Providers who lurk here, what's your story on how you got into the biz

[newdad]

Share us them details!

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[+ cougar]

...If they are lurking, they ain't gonna reply!

[BodeBrentwood]

Got my start by gogo dancing and stripping and found that I liked it

[Vulgarii]

I answered a craiglist ad I think either in gigs or adult gigs back in the day looking for an office assistant and when I went to the interview site at some house in the valley, it was basically a brothel and the job was to massage men with extras. It had co-ed providers with girls and guys.

I stayed for 2 weeks and then left when someone offered to let me massage at his place to keep more money for myself. 

Then a few years later I ended up going to massage school and never actually thought if I wanted to massage all day for a while, so when I graduated I just worked for myself because I didn't want to work a "real 9 to 5" job, and I still don't.

 

I briefly worked at a spa ran by graduates of my massage school and it was a disaster. Everyone I knew went back to school a year later for something different, because massaging +6 people a day is exhausting no matter what the pay is.

 

Edited February 24, 2023 by Vulgarii

[Jamie21]

I started by doing porn films. I applied to be in a massage movie (as the receiver on the table). Found I enjoyed being on camera so I did more films, but this time as the masseur. The guy running the porn site said I should do massage as a job, as I had the attributes, which persuaded me it could work. I think otherwise I wouldn’t have thought it possible. 

So I did some training and with advice from others in the industry I set up on my own as a masseur. I still film porn and combine it with seeing massage clients. 

I couldn’t go back to working a regular 5 day a week 9 to 5 job. 
 

[Keenan]

I was dancing at a now defunct gay strip club and got requests from customers to meet them outside of the club.  I found I liked it and the extra money so I continued.

Keenan

[PetetKsfo]

I was in in a contest to be a model on a non-profit/HIV fundraising calendar some 20 years ago.    I didn't get on the calendar that year, (I was first runner up) but after the contest, a guy came over to me and gave me his business card, saying that he liked my look and appearance onstage, and asked me if I might be interested in filming gay porn.   

Around the same time, I also attended a weekend workshop with BodyElectric and loved learning about giving men a sacred erotic experience.   While filming porn is  a good entry into escorting, I liked the idea of offering a combined  therapeutic massage and sensual/erotic experience.     I enrolled in a full-time massage school program to learn the technical  skills of massage,  and  continued to take other male erotic workshops and training wherever I could.

I love what I do and the connection that I make with my clients.  Interestingly, I competed again, and got a spot on this year's calendar, coming back full circle.  

 

 

Edited March 15, 2023 by PeterMxM

[+ IronMaus]

I answered an ad on Craigslist looking to exchange money for doing something explicit. It really got me off and he became a regular.

[Kevin Eagle]

I would frequent saunas and had no problem interacting with strangers. Thought I could put it to financial benefit as I was still in college studying for my doctorate and needed funds. Found I was comfortable doing it

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[DamizzonNYC]

I love hearing provider stories, so I'll bite!

I started off primarily as a nude erotic model, and was generally uninterested in sex work.  After a period of time doing that, I'd established a bit of an online presence as a nude model, which led to its own array of offers, dubious and otherwise.

I'd been approached by another provider - now a fairly well known porn personality - who had a client searching for fit masc bottoms to fly in/out for a single day of work.  I said to myself: 'I can bite the bullet and do this, no problem.'  Well, as it turned out, no bullet biting involved at all.  It was a terrific and very satisfying experience.  Come to find out, I had some sexual empathy in me.  I had some ability to sense what got this guy off and could find pleasure in providing that.  

Not long after, I was approached by an acquaintance of mine - a provider looking to transition out of the business.  He had a special long term client he couldn't in good conscience leave high and dry, so he approached me.  It was from this experience that I learned how rewarding that ongoing client/provider sexual friendship could be.  Which ended up opening me up to other similar situations, and ultimately my own little niche in the sex work world.  I'm not on Rent Men.  If I have 3 clients in a week, that's a busy week for me.   But I love it, and I'm not looking to quit anytime soon. 

Edited June 29 by DamizzonNYC

[Jarhead]

New to the site fist time so… be gentle.😉 Progressively worked into it. Started modeling for university classes freshman year and found fame being the only male model. Was babyface boy next door with wild side that got naked when asked so had a lot of modeling requests.

Through a contact started doing private erotic modeling for an artist. First couple sessions were art related but became mostly body worship modeling (flex while massaged). Did a few art parties (wink, wink) for him and buddies which basically was serving drinks while wearing a jock, modeling naked, and jerk. At the same time did some club dancing and a few weeks modeling for drawing parties which set my path for adult work.
 

Took the plunge into escort work while studying in London for a year. Classes were paid but I had zero funds to live on. A buddy suggested I set up a profile on a site. Had already been on a few cam sites and my experience doing what was basically live porn at parties made the step into escort work easy. Did it for about two years.