Please tell me if any of you active gentleman would use a provider as a reference if you haven't seen them for a year or more?

Can you?  
Most of the ladies I see want current references, not one's pulled from the archives. IMHO it's a bit rude to ask for a reference from that long ago.  
I try to use Date Check for screening because it works both ways but if the lady wants additional references I ask a regular or someone I've seen in the last 3 months.

to use someone whom you haven't met in a while

I remember people I saw 13 yrs ago.. Circa 2001..I remember the illegal brothel I used to frequent in SmallTown, PA, and my first appointment with a provider who almost ripped me off. Then first great appointment like Simone of DC in Jan of 2003... Lila shortly afterwards...  I even talked to Simone about seeing Robin and asked her if she would be OK giving me reference..  I remember everything like it were yesterday..

to see a provider in a year or more yet think it's OK to expect them to be willing to take the time to verify you.  Although I agree it's a bit stupid as well.

That is the problem with the referral system, if you're not a regular hobbyist then your 'contacts' are soon out of date.  Yes, I know its a year, but lets say you just dabble a few times a year and some are BP girls, AMPs UTR, or agencies - hard to get referrals  Hell, you can be damn active and still have issues depending on your mongering preferences.

But safety is so important . I don't have any room for mistakes, being a parent. Especially when you say something like seeing BP ladies and agencies??? I don't take references from them either. While I know a lot of BP ladies have reviews now, I just don't like to take chances.

General guidance would be to have seen a lady within the last 6 months, 12 months at the most.  6 years...no way.

that you saw that guy but it was over a year ago. That is if he was a gentleman you have no problem giving him a positive  ref. If not, you could say was no longer welcome to see you.  Also, you don't have to reply, ya know.  

i  don't think is rude... is a reference still... I would not mind.

I think it is at the discretion of the provider. However, I would not expect a provider to give a reference if I haven't seen her in over a year.

If it was a year, wouldn't do it.  The 'dark' side is somebody could be using his information.  

There is a provider in Vegas that I see about once a year that I'll use as a reference.  I've missed a year now and then, so there may have been times that it had been over 12 months since we'd seen each other last that I asked her for a reference.

I hobby so infrequently but still keep in contact thru email with my ATF and will on occasion use her as a reference and she doesn't seem to mind.  Plus I moved out of the area and only visit on a quarterly basis.

I have people who I haven't seen for years asked me to be their reference. I was always happy to do so.

I use references more than a year old. If you had a good connection, why not?

Some are hard to forget.  The hotter they are the easier to remember.  YOU are impossible to forget.

You usually will keep your profile current with either posting a review at a later time or something to that nature from what I have heard.

I travel almost constantly, so I may not have the opportunity to see a lady frequently.  But a few I keep in touch with quite often--e-mails, texts, phone calls, etc.  I have never had an issue using them as references.  One lady retired for a couple years but she and I kept in touch, and she even spent a weekend with me when she was on vacation.

Me too. If it has been awhile since I had seen them, I let them know that. It's up to them if they want to see them or not. I'm at a place  in my life that I have a lot to lose now, I want to be stay safe and there has been a lot of creative LE activity that has come across my email as well in the last year.  Thx for your input lady