I've wrestled with that same thought.
[QUOTE=CasualReader;5824616]One could argue that we, as participating parties are enabling their addictions are just as culpable as the people that supply the substance they abuse. I've wrestled with this thought many times usually after having seen someone that is clearly in the middle of a full-blown drug addiction. Usually brushing it off as, 'well, at least now they won't get sick'. I've long stopped seeing providers that I knew or suspected of addiction.
If anyone is interested in Baileys obit I can direct you there if you DM me.[/QUOTE]Having seen her 6 years ago and then again recently and the change between the two meetings.
No public information re: Bailey's death
[QUOTE=TJ321;5825491]Please do not post her obit publicly. Allow her some dignity.[/QUOTE]Of Course. I won't publish that.
Time for the Admin to move some stuff to a different thread
OK, we get it. The girl passed away. Admin, please move that to another thread. That's not why we're here in this thread. Did drugs or didn't do drugs. It has nothing to do with escort reports.
Satisfaction is rarely obtained
[QUOTE=Flagrant;5829812]This take is understandable. We tend to dehumanize ourselves through this activity. We feel entitled to satisfaction because we pay. That satisfaction is rarely obtained. The girls we see are far from capable of interacting with us like normal human beings. And they sure don't seem to like being our sex toys either. LOL.
But when one of them dies, it's pretty normal to express appreciation and sadness.[/QUOTE]"Somewhat rarely obtaining satisfaction. Getting ripped off 50% of the time with first time contact with a provider. And then really what is it like 90% of the time it's just not even worth it. So when you hit that 10% window and you're persistent like most of us are here yeah we get a little bit fonder these corporeal entities that provide us with Pleasure. So yeah I suppose we can all get a little gossipy and wanting to know stuff when one of the 10 % moves on."
Is it inherently de-humanizing?
[QUOTE=Flagrant;5829812]This take is understandable. We tend to dehumanize ourselves through this activity. We feel entitled to satisfaction because we pay. That satisfaction is rarely obtained. The girls we see are far from capable of interacting with us like normal human beings. And they sure don't seem to like being our sex toys either. LOL.
But when one of them dies, it's pretty normal to express appreciation and sadness.[/QUOTE]In the past, there have been girls I've seen regularly enough to establish a real rapport with. No illusions on either side, but we genuinely liked one another's company in the same way you might be friendly with anyone else in a commercial relationship (for instance, there's no reason you and your plumber can't be buddies). The girls were low volume and had legitimate day jobs. Baristas, clerical work etc. The key is that the girls weren't in the game to support an all-consuming drug habit and so had their act together. It's addiction rather than prostitution per se that dehumanizes them and by extension their clients.
I can't imagine having any kind of friendship or human rapport with the typical drug-addled STG gal. Most addicts would stab their own mother to death for their next fix if that's what it takes, so it's asking too much for human interaction with strangers like us.
I never saw Bailey, but I get the impression from reading people's posts that some of the guys here were her regulars and were on good terms with her even off the clock, so I can see why they'd be saddened at her loss, especially if she started out like the first type I describe and wound up like the second type.