I hate to use words like 'dollar amount' and 'rates' , but I tend to go see 1-2 providers a week (I know, I really need to slow down) and really search for good specials as opposed to the VIP sessions.  It is actually an interesting way of meeting new people.

Anybody else?  Or is it all about quality or both?  Are you a 1-2 month a visit kind of person.

And on other note: The hobby has slowed down my drinking.  Instead of spending 100 a night on drinks and getting no where except a messed up liver and a hangover, I get to meet pretty ladies and I know I will have a good time.  You notice that too? My view of the world is completely.  Eventually, I need to come back down to earth?

No sense coming back down to earth. There is very little intelligent life to be found.

Your right about the drinking being cut down,and get a better feeling without the little guy being drunk. I look for specials from providers but my atf gives me a break and I take advantage of it.

. . . if you see a provider 1 to 2 times a week. There's always someone to fall back on if you could someone you're dying to see.

I see my ATF 4-6 times a month (like you, I need to slow down) now and see other providers less then once or twice a month.

I was there too.  Mind is back there though.

Now I do about 2 - 3 times a month, and that feels about right.

Go for whatever makes you happy.  That's the point of all this, is it not?

Yes, you may not think of it like that surmising that you can stop anytime you want, can you? Like all things, temper it with a little bit of common sense and do ask for a break if you are a frequent flyer. Now if you aim is to fuck the entire rainbow, you'll need long dough and lots of hard dick. I ain't mad at you, and I am not ashamed to take sloppy seconds every now and then, so when you get hesitant, throw me your overflow. Especially because of your need to keep the ladies in ATM stamps.

I used to see 1 or 2 a week instead of using my roses on other stuff.  Bars and especially strip clubs are way over-rated.

Now I'm down to 1 a week.  The only thing holding me in check is fiscal responsibility.  I set a weekly or monthly limit for myself and if there is a high class lady I want to see, then I just save up for her and don't see my more affordable Craig's List girls for a bit.  That way I'll never get to the point where I have to choose between hobbying or paying the rent.

Many of the highly-rated ladies are worth the wait, and since I'm "in the mood" every hour of every day, there's always porn.

What I have found is that with many of the young visiting girls my age, they just watch TV in their hotel rooms if they don't know anyone here or don't get many calls.  So these girls are often willing to go out after a session with no extra gift.

Exactly.  The distinction between a hobby and an addiction is somewhat arbitrary, like the distinction between a garden plant and a weed: it's really all in the eye of the beholder. If you can afford something, and enjoying it is not interfering with your work or personal relationships, then it's perhaps not an addiction.  But if you or your friends sense it's interfering with the rest of your life, then you've got a problem and should seek help for it.

.. that means 104 times a year.  Assume an economical average of $$$ per session that means over 30K per year.
You are not "working people", you guys are bunch of "rich bastards".

Does anyone know of anyone who has ever knocked off a convience store so that they could see a provider?

Give us a little credit for sharing the wealth rather than keeping all the $ in some musty old bank vault.

And besides, we WERE rich bastards; not so after a few years (or decades) of hobbying.

There was a post sometime back where a guy admitted to embezzlement.

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