How many days a week do you escort? What kind of hours is it?

Right now, I'm working 4 days a week, on-call 6 hours a day (that means I get between 1 and 4 appointments). I actually get the most customers on weekdays around noon, because that's when all the businessmen can sneak off from their jobs.

I don't actually make quite that much because I have to take time off for being sick (like right now). Still, it's very, very good money.

How did you get started being an escort in the first place?

Got curious, needed the money, looked on craigslist at the Erotic Gigs section, somehow found an awesome, stable agency on my first try.

The interview was pretty hilarious, though. I look kind of innocent, so my boss kept asking "Are you sure you know what we're doing here? I can tell you again if you don't understand. Are you sure this is what you want?" My poor boyfriend at the time had to vouch for me being kind of a nympho; I was wearing him out.

Have you ever felt like you changed someone's life as an escort?

I had a three-hour appointment once with a regular who came in absolutely heartbroken that his dog had died. He'd been holding it in all day at work because he didn't want to be all miserable in front of his coworkers, but practically as soon as he undressed, he broke down and cried. I ended up rubbing his back for a loooooong time while he talked about how awesome his dog was, how much he was going to miss him, how his dog had been there for him when his wife had died, goofy things the dog did, irritating things the dog did, just this whole eulogy. It was like as soon as he was physically naked, he felt like it was okay to be emotionally vulnerable. About two hours in, he was smiling again and making jokes, and his whole body just sort of unknotted itself. So we had kind of slow, lazy sex, cuddled for awhile, and then he left.

The next day, the dispatcher kept asking me WTF I did to get so many calls, and it turned out the guy went on one of the hobbyist forums and told everyone they should come see me if they needed someone who would let them relax and get things off their chest. It was sweet.

In your opinion, why is prostitution illegal in the US?

I suspect it's illegal for a couple of reasons. For one thing, people tend to have a bee up their butts at any sort of sex that doesn't fit the "loving monogamous heterosexual relationship" mold. For another thing, having prostitution illegal lends itself very well to abusive and desperate situations (human trafficking, the abusive pimp, selling sex for drug money), which gives prostitution as a whole a bad image. People don't hear prostitute and think of a college-educated girl having generally-fun sex and making money doing it, they think of girls smuggled over the border and kept in brothel-prisons or junkies so desperate for money that they'll consent to anything.

It's actively enforced much like drugs are. Prostitutes of and serving the middle class seem to be mostly left alone. Prostitutes serving the poor and the very rich get more legal attention, the first because streetwalkers are obvious and they have fewer resources to keep themselves safe and the latter because anything having to do with rich people and sex has instant media appeal.

What age were you when you lost your virginity? Can I get multiple escorts? Do you wear your own clothes?

Virginity lost: 17

Sex for money: 21

I was raped once after I started escorting. The bastard wasn't a client, just a regular date, and the cops told me there wasn't enough evidence to do anything about it. Grr. Therapy helped, though.

Multiple escorts to one client: Yep, that's called a double (or triple if he hired three other girls). Usually the guys who do that just want to watch. Group sex is a lot of fun, although you need a really big bed.

I provide my own clothes, but they're mostly in the vein of "pretty dress + heels." I'm not a big fan of, say, maid outfits or anything like that.

Do you think you have an unusual attitude towards sex?How long before you end up hogtied in somebody's car boot?

I do think I have an unusual view of sex. For one thing, I don't see just the penetrative act as sex; oral and manual sex both count as sex in my book just as much as intercourse. I wouldn't say society has it all wrong, although I do think society does have a lot of unhealthy attitudes toward sex. It'd be really arrogant to say that I have all the answers, though, but my own attitudes work for me (and my partner, and our other dates).

If I had to justify what I do to myself, I'd probably stop doing it. I'm comfortable with my job and my life. As for clients, occaisionally I do get the white knighting "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?!" and I find that the classic response works best*.

It'd be a very inefficient serial killer who provided two forms of ID, got a reference from another escort, faxed work documents to us, provided us with two phone numbers, and then waited a week to see me just to try to get me past a big burly security guard and stuff me in the trunk of his car. I think he'd probably pick an easier target.

What happens if you have a customer who can't "finish" in a timely manner?

I'm a bit flexible on the time limit, but it depends on how nice you are to me about it and if I have another appointment scheduled right afterwards. If you're a jerk, you're leaving after an hour, and if you're a jerk who arrived late, you're leaving an hour after your appointment was supposed to start.

If a client can't get off, usually I just shrug it off, we do whatever mutually satisfying thing we can, and then I hint that they should book a longer appointment next time.

