ClaRayDeb 100 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 It was pretty much 10 years ago that I hired my last escort, up to last weekend when I had an amazing time with PK's Lexie. Based on the client feedback here, it seems that lfk/dfk is very much on the menu with the majority of girls. 10 years ago this was unheard of! Now it's par for the course. How did this shift happen? Was it a result of needing to provide a bigger bang, so to speak, to compete for clients? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The General 11309 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 Great question, when did that change, I agree that back years ago, it was just a wham bam thank you thing, but now it is the GFE. And how lucky we are to have these ladies that make us guys feel so special and give us the opportunity to live a fantasy dream. We need to thank all the lovely ladies who have made the hobby such as great experience. Thanks to all the ladies. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cat 262460 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 The internet happened. It allowed independents to thrive but it took our freedom in more ways than can be listed here without sounding like a broken record. Services that we would limit to valued clients are now expected by all. The world wide web has been a blessing with a virus attached... cat 5 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LeeRichards 177238 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 The internet happened. It allowed independents to thrive but it took our freedom in more ways than can be listed here without sounding like a broken record. Services that we would limit to valued clients are now expected by all. The world wide web has been a blessing with a virus attached... cat You are so right Cat ! The web has opened things up big time, but like you say I am sure it has a few or several downsides for you ladies as well. I wouldn't be hobbying without the web. I saw an EC ad by accident actually that created my first visit. From there on it has mostly been Cerb. Through Cerb initially and then emails, etc...I have been able to get a very good feel for who I am meeting with and vice versa. For me things have gone really well in my opinion when we do meet. I have met some wonderful ladies and ones I continue to repeat with when they pass through my neck of the woods. But like you say it is all World Wide Web! After doing things this way now for awhile I couldn't imagine picking up a paper or phone book (I never have) and phoning someone from the listings for an outcall. But thats just me. For the record Cat I do really understand how the web has drastically effected your freedom and privacy and you don't sound like a broken record. Sounds bad but I guess we have to chalk it up to the cost of doing business. Web dependency ! Hopefully at the end of the day it is all worth it for you wonderful ladies ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capital Hunter 18263 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 Very true that internet played a major role (though 10 years ago when I was crusing strip bars, on occasions I was receiving lfk too). More importantly daty was not on the menu that often either but it is today with majority of independents. Another factor (than internet( I think the education that most diseases especially HIV can not be transmitted through lfk/gfk or daty (or chances are same as being hit by a truck). This was another reason as why escorts 10 years ago were not providing these services because there was a misconception about those services causing diseases. The misconception is mostly gone now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrrnice2 157005 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 Just wondering out loud on this one. It seems to me that there is a business corollary along the lines of design products in order to meet the needs that are out there? It sounds as if the GFE experience is a need that was not being met a few years back? Again, my old stereotypes kick in here, but I had visions of short 30 minute arrangements, fast, down to business, cold and efficient, a revolving door, and no personal interaction. The GFE reality of today is ever so much more than that, thank the Gods, and clearly is a need that is being fulfilled admirably by some great women. So perhaps it was simply one very intelligent woman who determined the need, created the experience, with many copying and improving on it. I hope that she filed a copyright! :) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicolette Vaughn 294340 Report post Posted May 13, 2011 Part of it was when the East European girls came into Toronto in 2002 -2004 and set the bar by providing almost everything while still playing it safe for the main event. Many SPs were pressured into offering these things in order to compete. From what I know incalls in Ottawa only began to surface 10 years ago. Before that it was unheard of. The term GFE was coined back then with kissing and just the overall intimacy for such an experience. This business has come a long way... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whiteman 14028 Report post Posted May 14, 2011 It was pretty much 10 years ago that I hired my last escort, up to last weekend when I had an amazing time with PK's Lexie. Based on the client feedback here, it seems that lfk/dfk is very much on the menu with the majority of girls. 10 years ago this was unheard of! Now it's par for the course. How did this shift happen? Was it a result of needing to provide a bigger bang, so to speak, to compete for clients? I've been around for quite a while myself, and I can tell you a lot of stuff we say wasn't around back then, actually was around. They just didn't always have names for it, nor was it a chargeable service. You could always get it, if you and the provider had a good enough comfort zone with each other. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
