Discovering the existence of review and discussion sites like TER and verification services like p411 allowed me to learn the ropes and engage in the activity with relatively little risk of ending up in the county jail.

Obviously nature provided the impulse to seek variety.  Limits are now funding and schedule rather than limited supply or risk avoidance

Was going through a health scare that perplexed some dr.  Decided I'd like to meet some beautiful ladies who wouldn't give me the time of day in real life before I check out..  Long story short found a good dr, major surgery and tumor free. I still like to see a beautiful lady every now and again.

My first hobby experience was at a Legal brothel in Nevada called the Cherry Patch 2 in 1991. The memory of watching 20 beautiful ladies line up for my choosing is still one of my favorites! I had a great time there but it nothing compared to the experiences i have had through TER here. You ladies here in Minnesota are absolutely phenomenal

I was having trouble finding women who wanted an affair with me, and then some Canadian politician got busted in a local sting.  I read some reviews of the ad site, and decided that since the stings were part of a national effort, the cops would be tied up with the courts, the pimps would be in hiding, and the only ones daring to show their faces would be the independent women who were doing it of their own free will.  After a couple failed phone calls, I finally got a hookup, and promptly met my ATF.  Later I googled her number, just out of curiosity, to see what would come up...and discovered TER.

I was in a monogamous relationship and I was away from home for work most weeks. I started on Craigslist, then RedBook and finally TER. The more I learned the interested I became. I really didn't want to have an affair, I just wanted to have sex.

The hobby becomes a lifestyle after a while. We all take breaks from time to time, but most of us come back. It is just too fun.

Now I'm on SA and having even more fun.

I was a horny 20 something with way to much extra fundage in the bank.  That was back in the day when the economy worked for Gen X.  I was living on the east coast, no attachments and looked at the classifieds on a weekly newspaper.  Back in the day when the hobby worked best.  I called up, spoke to a male scheduler and he described who was available.  I chose and guess what...the lady that showed up was just as described.  She and I got nakey and she rubbed out one of the best I've had cause it was the first.  Over the years I moved back to this frozen shithole and was on TER when it first started.  Back when the internet was starting and fun...I had a different handle back then and never posted on the discussion as it was for guys and gals that really had balls.  I met a lovely woman, married her, divorced her and was gone for a long stretch.  At time of separation I jumped back in.  I was again silent for a year on TER and then (there was plenty of drama going on at that time) I jumped into the discussion because I was seeing so much manipulation when you viewed reviews vs what was going on on the board.  The spawn of Wong...and yes...if you want to know what my handle is about it's bongwater in another fashion.  I adore cheep beer and high quality smoke.  Any other questions PM me...I'm an open book and I don't bite unless asked or backed in a corner.

...and my wife, who had a weight issue, was losing interest in sex. Even when we were doing it, it was pretty vanilla, due to logistics and her selfishness. There were a lot of things she refused to do.

I made a big mistake marrying her, but I was caught at the time and I really resented her trying to take control of my sexuality. You see, she got upset and resentful about me masturbating. Yeah, while we were not having sex!  

So I kind of started doing research about the hobby and made some furtive phone calls. Finally, when I had a window of opportunity, I did it, and even though I got started in the seediest motel in the Cities with a provider I'd probably not give the time of day at this point, I'd found TER by this point and started seeing better and better women. In short weeks I found a provider I saw for the next six years and in a few months I found my ATF.  

It was exciting and it felt like I was taking back something I'd given up. My marriage ended about 9 months after I started hobbying and I kept doing it. No regrets.

The thought I could die tomorrow without ever having porno sex with a hot woman made me take action. And it wasn't with the SO. While in San Fran on business and viewing Redbook, it all seemed so easy and not risky...and so it was and so it continues. Thanks for a post provoking some interesting responses, a nice change.

When I first got into this hobby many years ago, it was after three years of dating many different women. Lots of first dates, very few third dates. Then I got involved with a hottie who was seriously BSC. During that three-month rollercoaster relationship, I went to a wild bachelor party for a friend. After the scheduled entertainers left, some guys started talking about escorts. I asked some questions, and found out that the local agencies were all listed in the yellow pages, under E for Escort. After the BSC relationship ended, it took me a couple of weeks to work up the nerve to call an agency.