Misty brought up an interesting point about texting.  I have now changed my mind about it.  I figured I could manage the trail on my end, never get specific, and never would go blind into a situation on texts alone.  BUT I recently received a couple of early AM texts from a provider I saw once over a year ago.

A google number. You can route calls to your phone, enable or disable the number when you desire. No need to buy a prepaid or use your own personal number.  

Girls randomly texting people they've seen, months or even years later, to offer a special or some such?  

I agree, a Google voice number is a great idea.  Maybe do some more research on the ladies you would like to spend time with.  If you do a   of their contact info, her reviews and other info will come up. If nothing comes up or you see red flags such as multiple girls using the same number, mention of illegal activities in her ads, no reviews or fake pics (etc, etc, etc), you should move on.  Stay off BP and other low end sites.

Also leave it on vibrate and leave the ringer off!

+1 on Google voice. Works great, and you can just delete the ap from your phone when you need certain discretion.

2 cent lecture:
First: If you hobby using your regular phone you are a fool. If you leave don't have a timed, passworded lockout on that phone you are a bigger fool. If you leave that phone setting out, you are the biggest fool.
Second: You are whining. If you hobby without preplanned, plausible deniability, you...    
OK, this one is easy:  
Someone asks "who texted". You delete it saying "It was some spam thing"
Someone reads it and says "What is this?!" You look at, slowly linger, then read it out loud slowly like it makes no sense and you say "It must be some kind of spam... But what does it even mean?" Then you look  again say "Huh" delete it, look disinterested, say "weird" and change the subject.
etc etc.

Pretty uncalled for post so I can see why you hide.  No worries.  For the record, since you called me a liar, it was two texts about a week apart.  Sheesh.  I wasn't expecting texts from a person I saw once, 16 months ago.  I see no respectable reason to send those texts whatever the "reasons".  I'm sure she had her reasons and it makes me all warm inside that you are glad to get those texts.  
 

I have not seen this client in almost 2 years, and he still texts me it is disrespectful.  I have an SO & a family.  I would not text you without permission

That is so bizarre. I could never imagine just texting somebody out of the blue like that, letting them know I'm at a new location. I would assume it would just be common sense, since not every client has a hobby phone, but I guess not every provider has common sense. I mean, don't get me wrong, I do have a few select clients I will e-mail or text message out of the blue to say hello, and ask how they're doing but these are men who have made it VERY clear that it's okay to do so. I don't just go scrolling through phone numbers and start texting away... if she was promotion, she needs to turn to the ad boards. Sheesh.

...didn't call you a liar
...didn't say you should feel differently than you do
...didn't defend the provider's actions

That was a general concept of deception and redirection, spoken, by the way, from successful experience.  Practiced, skilled and lot's of it.

You're right. Sadly, from stories I hear from lady friends I think even a greater percentage of clients have no common sense.

I received text messages from two different providers a few weeks ago. They may have been on the same day, but I don't think there was any connection between the two. One was from a provider that I saw over two years ago; she must have been aggressively pursuing appointments! The other one was from a provider that I had contacted several weeks earlier but had not seen her.

You directly called me a fool and a whiner.  And indirectly called me a liar and defended the provider's actions.  I cannot help it if you do not understand what you wrote.  

Nice to hear someone else brave enough to speak out against such behavior.

"I cannot help it if you do not understand what you wrote." ... there are no words for such stupidity.

I stand by my statement.  You clearly do not understand the meaning of the words that you are writing.  Your logic is flawed in your responses to me.  You'll have to figure it out for yourself.  I do not have the time to handhold you through it.  

I don't respond to being baited, so say what you will. Your opinions are fine, they are yours and they do not bother me. It's surprising that my opinion have had the sort of impact on you that they have.

That's exactly the point. It's in your thoughts, not something you do.

You know how that reads, right?  You have fully resorted to the person I thought you were.  We're done.

..that the bully just said being called a bully is ironic shortly before trying to bully someone using textbook grade school bully techniques.  

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Good info on alternate contacting methods.  I agree and have changed.  Just wasn't expecting someone to reach out from my past like that.  I was a newb then but she did have over 100+ reviews here.  She's legit and been around awhile (which is another reason it seemed strange to get a random couple of texts).    

You think a face-to-face discussion is a euphemism for a fight? /eyerolls  There is something genuinely wrong with your thinking processes.

And you too think a face-to-face discussion is a euphemism for a fight? Your reputation as a drama queen precedes you. You know that right?