Caught Pretty Woman on tv recently and it got me to wondering - have any providers and hobbiests ever connected and lived "happily ever after" ala Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in the movie?  Is this pure fiction or has a relationship ever developed?

I don't think there is a happily ever after ala companion and hobbyist other than in the movies but I do think that if we are lucky to make a connection that we can have someone come into our life for a season where we can be happy for that certain period of time. But all good things eventually do come to an end.

Just kidding.
The answer is no and that's just because we don't want or need to be rescued. I believe you make reference to the ending of the movie, but I'll talk about the entire movie. It is true, we meet successful businessmen who go above and beyond for us, but we do the same in return. I'll be confident enough and tell you that we don't need to be educated, mentored, dressed or taught how to eat properly. We are not called "escorts" for nothing. We are trained courtesans. We are the best. Again, we don't need to be rescued and we don't expect that.

When it comes to falling in love with each other... of course it happens! Sometimes we deeply connect and fall for each other, but I would not recommend pursuing it any further. I am sure a lot of ladies will agree with me.

I've dated a few clients and thought it was love but at the end of the day things never lasted

Sounds like the Book of Ecclesiastes, Mila. Yes, a season for everything. Someone as lovely as you will have many try to sweep you off your feet.

A provider who's been in the business for as many years as I have met the love of her life a year ago. He's wealthy, a world traveler and knows what she does (did) for a living. It didn't matter to him. He loved her for her. So yes....I think there are happy endings sometimes.

Now - time for your happy ending!!!!

xo L

I have seen it happen but it is VERY rare.   Never was it about saving someone but when I did see it the realtionship just evolved and then she was gone and his for life-at least for the time being....

Why thank you for the compliment

Ahh, my bad for suggesting that any of you ladies need rescuing, educating, mentoring, teaching how to dress or eat.  Believe me, that was not what I was getting at all.  My question was meant to focus on the ending of the movie - and whether there had been any love connections that formed out of an initial provider/hobbiest relationship.  My apologies for unintentionally insulting any of the wonderful courtesans that make up this community.

I guess it depends on your definition of "happily ever after".  I'm personally aware of two relationships that sprouted out of the hobby.  But didn't necessarily end happily, however I feel the reasons for the failure of those relationship had nothing to do the hobby itself.

At little over ten year ago I got to know a provider (Alexis) pretty well through an agency and we became friendly.  She quit the hobby when she met a client through the agency who "swept her off her feet".  She was in her mid twenties and he was well into his forties, I'm told.  They actually got married and had a couple of kids together, believe it or not.  That agency folded and lost touch with the proprietor but as chance would have we reconnected a couple of years ago and she told me that Alexis and her husband went through a bitter divorce and are currently in a nasty custody battle.

The second case was more recent and more shortlived.  Another provider with whom I had become friendly had met a man through the hobby that she fell for and he for her.  However, he was married.  He actually left his wife for her and they moved in together and she quit providing as well.  However, after about a year he returned to his wife, reportedly for the sake of his kids.  

I myself actually dated a provider I met when I was much younger.  We both enjoyed one another's company but it wasn't enough to sustain a true relationship and we both amicably called it quits after a few weeks.

Well.... I had two providers over the years where things evolved (or devolved) into a dating relationship.  Ultimately, things fell apart because one of us (me) would not stop hobbying.  Lesson learned -- best to not ruin a perfect provider relationship by turning into a dating situation.