roamingguy 300292 Report post Posted May 14, 2011 The internet happened. It allowed independents to thrive but it took our freedom in more ways than can be listed here without sounding like a broken record. Services that we would limit to valued clients are now expected by all. The world wide web has been a blessing with a virus attached... cat Well I for one wouldn't be seeing ladies if it weren't for the internet. Living in a small town, escorts aren't here. But the internet, and Google a great starter...it's how I found various escort sites, (and the best one CERB) and got to be part of the scene in Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton, without actually having to live there RG Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rick_falcon 911 Report post Posted May 15, 2011 I think everyone agrees that the openness of the Internet made it a whole different experience, whether from the SP representation or from the hobbyist search methods. We are fortunate to have easily accessible and complete sites like CERB or EC but back then, the Ottawa Sun classified ads was the way to go. Everybody will recall a bad experience from an Ottawa Sun ad that didn't pan out as expected, but people tend to forget some more memorable experiences. Sure there were some bad apples but, there were also many, many wonderful ladies to discover. But no pictures, it was a blind date in the making. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest m*ch***G Report post Posted May 17, 2011 Part of it was when the East European girls came into Toronto in 2002 -2004 and set the bar by providing almost everything while still playing it safe for the main event. Many SPs were pressured into offering these things in order to compete. From what I know incalls in Ottawa only began to surface 10 years ago. Before that it was unheard of. The term GFE was coined back then with kissing and just the overall intimacy for such an experience. This business has come a long way... I just want to thank the ladies from Eastern Europe for taking us to where we are today Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whiteman 14028 Report post Posted May 17, 2011 Part of it was when the East European girls came into Toronto in 2002 -2004 and set the bar by providing almost everything while still playing it safe for the main event. Many SPs were pressured into offering these things in order to compete. From what I know incalls in Ottawa only began to surface 10 years ago. Before that it was unheard of. The term GFE was coined back then with kissing and just the overall intimacy for such an experience. This business has come a long way... Incalls have been around for at least 20 years (when I started the hobby), and likely it was around much, much before that. Everything that is old, is new again. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicolette Vaughn 294340 Report post Posted May 18, 2011 I just want to thank the ladies from Eastern Europe for taking us to where we are today Maybe it was good for the hobbyists but I can tell you they offered things like rimming that many ladies weren't prepared to do. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley Ann 75247 Report post Posted May 18, 2011 Incalls have been around for at least 20 years (when I started the hobby), and likely it was around much, much before that. Everything that is old, is new again. As far as I know, in calls have been happening since the eighties....Ottawa sun was used to advertise..NO I did not work in the eighties BUT, when I worked for this one agency in the early nineties, they owner would always reminisce about how it was always so constantly busy for their girls in the late eighties (88/89)...and before the actual resident in call, I guess the guys would flood the massage parlors.. I also do remember when MOST of the yellow pages ads where owned by ONE agency.....when I was 14, my best freind and I used to prank call the agency numbers to inquire about a MAN DATE!!!! :icon_lol:...of course the receptionist would keep hanging up on us, so we would try another number and again, would be the same lady answering...this really confused us at the time...but in a fun way!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nicolette Vaughn 294340 Report post Posted May 18, 2011 As far as I know, in calls have been happening since the eighties....Ottawa sun was used to advertise..NO I did not work in the eighties BUT, when I worked for this one agency in the early nineties, they owner would always reminisce about how it was always so constantly busy for their girls in the late eighties (88/89)...and before the actual resident in call, I guess the guys would flood the massage parlors... I believe there was a period in the late 90's where incalls weren't as common in Ottawa. Not sure why considering they were offered a decade before. A good person to comment on this would be Joyful Christine. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whiteman 14028 Report post Posted May 18, 2011 As far as I know, in calls have been happening since the eighties....Ottawa sun was used to advertise..NO I did not work in the eighties BUT, when I worked for this one agency in the early nineties, they owner would always reminisce about how it was always so constantly busy for their girls in the late eighties (88/89)...and before the actual resident in call, I guess the guys would flood the massage parlors.. It was around in the 90's as well, but they just wouldn't advertise it anymore. That was when the peek of the worries about the "common bawdy house" laws were. You just had to ask them directly on the phone. I also do remember when MOST of the yellow pages ads where owned by ONE agency.....when I was 14, my best freind and I used to prank call the agency numbers to inquire about a MAN DATE!!!! :icon_lol:...of course the receptionist would keep hanging up on us, so we would try another number and again, would be the same lady answering...this really confused us at the time...but in a fun way!!! Yup, Charlie's Angels. They had quite the monopoly going in this town at that time. But strangely, even with the monopoly, their prices were much cheaper than the prices are now, even when accounting for inflation. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites