So are you saying that by only seeing SPs who don't make seeing them a headache that many of us are limiting ourselves?
I promise you, I indulge all the way and other than one bizarrely notable instance, have never had an issue or had to divulge anything I wasn't comfortable with.
My policy is easy:
you show me yours, I'll show you mine. We're both taking a risk here: yours is legal (although minimally), mine is physical. You can know me as Rebecca, I can know you by whatever name you give me. I ask gentlemen to text me when they get to my address (which I provide the day before for planning), so that's also a phone number. As soon as he's gone, the number is deleted. I ask for an email to have at least some small detail about you: my photos are out there, my website is thorough, my blog is active and has insights into who I am, and my Twitter account is busy. I ask for your favourite quote, because 1) it shows me that you have read my site and 2) I get to know a little about you. I think that's fair, and it's less than what I'm offering you.
Is that a headache? Maybe. I love what I get to do, and I'm really good at it. If that's too much of a headache for you to meet me, then yes, you're limiting yourself.
Fuck that. The worse thing is that you don't realize you are being made to grovel and beg like some performing circus monkey. You do know I mean this figuratively right. Compared to what I go through to see a girl, demanding references and extra information is groveling and begging and oik oik with the banana.
I don't think it's groveling; it's someone explaining what they need to feel comfortable. Maybe it's not your taste - there are other options. Everyone has the right to say what they need to be comfortable.
Very true but let's not pretend that every day God knows how many guys get cancelled on, stood up and/or double booked. When I see the ladies as a collective trying to fix that issue then I will get behind fixing the no show issue.
I love this idea, actually. Any ideas how we could go about doing that, outside of not doing it ourselves? An SP collective body would be great!
About the fake references... I've had it both ways. People lying about their handles, and people lying that I've met them. In our current political climate, I don't see much need for having either. Of course they make me more comfortable on some level, but I really care about what you have with me and if you've read my site, not who else you've seen. Plus it's all pretty easy to fake. I'm happy to provide references, and when I get them I DO check them. I also give them when I'm asked.
If someone is truly a terrible experience (and I've got to be honest - I'm privileged and this has never happened), I don't think I would hesitate to share that information with other companions. I also don't think those terrible experiences are reading a thread in the TERB lounge.
When the laws change again, maybe my policies will as well... but so far, they're serving me well.
Sorry that happened, Titalian.