I've read some of the different topics but I haven't seen one where people on here talk about the different terms for "Clients".  I've been doing this off & on for nearly 21 years. And I've always referred to the people(Men, Woman & Couple's) who take my services as "Clients". Is there other safe terms to use besides "Hobbyists"?!!

Date, friend, customer, patron, john (or joan! Hi lopaw!), trick, meal ticket, slobbyist.... It just depends on how you feel about them personally and how you want to portray them in conversation lol.  

When a lady posted that one of her regulars wanted her to call him her boyfriend instead of client.

I was trying to find a new term to use when I post my ads, because sometimes I get the distinct impression that I am recieving emails or calls from those who are part of law enforcement and I am trying to weave people like that out.

I don't know... I feel like if they're trying to "get" you, what you call your clients isn't going to matter one way or the other lol. Either way, best of luck!

Covers everybody all at once...good, bad or other.

Meat.

...Loser (Who wants that?)

addict, adherent, admirer, applicant, bedfellow, boarder, buyer, caller, chump, client, cohort, companion, consumer, devotee, disciple, emptor, end user, fan, fancier, freak, frequenter, guest, habitué, hanger-on, lackey, member, minion, mark, participant, partaker, partisan, patron,  
proselyte, prospect, purchaser, pupil, renter, servant, shopper, stooge, sucker, user, vendee, visitor, and worship

Honestly, don't bother.  It doesn't matter if you call yourself a sexual healer and those who pay for your services "patients"..... if LE feel they have enough to press charges, they will.  

I think the term client is respectful. Of course they come in the form of : men, women, couples, animals (just kidding April's fools), but they are seeking a service, therefore they're clients. Just like a provider I would think an accurate term that doesn't offend us would be "escort".

Since my screening requires I know who they are by name, it does make it a bit more personal. I mean, I wouldn't want them to walk in and I say "Hello bbfs4ever!" or "Hello bonordonor!" lol!

First of all, what kind of screening are you doing? If you are worried about LE, the screening process is the way to weed that out.  

Given the names I've been called during my 65 years, it really doesn't matter what they call me, as long as they keep agreeing to see me.

joker
toker  
midnight smoker
picker  
grinner
lover
sinner

...but my fave is whoremongering pig.

Saks or Neiman Marcus..

If you'll be my bodyguard
I can be your long lost pal
I can call you Betty
And Betty when you call me
You call me Al.. Call me Al.

would that all providers felt like that!  and that all clients reciprocated!

I agree. I usually give my first name anyway and I like it when she remembers it and uses it with me.

Archaic spelling, but still it could be somebody's name, somewhere. LOL

if i were a provider i wouldn't reply to any email that didn't include references in their first email.

i said eofm, mf!

"hello bbfs4ever!"

many ladies post ads talking about meeting 'new friends' and 'old friends.'

Ms. St. Claire,
Maybe you can start using the term libidinal,social and intellectual paramours who hold me in such high esteem that they compensate me for my time.  Those that truly have an immense affinity for me that they must be with me for hours on end.   That way the reasons that they come see you could be as diversed as the personalities themselves and there is no specific reason for why they visit you.

If they don't address me by name, or mention anything that identifies me, that's also a sure sign of a mass email... LE? Not sure. But anyone who has the time to mess around with people individually and privately on the net may not be someone I want to be dealing with.  

...there are often times that an email needs to be sent to clarify a reasonable question or concern before following up with pertinent screening info. There is no way that I will send all of my info if I'm not even sure that our pairing will be a good or even a suitable fit.

as long as you call me for supper.