So there's a fine line between reality and fantasy. The infamous post re: Farrah is the reality side and even had me "check" how much I invest in appointments longer than 2 hours. Then I read your post Michelle and it reminds me of why I do 2 hour and longer appointments.....because of the positives. I don't do extended appointments often, unless there is an obvious vibe/connection. And that has happened on several occasions.
Occasion 1: In my early hobby days my third experience was with a newbie provider. We joke to this day that we both "broke-into-the-league" at the same time. In short, she was gorgeous (a 10 by any standard), she was intelligent, conversational, engaging, etc. etc.. She broke my cherry for overnight/weekend appointments. I flew her out to meet me in San Fran and Vegas while I was there on business. She made the economics of those trips very affordable w/o any request by me. Simply put, we thoroughly enjoyed our time together. She has since retired and is married living on the west coast. We stay in contact to this day simply on a friendship basis. Her post provider world is stable, from what I see, and she's made the transition well. A rarity indeed in the hobby world.
Occasion 2: Mid hobby career I happened upon another provider who a joy to be with as she mastered the art caring and paying attention to detail. She would hang my clothes for me at the beginning of a session; during the session her goal was to make sure I was shooting air by the time I walked out the door. At the end of one our sessions she even broke out the hotel iron to press my shirt as she said it was a bit to wrinkled for me to back to work with it like that. When she came to the cross road of retirement she sent me an email noting that though she is retiring she wanted to continue to see me and apparently a few other of her clients. At the time I declined cause I saw the potential for things to cross that line into reality. I also thought she'll be back as most do from "retirement." NOT! I have not seen any trace of her since she left the business. I now regret that I did not keep in touch with her as she really knew how to make you feel like the king on the throne.
Occasion 3: Met a provider via a long ago now defunct agency. We had an exquisite couple of sessions with major connection/vibe. During one of our meetings she says she is only doing this for a short period of time. She said she does not date much and really enjoys our time together. She asks me that when she quits would I mind we continue seeing each other for "regular dates", movies, dinner, etc.. She noted, don't worry about the money I could give her whatever I wanted if anything at all. She just really wanted someone to hang out with on occasion. I got spooked and thought this might turn into a Michael Douglass, Fatal Attraction moment so I did not follow through. Another regret. She has since vanished :

(( In retrospect, I think her intentions were genuine and she was not a bunny boiler.
My positive experiences outweigh the negative by a wide margin. I have met my share of jaded providers. Most hide it pretty well but it’s obvious it lurks just below the surface