Inside the Life of a Manhattan Escort
By Nancy I met Sarah on a rainy Tuesday afternoon in a coffee shop near Union Square. She was younger than I expected, with careful makeup and designer sunglasses perched on her head. When she ordered her latte, the barista smiled at her like they were old friends. No one in that café would have guessed what she does for a living. That's exactly how Sarah wants it. "People think they know what my life looks like," she told me, stirring sugar into her cup. "They imagine somet
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How NYC Escorts Navigate Their Double Lives
By Nancy There's a moment that Jessica describes as "the split." It happens when she walks into the lobby of a luxury hotel, when she steps into the elevator and watches the floor numbers climb. In those seconds, Jessica from Queens, the woman who argues with her roommate about dishes and watches reality TV in sweatpants, begins to disappear. By the time the elevator doors open, she's become Amber, the escort her clients have booked for the evening. "It's like I have a switch
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The Holiday Blues: Working When Everyone Else is With Family
Posted by Julia | 5 min read Christmas Eve I was in a hotel room with a client while my family was opening presents three states away. Holidays are the worst part of this work. Everyone else is with people they love. You're providing emotional labor for strangers who don't want to be alone . The holiday clients are usually the loneliest ones. Divorced guys who don't have their kids. Widowers facing their first Christmas alone. Men whose families live far away. They book longe
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