This had been an unusually nice thread - folk like Pyria, Nightbot, Winky Wanky etc were doing a nice job politely posting alternative views to the negative over generalisations many seem to believe about WGs & sex work.
Seconded, just had a pretty interesting time reading it and since I'm bored in these non punting times might as well share my experience
I've dated an escort for about fiveish months a couple years ago. She was a Romanian student escorting to make some money on the side, and also one of the absolute minority group that is "Romanian SP doing a great job". It's a bit weird to describe, but I felt like there was instant chemistry with this girl. The first time I saw her was a great punt with a lot of chatting, and the second time I saw her we agreed for a 1 hour punt and ended up staying cuddling in bed for about two hours afterwards, just chatting, sharing experiences, laughing. Never had that happen with any SP, and it was unusual to have such a genuine friendly moment with one, so we exchanged numbers to just chat a bit and were texting each other on a daily basis.
It felt pretty nice to actually have someone to talk punting to. For a few months she'd randomly text me on evenings asking if she could stop by home, her punting flat wasn't far from my place, so she'd stop by late bringing takeaway food and we'd spend the evening chilling at home. The more it went, the more it actually felt like an actual relationship. We decided to full on date after a while and that was honestly a great time.
Five excellent months later, classic dating decay happened, realizing that although we were quite comfortable together - in and outside of the bed - we had a lot of differences in life. We ended up on a friendly breakup, remained good friends afterwards even with the very rare occasional booty call. Nowadays we still randomly talk to catch up, but the fond memories this relationship left me with were so worth it.
The emotional barrier between escort and client is normal and understandable, but I genuinely appreciate the few girls I was able to share a bit more than just sex with. Always cool to meet more people, if the meet happened through sex it's just another starting point I guess