Good Evening Ladies & Gentlemen of Boston,

I explored the hobby a tiny bit a few years ago and quite honestly enjoyed it immensely!  Now I find I want to enjoy it a bit more, but I'm worried that some things in our "world" has changed.  Is it still common practice to screen potential new friends?  Do you gentlemen still expect to give some personal information in order for us ladies to verify your identity?  

I've been asked on a few dates via email and when I respond with a polite request for information to verify them, I don't get a reply.  I'm rather shocked that a few that have contacted me fail to fill out a basic appointment form that I provide on my website.

Any insight or suggestion would be wonderful!  

My deepest gratitude in advance!

Kisses,
Lily

There will always be a percentage of clients who refuse to submit to screening. But there are plenty more who have no issues with it at all, and can follow simple instructions. The ones who can't, or won't, probably aren't the ones you want to deal with anyway.

Be careful, things have changed quite a bit in Mass since the new law went into effect.

to be a provider, and the LE focus has shifted to going after the hobbyists, a guy would have to be a fucking idiot to give screening information in Mass.  Talk about self incrimination.  Why would a guy want to give LE written proof of something that could land him in jail for 2!/2 years if the provider is busted with her laptop.

Used to be, the main LE issue was the Hobbyist that couldn't keep his mouth shut if approached by LE coming out of a session. LE would offer to let him walk or not charge if he rolled over on the Provider, and the weak would do so.

Now, the guys have to trust that the provider will keep quiet when given the same deal.  Any takers on that trust.  I wouldn't think so.  The guy would have to trust that the provider hasn't pissed off the hotel staff in any way so that they call in LE.  The guy would then have to trust that she dumps the info upon verification.  Ant then the guy would have to trust that she won't just print out a list when told that she can walk if she does.

Most smart guys go to NH or RI nowadays.

That's fucked up, and sucks.  Great post Tude, and maybe you could elaborate on the ramifications of the new laws  for hobbyists and providers?

Wow - I was not aware of the new laws.  That really does stink and puts cramp in my visit to Boston.  I'm still waiting for my first review to verify I'm a legitimate provider.  Ugh... Thank you guys and ladies, for the heads up!

xoxo,
Lily

It's still a misdemeanor for the guys, as well as for providers. But for anyone associated with a provider (eg, answering phones, booking, driving, screening, etc) it's a felony with a minimum mandatory 5 years (no parole, no suspended sentences, no time off for good behavior). Even if the person helping the provider isn't being paid (which is what people used to claim to avoid the old "deriving support from prostitution" law), it still applies. The new law is very broad in it's definitions, and assumes that all providers are just unwitting fools who are being taken advantage of or being forced into working, even if they're not. I'm all for punishing those who actually do force women into this life, but this new law is ridiculous in the way it's written and the assumptions it makes. It was clearly done primarily to generate publicity in my opinion.

By the way while we're on the subject, adultery and oral sex, are actually felonies in Mass. Both with minimum mandatory sentences of 2 years. Anal sex is a felony with a minimum mandatory 10 years. It just shows you how screwed up this state is when it comes to sex.

All you need to do is be careful as in any state.

Not jsut with your info, but with all of the other variables that could lead to you getting popped.

They specifically ADDED a section to the law for clients/hobbyists.  The jumped the penalty from possible 1 year / $500.00 fine to

TWO and A HALF years / $1,000.00

Which raised the level of Misdomeanor to a more prosecutorial priority, trumping the provider.  There's NO more walking away or getting a dismissal for costs on the internet based provider busts/stings.

Look, the Fed Task force is doling out Money to States that buy into their approach of taking on the demand rather than the supply (just like the drug war in the 80's).  It's doomed to fail, but in the meantime, the focus IS shifting to us instead of the Providers.  Knowing that, why in the fuck would you give them ammo to shoot you by providing your real contact info.

Fearmongering??  Read below - YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH IT.  YOU JUST HAVE TO SET THE APPOINTMENT.   Don't you think that maybe you SHOULD be afraid?

The Law

[ Text of section effective until February 19, 2012. For text effective February 19, 2012, see below.]

 Section 53A. (a) Whoever engages, agrees to engage, or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee, or whoever pays, agrees to pay, or offers to pay another person to engage in sexual conduct, or to agree to engage in sexual conduct with another natural person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $500 or by both such imprisonment and fine, whether such sexual conduct occurs or not.

 (b) Whoever pays, agrees to pay, or offers to pay any person with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 14, or whoever is paid, agrees to pay, or agrees that a third person be paid in return for aiding a person who intends to engage in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 14, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years or in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, whether such sexual conduct occurs or not.

Chapter 272: Section 53A. Engaging in sexual conduct for a fee; engaging in sexual conduct with child under age 18 for a fee; penalties

[ Text of section as amended by 2011, 178, Sec. 25 effective February 19, 2012. For text effective until February 19, 2012, see above.]

 Section 53A. (a) Whoever engages, agrees to engage or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 1 year or by a fine of not more than $500, or by both such imprisonment and fine, whether such sexual conduct occurs or not.

 (b) Whoever pays, agrees to pay or offers to pay another person to engage in sexual conduct, or to agree to engage in sexual conduct with another person, shall be punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 2 and one-half years or by a fine of not less than $1,000 and not more than $5,000, or by both such imprisonment and fine, whether such sexual conduct occurs or not.

 (c) Whoever pays, agrees to pay or offers to pay any person with the intent to engage in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 18, or whoever is paid, agrees to pay or agrees that a third person be paid in return for aiding a person who intends to engage in sexual conduct with a child under the age of 18, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 10 years, or in the house of correction for not more than 2 and one-half years and by a fine of not less than $3,000 and not more than $10,000, or by both such imprisonment and fine, whether such sexual conduct occurs or not; provided, however, that a prosecution commenced under this section shall not be continued without a finding or placed on file.

The same thing many new hobbyists like myself are...I would love to get a few white page referrals, but all the providers that do those, want you verified first...Its a chicken/egg problem.

Can you post your first review here?

Tude checkmated you, Charlie 101. You owe him an apology! "Total fearmongering"... really? I can't believe that active "hobbyists" don't follow legal developments in the state where they play. It is all part of the anti-male bias of the post-modern, post-structuralist left. In their view women are perpetual victims, and all men are rapists/exploiters. Remember the Duke Lacrosse case? That case was not a fluke, it reflects the radical legal theories that permeate our once great, now degenerate law schools! When you get lugged do you think you will get much support from the MSM? Will the Boston Globe show you the same sympathy they show illegal aliens who kill people while driving drunk? Will that contemptable rag, The Boston Phoenix, publish articles pointing out how men ensnared by this law are being scapegoated, or will they beat the drum for their incarceration? The same Boston Phoenix that derives profit from pages & pages of escort ads will pronounce you guilty solely because you are a member of that most hated minority of the left, white heterosexual males. "Guilty as charged... next case!" Client focused LE and prosecution has been the rule in the "Workers' Paradise" of San Francisco for decades. 1984 style totalitarianism just kind of snuck up on ya wearing a smiley face, didn't it? Hope & Change... Hope & Change! I have been seeing this coming for a long time. I stopped reviewing years ago, and when this VIP subscription runs out I will not be renewing. I'm glad I never visited Jill's Roomservice, the other shoe still might drop on that situation. If not RSG, it will be some other agency that starts the dominoes falling, just a matter of time. With any luck at all, some of you could be an election year splashy headline for that monstrous harradan, Martha Coakley!