Here is how I think about it. Being a SP is a job and we choose to become one for various reasons, not necessarily because we particularly enjoy sex more than the average person. Do we have sex more often and experience more partners generally? Yes because we see clients on a regular basis, but I also know people who hook up with different people every week and see as many people as I do and are not SP's. Some appointments are social and sometimes the sexual part of an appointment is only a small part. Sometimes, most of it is intimacy. It all depends on the client's needs, on expectations and sometimes on chemistry.
I think that sometimes lines get blurred in the sense that we are all human beings and you can end up having a client that you get along with really well and feel super good about seeing. I know that's happened with me. Intimacy also develops over time.. I think that you have to understand that we are not following a script because we aren't developing romantic feelings for clients or blurring the line between a client and a partner in our minds. I don't feel like I follow a script with clients, I talk with them, we have various conversations, the dynamic is different from person to person. It's not just up to the SP to keeps things fresh tho, and some clients DO enjoy routine and a comforting GFE experience that follows the same type of pattern every time.
I'm a GFE provider (which is something a lot of people don't seem to understand) so of course things will tend to be more on the tender side or will include acts that are not kinky per se or similar to what you see in hardcore porn. This means a good percentage of my clientele is here not only for the sex but for the cuddles, the companionship, the conversations, the camaraderie, etc. A lot of my clients want intellectual stimulation and they want to be around someone who's ''out of the ordinary'' (in terms of my interests and personality and things that I enjoy talking about)..
Have I met clients who I thought ''oh, if I had met him outside of this, I may be friends with them or might have gone on a date with them'' yes, it's actually happened. But that doesn't mean I'll allow myself to develop deeper feelings for them, because I don't think this would be healthy for me. I don't date people very often, I've been in a relationship while being a SP and briefly dated other people in the past.. It didn't feel like I was working when I was with them because we met in such a different context and things led up to intimacy otherwise.