So why are you working here? Is it the money?
This is a question I am relatively often asked. In a way it’s just a different phrasing of the “so how did a beautiful, nice, young girl like you…?” question. But it often also seems to be a case of wanting reassurance that the interaction between us (myself and the client who is asking) is more than merely financial. A query as to whether or not I can ignore the money side of things and treat the encounter as though it were… real life as opposed to a paid encounter in a brothel? Something along those lines, but I’m not entirely sure how to word it.
I need to make a point very clear here: this is an acting job. When I started working at this house (as I did with the previous house) I created a character. I gave her a name, an age, family background, personality and so on. Sure, to make life easier on myself, this character bears certain similarities to me. But she is nonetheless fictional. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t do this in order to justify “lies” that I tell (eg about my age). I don’t have a problem with lying as such, a lot of the time. Depending on circumstances and so on, but that would be another topic entirely and I don’t know if I’ll feel up to discussing ethics in depth here. This is to keep a level of separation between myself and work. I’ve heard it called “compartmentalizing” (putting things in boxes in my head). It works for me. So when I get asked questions like this (or any questions at work) I answer not as myself, but as my work persona/character… here, let us call her… Dea.
So why does Dea work? Of course, she loves the income! She won’t even deny it. And she loves the sex… most of the time. She’d be a fool to try to convince anyone that she always loves it with everyone. She enjoys meeting new people, and ultimately, she’s lazy. Sex work is much easier than a real job, most of the time clients do all the work, and in her free time she likes to sleep.
So why do I work where I do? It’s good money. And yes, I do like to meet new people and yes, I am a lazy git and love that I get payed plenty of money for what feels like so little work most of the time. About likes and dislikes with work and pleasure when it comes to work I’ll write another day.
