Mystified

[mellors]

I see yr point. It depends if u make from escort yr friend and stay just friends (so no more sex even for money) or if u still visit her and pay her andu are still friends. But of course the way yr see yr friend and gf is and have too be different!

Exactly, nicely put

[Sam Spade]

I always try to bring a gift (although not always), on each encounter with an escort.

Do I think of the escort as my girlfriend? Of course not, although if I became a regular, I would like to think she could call on me for help or support if needed, as I would expect of anyone I was friendly with.

Some of us like to approach our meeting in a different way than others, by bringing a little of ourselves.
For me it adds to the experience and if it helps the escort in any way with the appointment, then it's a bonus.

I am old and experienced enough to know that when I leave that appointment and the door closes behind me, I have left the world of escorts and clients and carry on with my normal life.

I currently visit escorts twice a week, one appointment is reserved for someone new, while the other with someone I have seen before. It would be great to have so many girlfriends, but the reality is that I would never be so lucky.

[mellors]

I always try to bring a gift (although not always), on each encounter with an escort.

Do I think of the escort as my girlfriend? Of course not, although if I became a regular, I would like to think she could call on me for help or support if needed, as I would expect of anyone I was friendly with.

Some of us like to approach our meeting in a different way than others, by bringing a little of ourselves.
For me it adds to the experience and if it helps the escort in any way with the appointment, then it's a bonus.

I am old and experienced enough to know that when I leave that appointment and the door closes behind me, I have left the world of escorts and clients and carry on with my normal life.

I currently visit escorts twice a week, one appointment is reserved for someone new, while the other with someone I have seen before. It would be great to have so many girlfriends, but the reality is that I would never be so lucky.

I agree totally Mark, it does make it special if both bring a little to the appointment, lucky you visiting twice a week, like you say it could get complicated keeping up !!! And yes of course the real world awaits outside the door.

[Morpheus]

I normally just dip in and out of this site,but yesterday I got engrossed in a few threads and found some guys treating the escorts almost like girlfriends.I don't want this to come across as a nasty post to either clients or escorts but i found some of it a bit alarming! Good manners,respect,even the giving of small gifts (or expensive gifts if you can afford it) i totally understand. Do clients actually see escorts as girlfriends ?Yeah have a great time together for the appt and exchange a few pms. Maybe i'm cold and cynical,but at the end of the day it's just a business arrangement,a very nice business arrangement but surely anything else is deluding ourselves.
Sorry don't seem to be able to get the hang of writing short posts !

Have read all the comments and I think everyone agrees that business needs to be separated from emotions in escorting/punting. Clearly friendships have developed, which is a great testament to the fact that this industry isn't all bad (as our opponents would claim).

However, Nicky made a good point earlier about clients becoming freinds with an escort and then stopping being a client to continue the friendship Of course in the majority of cases I suspect the client relationship continues after friendship has developed, but this can sometimes blur boundries? I don't think this is unique to escorting. There are many professions where one can become friends with one's clients, and again no one know for sure what the appropriate boundries are.

However, I'm deviating from you original question as to whether some clients start to see an escort as their girlfriend. I think everyone would agree that this would be a false perception on the part of the client. (Unless of course both escort and client have agreed to change the status of their relationship...but I suspect that this is extremely rare).

The truth is it is easy for a client in the heat of the moment to forget that he is a client. A session with an escort can be extremely intimate - far more than just sex - cuddling, kissing, chatting and sharing, all of which can feel like a real girlfriend. Hence the term GFE. This is the aspect I like most about punting and seek girls out who provide real GFE. The trick is having the discipline to remind myself, as I leave her company, that it was an experience and not the real thing. Its easier said than done but important to protect both parties.