So....
Hard Idle said:
When considering this question, it is worth remembering that there are many kinds of providers out there.
I get an impression the majority of Hobyisits on Terb and other Boards are the guys who tour the $80-$100 Incall circuit or shop fot the $60 Nude + Oral. Reading between the lines of their posts, their default underlying opinion of Pleasure Providers is of communal instruments which service anyone who walks in off the street 8 hours a day. Obviously, nobody would have the stomach for a relationship with somebody who is working that way.
But there is a big difference between that and the kind of SP's that are more like the Ladies who post on Terb These women view themselves as High-End freelance professionals - not unlike a private hair designer or interior decorator. They work when they feel like it, with high non-negotiable fees, and refuse as many calls as they accept. A mature and liberal relationship with such a provider is not unthinkable at all.
...I was going this way as well, but my answers are still a) No and a) see my response to a)
First, the vast majority of providers (and you can make that "sex workers") I would have no interest in because I strongly and sincerely believe that it takes a "special" person to go into sex work, and there is no way I am getting involved emotionally and financially with someone who is "special" in that way. Not going to happen.
However, as you imply at the high end of the spectrum the "ladies" do in fact seem to be "ladies". Educated. Accomplished (all be it in an interesting field of endeavor). They manage both their lives and their finances well. They come with no obvious vices - and are obviously skilled at making a man happy, both in bed and outside of it (the sign of a TRUE courtesean...would a man gladly pay you for your COMPANIONSHIP...not just to fuck). In many ways, you are right, asuming you are past the "get married and start a family" point in life, such a woman could make the ideal wife.
Except...
Except such women are pretty well known. And my frail, fragile ego just isn't going to survive the constant wondering if everytime a guy checks out my out wife if it is because she is hot - or is it because he thinks he knows her from someplace. I could never live with the constant fear of wondering exactly when I would introduce my wife to a business collegue or client - and it would turn out he already knew her, in the biblical sense. I would never get past the first - even if it was the only - time someone who somehow found out made a wise crack about my wife and blow jobs in the same sentence.
Of course, you could avoid this by avoiding the higher end, more well known (even if 'exclusive') escorts...but then you are likely to fall inot that $100 incall category you are speaking of - and that puts you back to where I started off...I personally would never align myself with someone who felt their physical intimacy, emotional well being and health (potentially) were worth selling @ $200/hr.
So....the answer is no.
But I could see how having a premier escort as a fuck buddy friend - off the clock - could be really, really, really kewl. Especially if she knew how to golf...lol.