She can post what she likes as long as it doesn't break any board rules. Just as you can. Or are you suggesting that SP's shouldn't be allowed to write these kind of posts?
Is “this” reserved for rich people?
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Yes she can. Back to the original question. Yes, increasingly for "rich" people. I don't know anyone who hasn't had to cut back somewhere. Wage gains go the the privileged few and price increases hit everybody. Disposable income is on temporary (at least) hold for a whole lot of people down here just like up there. Think SWs as "furniture" and people as soylent green...
Because I don’t want this thread to become a debate on rates. I would appreciate the answer to strictly be on whether or not it is considered a luxury, if people need to budget to partake and whatnot.
Even with the simplest questions, some men like yourself find a way to derail the thread.
Thank you to everyone who replied to this thread. I am comparing the answers to the ones I’ve gotten on merb and perb.
It seems like all 3 boards agree that it wasn’t so much of a luxury pre Covid but it became one in the last few years. They’ve also said that no you don’t need to be rich to partake you just need to budget.
Actually rich men pay millions for divorces and trophy wives.
Actually rich men pay only indies and don’t bother with review boards. There’s a whole class of escorts who never even cross our paths.
This hobby - this board - is for the modestly well off with sufficient time available to be able to disappear for a few hours during waking hours. And working men with just a few thousand a year available to burn on extracurriculars.
If you only ever bang escorts at 3am in a hot tub with a snow chaser and have a drawer full of hundreds, you’re not on this board.
Actually rich men pay only indies and don’t bother with review boards. There’s a whole class of escorts who never even cross our paths.
This hobby - this board - is for the modestly well off with sufficient time available to be able to disappear for a few hours during waking hours. And working men with just a few thousand a year available to burn on extracurriculars.
If you only ever bang escorts at 3am in a hot tub with a snow chaser and have a drawer full of hundreds, you’re not on this board.
I would agree on this. $300 for an entertainment budget is not bad. But when adding in beer and weed or other substances/vices like gambling -it gets out of control. Those are all entertainment to me.
This is interesting because we can't be sure of how much rates have changed by since 2019. Unless people are keeping spreadsheets of rates over the years, there's no way to look at this issue objectively.
I think there might be some cognitive biases at work here. If you've convinced yourself that rates have changed by a lot over the last few years, then you're more likely to pay attention to ads or news stories that confirm that narrative.
Like others have said, it's subjective based on what you think "rich" is, yada...yada...yada, but one thing I can tell you is, it's not for the struggling people. At this point, I've personally been priced out of the market and can't really afford to see an SW anymore. My salary is 65-70k a year, working two jobs about 50 hours a week. The cost of living has just gone up way to much.
It's just like any other vice that men have. As long as you can stay disciplined and stick to your budget and know how to allocate your finances accordingly then you don't really need to be rich. The hardest part just like any vice though is to actually stay disciplined and prevent yourself from getting addicted. If you become hooked it's so easy to blow past whatever budget you have and that's where things go south really fast. The opportunity for sex is so hard for men to resist which is why the industry itself is so massive.
If I had a bigger budget I'd do more social things, like step out for dinner after playing scrabble. I love hearing the ladys' minds and how they process this world that we share.
It is a luxury but not one that as a one-off is so costly that you have to be rich to do it. Depends on frequency of course, but many people will spend more on dining out or travel e.g.
The very rich and very famous make significant use of the services that SW provide. Their lawyers/managers/handlers have the SW sign NDA.
Significantly agree with the other comment about the very rich (a subjective measure) using different SW and not needing to be on this board. Though, there are exceptions like the guy that told me about this board.
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This reminds me of a financial book, but I can't recall the name of it. One of the lessons is to separate money into jars like essentials, investing, education, charity and play. The point of the play jar is to splurge on something. You could even use actual jars, but the idea is to get used to separating money into categories.
The book is in the same veign as The Wealthy Barber by David Chilton.
If they’re addicted it could be that they have an addictive personality. ego driven. Attachment issues and should be allocating money to therapy instead or finding a way to find balance. when self control isn’t under control or it’s being used as a replacement vice that’s the problem. Drugs and alcohol don’t help.
