It's all about the sex.  If you are looking for love in this arena you should get out know.  Granted, I have some ATF's that I would consider friends (and I belive the feeling is mutual) and our meetings are more like dates than sessions...BUT, I don't delude myself for one minute thinking that our time together is anything but business for them.

I am a super busy businessman and escorts are a great way to have sex and fun without all the hassle that you metioned.  Besides, in the finally analysis, I think the hobby is cheaper for me than dating.  Albiet with no prospect for a long term relationship.

EA

Did you ever consider that you look like a troll

Yes, our "fantasy girlfriends" we meet through TER address certain needs in the overall scheme of the human male psychosexual being.  For some men, those needs are as far as it goes.  However, for most men, just having the physical needs addressed eventually becomes a phrase I used in a different post one time:  an external bandage on internal bleeding.

You said you were "looking for love" when you looked into the Net dating sites.  If this is true, and you were seeking someone for more than just dating and sexual gratification, then it is a much more difficult quest that will take a lot longer to fulfill.  I have met people through the personals (both on and off the Net) since before the Net existed.  It is time consuming, yes, and you have to do a lot of weeding out of people.  Many people in the personals could be considered "second tier relationship material", so it is a lot harder than just popping on TER and looking for good reviews.  There isn't a dating service equivalent of TER yet, unfortunately.  Also, many Net dating sites post a lot of "stock" ads to make it look like there are a lot more (mostly female) prospects on their site than there really are.  I have seen the same picture of certain women with ads on several sites under completely different names and descriptions and backgrounds.

However, as you know and the other posters here have intimated, TER should be viewed as fantasy gratification only, no matter how nice or real or intelligent some ladies may be.  If you are married, or not looking for a real relationship, that is one thing.  However, for those of us who are single and still looking to meet a woman to have a deeper relationship with, it is a tool to be used, that bandage I referred to earlier, while we go through our lives, attending to other matters and keeping our eyes open for someone who we will want to be a larger part of our lives than just as a "provider" or, if lucky, a friend.

It all comes down to priorities.  If having a relationship is a priority to you, you will be receptive to spending the time weeding out people on the Net, or meeting people your friends might fix you up with, or getting involved in social groups, or asking women you meet out in creative ways, or whatever.  I would assume you are fairly good looking, as you made mention of Net women who are "not so good looking" (remember, you need to have the tools... looks, money, attitude, whatever... if you want to attract "hotties"), so if you are patient and apply youself, while spending time with our kind fantasy ladies here at TER as a "bandage", you should eventually meet someone that can be a bigger part of your life.

In the meantime, it is a good idea to put yourself in the place of the type of a woman you want to attract and ask yourself if YOU possess the qualities that SHE would be looking for in a relationship.  It takes two good people to make one good relationship.

Well, paying for it is the only way I'll ever get any.  That's my two cents.....