about dating as in a civilian relationship or dating P4P?

This is probably not the best board to ask the question.  You might get a bigger response if you ask on the GD board, but you would probably get a lot of flack for asking.

If you are asking for the reason I think you are asking, the real question should be how successful the relationships were.

Do a search on the GD board.  There have been several discussions about relationships with providers.

Search  for posts by Scoed on the GD board,  he's married to a provider. Many hobbyists have close relationships with providers. There's otc time involved and there is non hobby communications. That's about as close as I like to get to escorts.

Provider and I am dating a guy that was a client of mine. He had hobbies awhile before me. We meet in the business and had a few session and something just clicked. When things clicked it stopped totally business wise. We have been together for a year now. Things have been really great. He knows what I do, and is tolerant of it. It would be a lie to say that he is ok about me being a provider. But, I have goals set that I want to meet before I get out of the business. He has never asked me to quit my job, he understands my goals and also me wanting to be independent. I have my own place that I pay for, not him, and he had his place. Even though we have our own places we are still together most of the time. We get along great, but my job has caused a few arguments. It is a difficult relationship to have. We both knew that going in. We sat down and talked about how we would handle things that might come up with my job. We determined what would work for us and it has. The few arguments we have had about, we sat down and talked them through and got over the hump.

If you ask this because you are wanting to date someone that is a provider the only advice that I can give is be realistic about it. Dont think she will quit her job for you, you wouldn't want her to because it may cause some resentment down the road. Talk to her find out her goals (I.e. Is this a temporary road to something else). If you can deal with her being a provider talk beforehand about ways to handle difficult things that will come up, and I assure you they will. If you are a jealous type I do not think it would be a relationship for you!

The rest of us are still just paying and playing.

A caveat:  for either party to suggest things be "OTC" or moved to a social rather than professional status when it isn't mutual can risk the other person who does NOT feel this way to feel very uncomfortable and discontinue the professional relationship.

It's like hitting on a coworker who just "likes you as a (work) friend." Knowing you want more when they don't may cause the coworker to avoid you.

Tread very lightly and just be glad the hot girl you are infatuated with will let you spend time with her for a few hundred dollars.

A provider friend of mine had a client who divorced his wife in order to be with her. She relocated to another state and moved in with him. Soon, he got tired of her and resumed hobbying and playing the field. She moved out and hasn't found a civy job in her new city yet, causing her to provide more often. Not her best decision.

Ladies who get involved with former clients need to be careful.