It all seems so complicated and intimidating. I am mostly intimidated by my lack of knowledge on discretion and screening. I want the sense to know when something seems out of the ordinary operation of things. I am leaning more into maybe going with an agency or some more experienced ladies.

I have been hobbying only for about 10 months. I have had I think 9 dates. 7 of those dates were with the agency, Desirable Companions. My first 5 dates were with DCMD. They were a great way to break-into the hobby. I had to reveal an uncomfortable amount of information to get screened. They actually called me and asked me questions; throwing out my sister's name and others, asking to confirm birthdays an past addresses that they already had. A little freaky, but so far so good.

I know how you feel. I haven't been in the hobby long myself. I haven't tried many agency ladies and used to troll BP. Once I found Preferred411.com, I started to gain some direction. You go through the intial screening and its pretty smooth sailing after that. Many of the ladies here are also on that site. People you see can give you okays that act as defacto references.  

is lettielove a provider or a hobbyist?
lettie, if you're a provider, i pm'd you.
 if you are a hobbyist... oops, disregard!
if you're LE.... well, that wasn't me, someone hacked my account LOL

I don't have Vip membership yet. Ugh, I'm so lost for real.

Missy, you are a good soul. I was reading the OP as a newbie provider looking for some help from experienced providers to get started, just based on this and some other posts. Hard to give specifics without VIP and PM's, though

I say post a partial picture, so we can see what some of us daring types think. Maybe a rondevu is in order.

He / she / it - Still hasnt answered the question.  Interesting

I'm thinking more fishy than interesting... something seems off here.

or a gal looking for a resurrection.

Sorry not a troll. Interested in providing. I didn't mean too take so long.