I'm not asked to dress up too often, which is good because I don't have a huge costume wardrobe. Generally, I dress nicely but not really flamboyantly sexually. A typical outfit would be a cute, flowy dress that hits right above the knee, some heels, and maybe a cardigan if it's cold out. The clothes come off pretty quickly, so I don't tend to get complicated with my outfits.

Do you worry about getting arrested as an escort?

I do worry a little about the legality, but it's not crippling fear. My position on the prostitution totem pole also keeps me pretty safe: I'm not on the streets prompting cries to "clean up the city," and I don't have famous people or politicians as clients so there isn't the same scrutiny. The fact that we absolutely do not allow any drug use is also helpful. Law enforcement generally has better things to do than set up elaborate sting operations to give a bunch of girls a night in jail and a fine, and I don't even think the clients get a night in jail.

I see a bit like smoking pot — illegal but unlikely to get me in trouble unless I do something stupid — and escorting benefits me much more than pot. There's still that little bit of fear, but I mostly use it to remind myself not to take extra risks.

As for taxes, there's no record anywhere of how much money I make and it's always in cash, so the likelihood of getting screwed over for taxes is pretty small. I want to pay them because I believe in government, not because I'm afraid.

Can a small breasted woman become an escort?

A huge percentage of my clients wax poetic over my not-big-at-all-boobs, so I think it's more about finding one's niche. If I wanted to attract the clients who are into the whole blonde bombshell look, well, I wouldn't have much luck. My look in general is very natural: not a lot of obvious makeup (of course, it takes work to keep things that subtle), simple dresses, delicate jewelry, that kind of thing. I don't look like a porn star, but judging by how busy I am, that's not a bad thing. And, of course, confidence is always sexy. I like my body much more the way it is than if I pumped it up full of silicone and coated myself in spray tan.

Most of the hobbyists I see are pretty decent, if a little old for my personal tastes. They seem to think of visiting escorts as something akin to being a wine afficionado - it's a luxury they appreciate, like to talk about (which I don't really like), compare with other hobbyists, etc.. The younger guys tend to be the ones who just come in because they're horny or trying to lose their virginity or trying to act like a high-roller. It's a little silly.

How often do you ever get offered more money for dirtier stuff you don't normally do- like anal or being tied up etc?

Actually, it's strictly verboten to offer an escort money for sexual services. I get paid for my time and that's it; if you start offering me money for a specific sexual act, I'll give you one warning and then ask you to leave. Besides, why would I violate the sanctity of my butthole when I'm already making $175 an hour? Sheesh. I actually like being tied up, but it's not something I do at work because it makes me feel less in-control of the situation.

I actually had no debt after college because I basically made scholarship-hunting into a full-time job. What little was left over I paid out-of-pocket.

Right now, I'm saving about $100 out of every $175. My rent's all paid off for a long time, I'm very cheap (I cook for myself and shop at thrift stores and craigslist), and my main weakness, books, is not an expensive vice.

As far as trends go, the younger guys are generally much more nervous and less experimental. They usually don't want to talk as much, they apologize for every little thing (like laying on my hair or losing their hard-on), and it's generally a big pain in the ass to get them to relax and have a good time. Older guys are less attractive physically but also more fun.

The only big issue with older guys is STUPID FUCKING VIAGRA. Man was not meant to have an erection lasting for the whole of a three-hour session. I get chafed!

How old is too old to escort?

As for when I get too old: there are tons and tons of escorts who stay in the business well into their 40s and even 50s. They don't get the sheer numbers that younger women do, but they tend to have a very stable client base and regular appointments. The ones who do well tend to be very active in the hobbyist community, though, and I'm not very fond of that, so I'd quit when that started to be an issue. I'd also quit if I began to have any kind of mental health issue caused by escorting, or if I wanted to have kids.

You might have the wrong idea about agencies. Agencies don't technically hire escorts, they represent us. You could say we hire them, considering that they get paid out of our rates, but it's a more symbiotic relationship than that. An agency might stop representing an escort if she wasn't getting enough appointments to pay for her advertising for whatever reason, including age, but there are plenty of escorts out there who don't use an agency and only see regulars.

Who's the grossest person you had sex with?

I had this one client who came in because he really, really, really obviously wasn't ever going to get laid the normal way. I think he had a medical condition or something, because this was quite honestly the fattest dude I've ever seen. It was a shame, because he actually had quite a handsome face, but the folds, ugh. Anyway, apparently he generally had a problem with what I can only call fold stink, because he'd scrubbed himself so hard that he'd actually ripped his skin up in some places. I spent most of the session bandaging him up and talking about how much we both hated The O.C.. Finally we had sex (with him having to hold up a double-handful of folds) and even though I was utterly non-turned-on, I still felt like I was doing a public service. Poor guy. He left really happy, though.