Not sure why we have to make snide assumptions. Despite my clear disagreement with some of the stances in this thread I've read every line.
I specifically ignored your described situation bc it applies to literally no one. You're in a different league, with your turbo-harem of underpaid semi-girlfriends. Rest of us have decisions to make and rules to play by.
The thread had one question: What do you do to protect yourself from predatory providers? We each have our ways, and I've said my piece, but I appreciate the advice from the summit of Pussy Mountain. (j/k, I don't need any more heat).
lol, who's being snide now? "turbo harem"? "Pussy mountain"? *snort*
It's true that the situation I described applies to probably very few people here, but it's actually a situation that's very common elsewhere, and other guys were the inspiration for me to try to create something equal here. I'm not an innovator by any stretch and didn't come up with some revolutionary new concept on my own. Expat groups in latin america are absolutely rife with arrangements like mine. One of the reasons that these arrangement exist is for safety, the main reason for discussion on this thread. The ladies don't seem to feel that they're underpaid either, but again consider the different situation before jumping to any conclusions. They have no advertising costs, no incall costs, no wardrobe costs, no transportation expenses or any other costs etc., etc., and no expenses, because I pay for whatever, and they don't do this as a principal source of income. Guys seem to think that the ladies working here are absorbing gobs of money and rich beyond the dreams of Midas because of their hourly rate without considering how much effort and cost goes into it. The girls I see don't have any of that. Again it's easy to look through one set of eyes, but really there's just a huge variety of different situations.
No heat from me. We're just having a discussion. You're still in my good books. lol. It's fine to question stuff, the need for it and the applicability of anything. Debate is fine too. Why shouldn't people question the need for anything that seems weird to them? But it goes both ways, and both sides of the equation need to be questioned, and even if the information isn't relevant now it could be later for anyone reading this thread and entering into a new situation or looking to change the current one. I just think that the scope of the vision needs to be broader in some instances.