*sigh*
Bit sad today. One of our longest employed girls has just left. She’s a clever woman who has found a great career opportunity and so she’s off. She has been yo-yoing a bit recently between that career and this ‘career’, but today she has finally taken the plunge. She has worked for Elite since early 2008 – so nearly three years. She’s a lovely lady, someone whose life experiences have made her quite timid in many ways, yet confident in others. All the clients love her; she was damn good at this job. She could charm the pants off a man from 20 paces.
So while I am sad to be losing a friend, we’ve mutually agreed she can’t come back, no matter what. For some, escorting can be such a cushy fall back plan, it’s hard to really devote your energy to something else. The income is so high that when the going gets tough, it’s easy to revert back to the old ways. But we’re all sensible girls. As much as we enjoy the work, we can’t do it forever. There has to be a Plan B.
I say the same thing to pretty much everyone I interview these days – work towards a goal. Don’t blow all the money you earn on shoes and tiaras. Clear your debts, invest it, pay off your mortgage and prepare yourself for when you decide to stop. If you are sensible with the money you earn, with just a few years hard bloody work, life can become much less of a struggle.
I used to know a London based girl who earned herself *a lot* of money. Yet every now and then she would ring me a fit of panic: ‘Suzy, can you get me any work, i’ve got no money?!’ What do you mean you’ve got no money? Where the FUCK has it all gone? You guessed it – she blew it all on ‘lifestyle tat’. Sports car, furs (yuck), diamonds, designer clothes, dining out etc. My opinion = what a waste. She could have set herself up for life. Well, almost.
I don’t like to put words in their mouths, but I am pretty certain all of the Elite girls appreciate the positive impact this work can have on their future. It’s shit seeing so many people struggling at the moment, businesses going under, families being evicted from their homes. We are a privileged group – we can enjoy a job that most others can’t. We don’t take it for granted.
Some people will read the above and think I am certifiable. They will be moaning and moralising….questioning (usually loudly) how and why we degrade ourselves for money. They will have preconceived ideas about our clients, our motivation, our supposedly tormented souls, our ‘dead eyes’…oh, a whole load of bollocks basically. The simple answer is – we don’t degrade ourselves. Just because you might feel degraded, doesn’t mean we do. An important distinction.
Anyway, i’m ranting. Pretty normal admittedly, but that wasn’t the point of this post. Really all I wanted say was goodbye and we will miss you. As someone once confusingly said: this is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. It is, instead, the end of the beginning. Or something.
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