A provider or hobbyist do you acknowledge them or mind your own business?   I for one mind my own business unless I am absolutely sure they are alone and I am alone.. .  On second thought...

Definitely mind my own business. Nerves can do funny tricks... Especially when you're on high alert to avert possibly getting caught.

You never know who the are with, family, friend or SO.  
Then you both have to come up with a story of how you know each other Fast  
Better to just ignore each other

Discretion is the better part of valor, remember? I absolutely will not acknowledge anyone ever outside of our established playtime in public. I know I would be extremely pissed if I was acknowledged. I'm in my own private Idaho when I'm not Grace so I expect my play partners to afford me the same respect and discretion as I do them.  

stay safe but on common ground  not be a lier - everybody will see your red face or how hard  you are trying not to notice someone .. better   never lie.. and half lie is always better then hard deniel when everybody sees - he/ she exchanged a look .. be natural .. your family your wife is not stupid one - women  feel it with radar of intuition ...  you are  not the  best actor out there   to hide your red face .. so in my experience  I always talk about that with my clients and some of them are single some of them are married  but my cleints never see woman they can not node a head  if they ran in to her.. and it is always  easy for them to  explain to SO -  she is just a broker , or clint;s wife .. etc .. something by business ..
first of all never treat women as  they are working  vehicles     not a ladies be not a john yourself  
 have adult safe dates with ladies  and you be fine ..  
 I want share  2 extremes  - once I was invited for overnight at casino and  at casino he asked me not be with him all time  when we are out - on room yes - then he goes gamble himself and I do myself what I want  come  back to room to  have fan only  
( I think  it is how he will do with wife as well  - bedroom and go  do own things - here is money )
- and other date - he even introduced me to hos freinds out of hobby and his freinds  out of the hobby new that I sell my time ..
one lady said - OOO no ..Iam freebbe . when I asked if she is escort ..
 so we danced as crazy with his freinds out  
 so .. just NEVER feel bad of what you do !!  be naturale and all be ok  
 all be ok with smart woman as I am
 and smart man as you are we will talk about that  no surprised - it is a rule

Never make the "real world" & "fantasy world" converge! It can only end in a disaster...

Good Lord people, It's not like I am going to run up to you and whip my dick out.

you are right at some point and at some points wrong - life is not white or black  
 people are not the same ..
 if it always same  it is boring ..
 as I  said  
 be intelligent think about other people interests act naturale ..and do what  makes you happy ..  if it makes you happy take your date to gala dinner .. and I was on few dates like that for my 2 years of escorting  meeting and his family as parents and his coworkers  and his clients ..
 you need do not see working women  
 period whom you do not trust and  before you see her know her inner world what she wants form life  
 may be she just want tae you form your wife ??
 and  thinks she is better then her ?
 an you be happy with her .. then yes .. ran .. I think you speak the way you do becuase you are al; americans here and  sorry lovers I love you all
 but you and men and women a bit controlling here  and think if you  give up a bit to normal communication she will go further and take more .. as we say in russai - give her/hima finger - she.he will bite all hand ..
 you afraid of each other ..
 no need  be with us Europeans we just think differently  
.. sorry may be again I wrote some confusing things ...  but Iam not a working vehicle  
 for man to afraid of me .. and I never will  do what he thinks is not good  
 take care about clients they take care about you

My warmest feelings to normal post

Exactly .. we are just people .. and there all kind of life situations  

......walk up on me if you want to in public there will be problems.  
The point is you dunno if i'm alone or not (and if i'm with someone if they know or not) ....keep it moving. Keep your excitement to yourself, maintain your composure like an adult and send an email or PM or something later on.

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I know you are a little slow because you were blessed with such good looks and charm. Boundaries, boundaries, boundaries. It has nothing to do with manners it has to do with being completely self absorbed and unable to think beyond the tip of your own nose.  

can endure the light of day. But until the little mind-reading drones are going around and reporting back that the familiar woman you saw has done underground business with you, we need to forebear from giving this world of excessive laws any reason to think something is going on.  

At most a polite smile of acknowledgement then when I got home maybe an email saying "Hi, was that you at xyz".  No way I would ever approach the lady in public.

that MOST likely those  men who  said I never even look at her side .. most of them feel shy with no reasons.. it is how they were brought up -  catholics  for whom any woman is sin and sex is dirty .. they afraid themselves ...
 what we are talking about ...
 thanks for nice explanation  
Octovert

I agree Grace.. . eom !!

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If I spotted a client while out and about I may wink or give a a small wave. If I'm alone, or even just not have anyone with me in that aisle, I'd have no problem if you came up to me and said hi. My family may think you're a weirdo dominatrix client, but as long as you don't mind, lol.

It is never a good idea.  
I was in stop and shop one day ( back in the stone age when I was a provider). I was with a friend who was a provider too. We were in the cereal isle and we hear someone at the end of the isle screaming "Jill, Megan! And running towards us. If looks could kill he would have dropped dead then and there. God forbid if we were family or friends or even our SO. It is wrong! This also happened at the Mall with one of my girls yelling Jill in the middle of Macy's. I was with my mother. I just told the girl, sorry you must have me mistaken for someone else. My private life is just that PRIVATE!  

Posted By: undertheradar2

A provider or hobbyist do you acknowledge them or mind your own business?   I for one mind my own business unless I am absolutely sure they are alone and I am alone.. .  On second thought...  
   
 So I am saying .. NO  do not acknowledge them at all. in case you were wondering..  
   
 What say you?  

-- Modified on 7/5/2013 2:36:34 PM

god knows I would have flogged him...*shaking my head*  

xox
Nic

You don't always know who maybe watching, or what they will say/think if they see you.

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I never acknowledge the guy whatsoever, but as long as I'm alone, I don't mind if someone comes up to talk to me. They key here is to not walk up and use my FAKE WHITNEY NAME. Just in case I might be with someone who is, say, 10 feet away from me when you walk up, I don't wanna have to explain why they called me Whitney.

No need to get into a chat or anything. I smile and say, "Hi" to people I see (that I don't know) when I'm out walking all the time.  
Smiling at a beautiful lady is natural. You don't have to let on to anyone that there is anything more to it than a common greeting/flirt.
As for the hobbyist/provider line, I'm obviously on the other side, so take my advice with a grain.

in my current occupation I travel a lot.   I stay at a lot of hotels and I have a couple of major chains that are clients in my local territory.  if that bump into happens just play it cool.   Myself I would never embarrass a provider by calling them out in public.  I remember a couple of years ago I was having lunch at a boutique hotel in NYC. I was with a coworker from our NY office.  Anyway when we were brought into the seating area by the hostess I turned around and noticed my coworker had become very nervous.  I scanned the area and saw a lady in the seating area eating alone.  I thought I recognized her.   I hobby when I travel for work as well .   My coworkers demeanor confirmed it although I didn't mention it.  I just casually mentioned to him hey do you mind sitting in the bar so we can watch TV.  he accepted the offer and we had a nice lunch.

better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt......