as a total cheapskate my idea of a nine may be someone elses idea of a seven. Hmmm, if six was nine, if all the mountains fell in the sea...

Is there anything CLOSE to a consensus as we soar into the stratosphere of Planet Fuck ?

Is it a balance of qualities, the mad discharge of animalistic passion, does it require a perfect bod, the click of the moment ?

One of my ATFs scores sevens, but my times with her are hours of passionate nonstop bedslat snapping sex. Few have ever come close, and none have exceeded. She's pretty, beautiful to my eyes, but that's the emotion helping.  I've been several times with a girl who gets nines and tens, but she turns me on to a solid seven...

Is this totally subjective. What happens when you say, Damn !, that's NINE !!!!  ?

How can there be any kind of consensus when we're dealing with opinions?  I find it surprising that anyone would even assume that there was one single standard of "perfection" that everyone is going to apply equally.  Of course that's not going to happen!  People don't even attach the same importance to things.  Like someone else mentioned, you've got to read the details to figure out if it's your cup of tea or not.

-Anya

I agree about reading the details. I also look for escorts the reviewer may have seen about whom I may have some intimate knowledge.

As for a 10, IMO: we tend to give out more 8-9 performance ratings than might be as deserved; my 10s were a QUANTUM leap from my 8-9s. ergo: 10 isn't high enough for me. How about 'infinity minus 1' for all you mathemeticians in the crowd.

gaaawd... the human mind cannot process more than six variables at one time... for some reason, maybe knowing that we love good stories as much as we care about the objective truth... I read the reviews like I'm watching Rashomon... my fave is consistent, always the same drive, same connection, so part of my rating goes for consistency. Other women have been hotter once, then lost interest the second time around, or whatever.
  If there is one undeniable basic, that's "connection"... it's an intangible, but it absolutely has got to be there or all else is pink plastic melting before my eyes.

IMHO if you feel you were treated very specially and went away with your head in the clouds, at least a 9 is deserved and maybe even a 10, not matter what the "specific services offered" were. I have said before that I do not agree with TER standards to get a 9 or 10. I think there should be an extra rating point added e.g. "extra ordinary attention" to allow the higher ratings when they are truly deserved even though some of the services (e.g. BBBJ or Greek) were not offered and were not desired. Otherwise some of the most outstanding providers get rated down below others who offer these extras, but do not give the overall level of satisfaction.

I am fairly new to this but after three encounters I am sure my standards are way up there.  I have seen what I consider women that are 6 and 7 on looks, and their reviews show averages of 8 or 9.  Yeah, I got spoiled from 3 years in Brazil.  Yes, I know it's all subjective... spare me the lecture.  But I am going to make a wild guess here that a majority of TER reviewers are somewhat esaily impressed by tight tank tops and push up bras.  A lot of you say you don't care about "model looks", and I agree that chemistry can transcend the purely physical.  But a beautiful face is awfully erotic when she is looking up at you talking dirty in a very sweet way.  Then there is the undeniable high that comes from knowing that the woman you are with is getting a lot of attention.....  is that shallow?  No more than Christmas consumerism, I'd say.  I'll go farther than that and say we men are programmed to a certain degree by social evolution to be drawn like moths to the flame when it comes to "perceived status", including the status of having a desirable partner.  Just had to throw in my 2 cents.

straight ahead blow your doors in sex:

this includes homely to average women who fuck like there's not tomorrow, come repeatedly and intensely, and revel in the juicyness. Ninedom = having to reset the parallax of your eyes afterwards 'cause everything looks funny

awesome emotional connection:

did we know each other in another dimension ? Ninedom = hair raising feeling of deja vu

ungodli gorgeous all the rest of you guys can jes' roll over and die arm candy to the fourth power:

ninedom = traffic slows as you walk past. Wherever you go, you suddely feel like you are the center of the universe. Damn, can you imagine getting that much attention all of the time ?

She gets a 10 only if, she does not need undergarments to keep it together, she cuts those carbs and it shows, she has skills that your momma would even deem appropriate for herself and you better believe that when we go out, there is nothing but solid wood gazing her way.
I feel you and I know exactly what you mean.
Boys, there are some hotter ladies out there who deserve the better reviews but don't get them for a number of reasons, now, I don't want to start throwing screen names of the guys, who I think totally suck or were being sucked when they gave the review.
Up to now, I have had about 3 crappy companions from reviews that made them appear more better than anything out there.
I guess we do have 2 sets of heads.