you have to stay on your toes.
Well look at you with the humble brag about how hot your wife is lol. Not being a cynic, I believe that she really is and I tip my hat to the both of you.
Oh man that sucks your first couple experiences didn’t turn out to be what you thought it would. You paid good money, you put in effort to show up and it fell flat a bit. It really stinks when that happens, with anything. You ain’t alone. Unfortunately there’s an expression I’ve seen on the boards here too many times to count. You pays your money and you takes your chances. Research and community manages that risk tremendously but zero risk is not a thing.
As so many here have already said there’s a lot of research and building instincts to do. You get out what you invest, with time and effort as well as cash.
There’s really no magic bullet here, it’s about finding enough pieces of information from various places for you to be comfortable making a decision. Try to be a skeptic without becoming cynical.
Anyways, this place, much like some of the people here, is a GIANT TOOL. However it is not the end-all of escort research. Yeah, you can’t trust all the reviews. That’s shitty it really is. This is the reality.
You’ve already gotten some good advice from folks here but I’ll try to add a bit. Paste phone numbers and email addresses into search engines. Sometimes you’ll find quite a bit of posting history. If she’s been using the same pics since 2015 then at a minimum you know they’re that old. Could still be not even her but you know they’re old.
If she’s been using the same name and contact info for a long time, that bodes well for you. She’s not running away from a bad reputation. Don’t take that to mean that a change is automatically bad. It can be a bit of a red flag but there are many perfectly valid reasons a lady may change her number.
I don’t know where you are in life, but for me personality is at least AS important as looks, probably more. So how does she present herself? Does her website look like it was thrown together in an hour or is it polished? Does the copy read like a 15 year old valley girl texting her friends or is it coherent English? Does she have a sense of humor?
Is she respecting herself by establishing boundaries in her ad/site? This isn’t only menu, it can be availability, contact method, boozy Johns, any number of things. As always, moderation. A yuge wall of rules half in caps is usually a red flag for me. Look for the signs of effort and professionalism like you would any business.
Really pay attention to what she’s putting out there and find somebody you think you’ll click with.
Besides the looks issue, your OP sounds like basically her enthusiasm/connection or menu was not what you were expecting based on reviews. That right? That’s probably due to exaggerated reviews, or else the provider having a bad day or starting to burn out. (Doesn’t make it okay though) There is another side of that coin.
Without pointing fingers I can say a lot of appointments are ruined before they begin. Did you ask for a time outside her posted availability or for last minute? Did she have to ask you for the cash? Was your grooming and hygiene on point? Did you ask her as many questions leading up the appointment as I’m asking you here?
Don’t get me wrong, NONE of these things is an acceptable excuse for shitty service or for bait and switch; not on looks or service. I’ve just learned that some courtesy and respect and demonstrating that you can pay the fuck attention goes a long ways in terms of the ol’ YMMV. And I’m not trying to talk to you like you’re an idiot. I don’t know you and you said you’re new. Spend some time on the newbie board, you’ll be astounded how uncommon common sense is for some people.
You’re absolutely right, a lot of reviews aren’t realistic. It sucks. Some guys are in denial about buyers remorse and write reviews trying to convince strangers and themselves they made a good choice and had a great time. Some are trying to one-up each other about how great a time SHE had with them. I think some reviews are written before the john comes down from the high of the session, when the rose colored glasses are still on. Some use their TER profile for screening and they’re afraid to write anything less than glowing praise because if they do, providers won’t book them. Some just sort of rephrase a recent review of some lady they never met, to get the VIP days.
For that I’ll echo what Jensen and ickylib said. Review the reviewers. Big time. You find a review that sounds good, go see how many that person has written and read at least some of the others.
You’re probably looking for women with the qualities you want and then checking her reviews. Not a damn thing wrong with that, it’s efficient. It can be limiting. It works great in sort-of reverse if you have the time:
From the reviews page, hit that new reviews tab in the top left and put in your location. That will bring up all the reviews posted in your city in the last two weeks. Look at the profile and ad and at least the most recent two reviews for at least the first ten women on the list. Even the women you think you don’t wanna see; this is about learning to scan reviews critically.
At least once a week, run that search again and read all the reviews in your area posted since the last time you did it. Over time you will find women you never knew you were looking for, and you’ll start remembering the names of reviewers you can trust. (And can’t trust) I bet nobody is still reading this. I bet twenty five bucks not one person is still reading me ramble on here. The first person, and only the first, to call me out on this gets a twenty five dollar prepaid debit card or amazon card. Well, that’s if it’s a provider. If it’s a monger then they can nominate a provider with whom they’re smitten and I’ll give it to them. I’m gonna have to figure out how the hell to get it to them but by gosh I’m gonna do it! Back on topic, soon you’ll be calling bullshit on reviews before even looking at her other reviews just based on what you saw on her website.
I got a whole other lecture about how a preoccupation with an excess of expectation is one of your worst enemies during a session. But I’m guessing everyone wants me to shut up. Basically, inform yourself and all that but at the end of the day you and whoever you find yourself in a room with, you’re both human beings. Leave room to BE… people. Show up and flow with the go bro.
Be safe. Have fun. Don’t eat oysters during a month that hasn’t got any R’s in it. Fuzzy clams, sure knock yourself out. But not oysters, bud.