I actually use to have business cards, & when asked out, would hand them a business card(this was 5+ years ago)... most got the hint, but a few would actually still call wanting to go out on a "real" date. Now, I'm rarely ever in situations where I'll be asked out... unless it happens at the grocery store, oil change/car repair, or running other various mundane errands...which most guys won't approach you to ask you out or strike up a conversation when your with your kids(they are a detractor usually!).  

I remember back in 07 or so, I went to get a new car. The salesman REALLY liked me.. but I thought he was just being polite. He let me take the car for a couple of hours(without him) to test drive it around the city, then went and picked up my step-dad so he could test drive it and make sure everything was OK... kept telling me how awesome my parents were(and telling them how nice I was). Fast-forward a week later, & he's still calling my cell phone... I finally broke it down to him completely... he seemed so heart-broken that I wasn't looking for a BF, or to even go on a date.  

Then you are doing pretty good. I thought most civie guys would have a hard time accepting that their girl friend was a "hooker" (no disrespect to you by the terminology). that it would be necessary to "lie" about what you do - of course that then creates a whole series of deceptions which ultimately he will find out the truth and would hurt him enough to leave. So I guess honesty upfront is the best policy.
(of course maybe some guys are flattered at the prospect of "dating" someone for "free" that others guy have to pay to date - so it may make you more attractive to them?)

or exproviders, I think they would disagree as well.

People love to use these broad, sweeping generalizations about the hobby. I think it's a defense mechanism for when:

a provider won't see them off the clock

an asian provider claims she "can't" date

or she tells him any of the other excuses he list's here.

I know a lot of the reason asian sex workers are labeled sex slaves is that many of the girls in order to chase off guys they aren't interested in either claim not to speak english, or say they will get in trouble with the mamasan if they give out their own telephone number. I have known probably at least a couple of hundred asian providers on a personal level of some kind and probably half of them had a boyfriend.

I had a provider tell me that for hobbyists, obviously she required condoms, but for boyfriends, they were allowed bareback...and that makes a certain amount of sense, depending on the sense of trust or not one had with a significant other...What was your policy? How did you justify it? Did you come to regret it or not?