wasn't meant to be hostile or a direct attack. I asked that it be removed, but wasn't.

 

However, not sure I believe you are not a "censor". If you review posts and then decide if acceptable, that is censorship. I don't have any issues with some censorship per se, as sure there are some really nasty things that come across. Just remarking about your claim of not being a censor. Sorry for the digression.

[+ deej]

>However, not sure I believe you

>are not a "censor".

>If you review posts and

>then decide if acceptable, that

>is censorship. I don't

>have any issues with some

>censorship per se, as sure

>there are some really nasty

>things that come across.

> Just remarking about your

>claim of not being a

>censor. Sorry for the

>digression.

 

We are NOT censors. If a post doesn't contain personal information or something that might be considered libel or slander it goes through immediately whether it's nasty and insulting or not. Anything questionable is left for HooBoy to decide. He's the proprietor. It's up to him. It is his right.

 

In fact, I think I'm the one that unqueued your messages on this very thread. :-) I know for sure I unqueued the message I'm responding to.

 

Moderating isn't an easy thing. We see messages totally out of context, and have no idea what it's in reply to. There have been a few head-slappers when we've seen the message IN context. Hopefully, HooBoy will soon have a different system in place, or somebody will get back on the meds and we won't need a system at all.

 

The system is far from perfect and we know it. We've had at least one thread removed because a recently-deceased escort's real name was posted, but out of context it was difficult to tell. Everyone is a bit edgy at the moment.

 

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go party with the porn stars. Last night's party was a BLAST! And Michael Brandon and Tony Donovan are COMPLETE BABES! Zak Spears? WOOF!

[BewareofNick]

I thought that an escort charged for companionship only?If anything more arises from that meeting, it's purely a matter of coincedence and/or of personal choice, between two or more consenting adults of legal age and it is not contracted nor is it requested. So you mean, that you actually...

 

I mean...

 

Oh....my... god, I'm hyperventilating...

 

Isn't that illegal...

 

<huff> <huff>

 

Oh MY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I believe I just had a revelation!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Guest Jason Reardone]

http://www.JasonReardone.cjb.net

Leave it to BON to throw off my concentration . Bringing this back in for a day for those that missed it, and in recognition of Part II. -jason