Advice

Lesson #1 of 1:

If considering prostitution as a possible enterprise, who better to ask the advice of than a prostitute.

And so I did. In fact, I asked my favourite prostitute.

Belle De Jour is now officially a fully fledged Facebooker. You can poke her, send her a message and, as I found out today, may even get one in return.

Message from me To Belle:

I require some advice.

I have just finished my formal education and have a job lined up for a couple of years.

In the meantime, although I don't require financial support, I would love to work as a (gay) male escort.

Do you think that by doing this I am somehow making a mockery of prostitutes? The reason I say this is because many of them do what they do as they feel they have no other choice (something I disagree with).

I am asking your advice because you are somebody who was a prostitute through choice and somebody who remains very unapologetic about your lifestyle (a quality I truly admire).

Is it wrong to want to get paid for sex in order to feed a sexual desire, meet new people and have interesting sex? Above all, would I be mad to ruin a potential career by going off on a sexual whim such as this?

Another point that really interests me is how I may be able to have sex with people for whom I feel no desire. I think that would be interesting.

Any advice?

Belle's reply:

Hello (*), no, I don't think it makes a mockery at all.

I presume you'd be using Gumtree or Gaydar or similar to find clients? If you feel comfortable with the idea, then by all means do it - though of course, you would be well advised to talk to some men doing the same line of work first.

My general advice would be, stay away from drugs and anyone who uses them, keep your working life and your real life separate so as not to impact any future career, NEVER date your clients, keep an eye on the money and always get paid up front, and never, never, stay in a situation where you feel out of control (hence no drugs) or threatened.

Oh, and ALWAYS have an absolutely trusted friend you can contact in case you get in a sticky situation. Good luck, and remember you can leave it any time if it isn't for you. Play safe, I'll be thinking of you. Bxx

There you have it, straight from the horses mouth. And what an inspirational one she is.