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Thursday, 26th June 2008
Would it be right to become a male escort? That is surely a question that has crossed the mind of every alpha male more than once. It has certainly crossed mine on many occasions.

The pinnacle for any alpha male is being able to charge a woman money for your services, be they sexual, conversational or otherwise. Knowing you are man enough for women to consider you value for money can only be an ego boost. Easy money, you might think.

But there are serious things to be considered for any alpha male who is thinking of offering himself to the needy ladies of this world.

Clearly, most of us can only dream of being able to do such a thing. Many people who think they are alpha males clearly are not. Some alpha males have flaws, such as spitting when they talk or the inability to achieve an erection. Only the cream of the crop can begin to contemplate charging for their services.

The male escort business is also a dog-eat-dog world. Only the best get the decent jobs, while the rest are forced to feed off scraps at the bottom end of the market. But should the opportunity arise, would it be right for an alpha male to take it?

Let us look at both sides of the argument. There are obviously tremendous bonuses to being an escort. Think of all the free meals, holidays and days out that are to be had when escorting business women, and the gifts that they could bestow on you if you took their fancy. Perhaps you might strike very lucky and be hired by a beautiful older woman, providing perks to the job. And the money is incredible. Some escorts charge £100 or more, meaning that in two or three relatively easy hours it would be possible to earn more than many people earn in a week.

All of this while being wined and dined by potentially stunning older women.

There is, however, always the alternative. For every escort enjoying a free meal at a top-notch restaurant there are at least three poor sods forced to sit through a KFC takeaway with a lonely lady who simply wants to talk about her ex-husband. For every client with brilliant legs, great boobs and luscious lips there are probably about eight who are hiring an escort in the first place for a very good reason. And only the best escorts can charge incredibly high fees.

It is very possible that as an escort your standard working evening would involve a plate of chips in the crummy living room of a Jade Goody look-alike with a wind problem, being paid £8.29 an hour for your sacrifice.

A fellow alpha male has entertained the idea of going into this business, seduced by the potential pluses outlined above. My advice to him would be to not bother. Plenty of alphas think they’re hard enough, but few realise just how manly some of these men really are.

Part of being an alpha male is cockiness and arrogance, but over-confidence and thinking you are manlier than you really are can only lead to embarrassment and disappointment in the male escort business.

So my message is simple. Don’t think that you could succeed in such a business. Dream on.

You’re probably not as manly as you think you are.

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#1 Anonymous
Sat, 28th Jun 2008 5:41pm

I've done escorting work in the past, and still do. Its not a career, but when the opportunity crops up, its an easy couple of hundred quid.

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