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[I]I was halfway through writing this blog when something came to my notice. I think it is still ok, and I have added some more at the end, but you decide![/I]

The great thing about EI is that we, the punter, know so much about the escorts that we choose to visit. Compare with the dreadful old days a good few years ago. It was numbers in magazines (in some cities telephone boxes) and pot luck or driving around red light areas. I shudder at the thought!
Now we have photos, services provided lists, reviews, forum contributions, members profile pages... A punter who uses all of these, turns up at a lady’s door and says “I wasn’t expecting you to be like this” – has to be a pretty strange person, to put it as mildly and politely as I can.

For the escort, things have moved on a bit but not so far. Many prefer the PM process as a way to connect with a punter and from this can do research if they choose to by checking references and reviews. Essentially, though, they haven’t much clue what they will be faced with when the door opens. I may, through the charm and wit of my PM’s, portray a picture of George Clooney. Open the door and what have you got – George Hook! (I’m not George Hook by the way – it would really be a story if I was - priceless!!!! I should also make it clear that I don’t, thank god, look like George either – no offence if you’re reading this, George).

Pictures are out. No punter is going to post a picture (ok, one or two of the odder forum posters might, but not many!!).

What I would be happy to see is escorts expressing their preferences in clients more often and more plainly. Some do. I recently visited a lady who specifically requested no one below the age of 25. Apart from the grievous insult I felt when she didn’t ask me for proof of age ID, I thought this completely fair and reasonable thing to do - it is her absolute right to set whatever conditions she wants to.

So, I am all for profiles or members pages to contain more preferences. On any subject! If an escort does not want to see dog owners, let me know and I will not trouble you. If you have an antipathy to those who possess a goldfish... well depends who it is I might send the poor golden thing to its freedom down the household waterfall - just put it in and flush! (I wouldn’t, though! How could I?). It’s good news all round. Escorts stand a chance of getting the clients they want and punters are not faced with the terrible prospect of a physical attribute or something that comes up in conversation through the meet (eg per recent forum topics - “I’m in a relationship”) turning the whole thing sour. In fairness this has only happenned to me twice a good while ago, but the events are etched large in my memory.
I don’t expect reams of terms and conditions to wade through... the escort business by its nature is one of a fair degree of tolerance and “each to one’s own”.

Of course the punter may try to lie, just as an escort may bend the truth in a profile to hide their true identities. Some will risk this, but can have no complaints if it all blows up in their face. Those who don’t check profiles (and I’m sure there are many) will be ignorant. But those of us who take the time to research will have a better chance of a happy time.

So escorts. To quote those true seers into the inner workings of life - The Spice Girls – “Tell us what you want, what you really, really want!”

[I]The extra bit[/I]
Now, having read Scottish Nina’s excellent blog about life on tour, I have been rightly reminded of how tough it is out there and how much of a leap it is to get to even the basic escort “preference”... A punter who actually turns up, and is actually on time. This may put some escorts off the thought of limiting the client field and suggest you see clients, even if there is something about them that really turns you off. I think that, actually, setting some boundaries by preferences might help. The better chance of a great meeting, the more likely an extremely happy punter is going to share experiences and delight with the rest of the world. I, for one, like a lady who has taken the time to explain in a profile what works for her. But, I understand, it’s a gamble.