ngate

It met a stunning rooster, and Lo and Behold, what do you know ?....It stayed and GOT LAYED.

So often this stigmatization prevents sex workers from being able to or reluctant to seek the protection of the police or other services which is tragic when these services are often available at no cost except exposing the victim and their identity and manner of earning a living to the authorities. However Stigmatization seems to exist in most cultures and societies and has done down through the ages, perhaps as in the middle ages when disease was rampant the lady engaging in a life of prostitution was perceived as being at high risk as a disease carrier to be shunned by families eager to protect the family health in a very dangerous world with limited medical facilities and where lethal venereal diseases were common and dreaded.... and of course long long before any one had even dreamed of Latex.

Very sorry about your predicament it is not a happy place to be especially if you happen to be in the forty to fifty age group where many people are today and are experiencing this type of crisis, and given that I am not sure how much Loyalty and hard work are really valued any more it can be very confusing From everything I have read you are receiving a wealth of very good advice from experienced and concerned friends who know the facts and it is up to you wish to absorb all this great advice and comments and decide as best you can what exactly really applies to your personal situation interests and desires and what you can use to begin sketching out a clear road map for the future, but try keeping it simple and your goals realistic and attainable, try not overreach so to speak as I did regrettably during a similar period in my work life. Look within and network, network, network. I wish you the very best in overcoming this unpleasant dilemma and for your future success. ngate

What a wonderful thread designed to get me out of myself and have me set out on a dream journey to the land that fires my imagination...SPAIN. Nowhere on earth seems to hold the strange fascination and attraction for me that sunny Iberian Peninsula does. I want to fly to Paris take a super fast train to Madrid and spend endless days just investigating the city and all its Cultural and Art offerings a visit to the Prado Museum to soak in the works of Velazquez, Goya, Murillo, Ribera and others would be the ultimate in a visual experience for me and to follow that up with a visit south to the old capital of Toledo and El Greco this is a place I have dreamed about for a long time and an absolute must when the great day comes. I shall wait just a little longer, late summer if all goes well and nothing interferes in the meantime. Thank you for reminding me of a pleasant journey awaiting me. ngate

Hi, Couriousm7. My name is ngate. I am an alcoholic and I was a smoker. Do not despair.... it can be done! if I can stop smoking you can stop smoking not to boast but here is my incredible claim to fame, I ngate quit SMOKING AND DRINKING on the SAME DAY and have not had anything to do with either of these two expensive and debilitating predators for fourteen years five months and twenty one days and that was after more than twenty years of unabashed enthusiastic indulgence. For me both addictions worked together If I had one I craved the other and I was overjoyed each day when I experienced their twin delights, mind you I tried everything to quit sometimes for as long as six months or sometimes for only a week or so but it was always on my mind and when it finally happened and all desire left me I came to realize that what had happened was a miracle I just accepted it took my money and never went back so to speak. Let me wish you victory with your situation put out the fire the rewards are many. Best of luck to you, stay cool ..ngate i