Getting over Lisa and getting on with my life
It's been about 2 months since my relationship - such as it was - with Lisa ended. I haven't heard from her, nor do I expect to, ever again. I will, however, admit that I still hope to. Not that I'd make any drastic decisions if she did call me, but I'm sure I would restart the process of trying to figure out if she is anything at all like the person I projected her to be - the person I fell in love with.
Last week was the week I had hoped to spend with Lisa, giving us the chance to get to know each other better. When things collapsed, I decided to set last week aside for myself - to spend some "quality time" practicing the hobby, hoping that a few good sessions might help me get past the hurt.
I originally figured that Montreal would be a good place for this (the real Lisa is not from Montreal), and I had a good time doing some research on the hobby in Montreal. The scene there is clearly a hobbyist's paradise. In some ways, it is far better than the situation in NYC. For example, providers are predominately young, fresh, natural, unjaded, and very pretty.
But, in other ways, Montreal it is very hit or miss, akin to the typical borough outcall agency. Partly this is because "yellow pages" agencies dominate the industry. Even the advent of the internet is only just now beginning to change this. Until this year, even most of the agencies with web sites didn't post pictures of their providers. Even now, many agencies still don't display pictures. This situation can work well for regulars (who are local, of course). In fact, the hobby and the situation appears to be completely geared to the local non-traveling market. This is one reason why the Montreal prices are so low. Typical agency fees are $150-$200 (Cdn) per hour, which translates to $100-$135 (US). These bargain rates stem directly from a pretty depressed Quebec economy. The same poor economy accounts for the plentiful supply of fresh new providers, which also serves to keep prices down.
There are also some negatives associated with this situation. dfk is possible, but much more likely if you a regular (like the AMP scene here: "next time better"). bbbj is also possible, but not very likely, especially for a stranger from south of the border. Of course, review sites improve the odds, but turnover is high among a very transient provider population who shift from agency to agency or leave the business entirely. Therefore, in addition to the inevitable "ymmv factor," the subject of a good review may be hard to find or not be available on any particular day or week.
Since I want to be very confident about a good session, and strongly prefer that confidence to the thrill of the hunt, after some reflection I decided against Montreal.
I next turned my attention to southern Florida. There are many, many independents and agencies with good reputations and reviews, and a lot of them have caught my eye over the last couple of years. But then the tbd bust in Tampa interfered. "How many providers or agencies would be willing to schedule with an unknown," I reasoned. I reached out to some local hobbyists, and was able to get a few people to vouch for me, but in the end decided not to spend the travel time and dollars to get to an uncertain situation and potentially some unsettling sessions.
So, I decided to stay home and party in our fair NYC metro area. I was originally thinking about scheduling 3 or 4 sessions during the week, but at the end of the week before I ended up doing an unexpected overnight business trip to Baltimore, where I met Mimi.
My review of Mimi:
http://www.utopiaguide.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=7042
So, as it turned out, I set up two additional sessions, with Candy Cotton and Lexi of South Florida, who was touring in the NYC area.
My review of Candy:
http://www.utopiaguide.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=7226
My review of Lexi:
http://www.utopiaguide.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=7227
So, within a week's time, I met three attractive, young (under 25 years old) women. All three offered dfk, daty, multiple positions, and bbbj's. Two of the three provided a very nice fantasy role-play session (of my design); two of the three provided bbbjtc's. These sessions, by any objective measure, were prime examples of the peak hobbyist experience, sought after by many, and hard to find using the primitive research tools available to many of us in the pre-internet days.
So, now the week is done. How did it go? Am I back in the game? Was this binge a good idea? Did it produce the desired result?
I'm afraid the answers are mostly negative. In retrospect it's easy to see why - so easy that it's a little upsetting to me that I wasn't able to anticipate this before the week began.
Each of us have our particular turn-ons. Some of us seek very large breasts. Others look for the best legs or ass we can find. In other cases, it isn't a physical attribute of the provider, but a particular activity. I've seen greek, russian, bbbj, and facials all mentioned in this regard. For me, the peak turn-on is the fantasy, illusion, or (ultimately) reality that my sex partner is strongly aroused. Of course, I realize that it's too much to expect real arousal from a stranger. That's why I often suggest a role-play scenario. If the provider is a good actress (and many providers are very good actresses) and willing to use her acting skills, the result is typically a very good session indeed.
Once I understood my own sexual preferences well enough, I began to design sessions likely to result in good experiences. This approach has produced good results for me for years. Last week it failed.
All three sessions were objectively terrific, but my reaction was boredom. Why? My conclusion is that Lisa has spoiled me for other providers, at least for the time being. I probably don't really know her; she probably projected onto me the person she wanted me to see; she certainly hurt me deeply. But for all that, I'm convinced that the sexual chemistry between us was very real. Lisa is beautiful, and has the body I find most appealing. She (or at least the person she projects herself to be) is witty and warm and intelligent and friendly. The sex we had was the best sex I ever had. The good sessions I have had with great providers - last week and over the years - don't even come close to what I experienced with Lisa.
So I think I'm going to take a break from the hobby. I don't know whether the break will be extended or brief, but I think I have to really want a provider experience for its own sake for it to have any value or pleasure for me. Wanting it just as a device to help forget Lisa proved to be losing proposition.