I have no problem with how people choose to protect themselves. My main intervention here was to ask what kind of ads you look at to feel like you need to walk in a place with a shining armour and a rosary.
And it clearly wasn’t for you since you already have what you need in your entourage
I was simply curious but then people took it so far from the main question as per usual
sigh. yes, it was for me as well. You're being selective and cherry picking again. My "entourage" as you call it, had nothing to do with it, and yes, I used to see advertising SPs as well, and still see MPS. So, when do I need to leave behind or use a decoy wallet? as per the many previous entries in this thread:
When traveling it’s a bit different. Use a monger phone with a local SIM. Never leave the hotel/Airbnb with a full wallet. Remove everything from the wallet except the cash needed and a photocopy of the main page of your passport and the entry stamp
I do still see MPs, usually indies, and still only bring the cash needed etc., and most other precautions as above. For salons this is not an issue, but as I prefer indies to salons generally there are some precautions needed
It takes no effort at all to leave a wallet in the car and take cash only in your pocket, for example.
in other countries carrying decoy wallets or whatever isn't just a hobby precaution, but a normal travel precaution,
I do see MPs when I want something spontaneous or short and because I prefer indies to salons generally I take reasonable precautions when meeting someone new for the first time. As for the traveling aspect, that's an entirely different animal which I'm pleased to discuss with anyone but which I'm guessing that most people here don't care about, although there is a minority group who does. If you like I'll go into more detail but I won't bother unless someone asks because it's situational and at times can be quite detailed.
If need be I'll go back and post the many repetitive threads about why sometimes it's necessary too, and in the situations that have nothing to do with MERB women. Or the many other repetitive threads about how SPs have the right to be safe and to choose how they approach their business. Or the many repetitive threads about how such precautions aren't necessary for the ladies like yourself on MERB or in the agencies. I know that you're an intelligent woman and I know you didn't miss these repetitive entries when you were reading. You also asked the question about what ads before, and I answered you, and then you came back with this latest not very subtle dig about the men being mad and about the women I see. I'm not mad about it, I'm not mad at you, and since it mostly doesn't apply to me now I don't care too much about the digs either. That's my business and it's only me that has to worry about it. I also understand that I'm not really the target and that it's the screening and deposits parts that concern you and the argument that you'd like to undermine. I don't really care about that either, because we've also discussed at length why it's fine for SPs to ask for it and that it's also every monger's decision as to whether they want to provide it or not. You have every right to post your preferences here the same as I do, although I'd argue that it would be more appropriate in another SP protection thread, but whatever. To each their own. Mine or anyone else's opinion doesn't need to be theirs. The fact of the matter is that this thread is directed at an audience larger than just those men who see ladies from MERB, which comprise an infinitesimal percentage of the overall population of SPs available to mongers here. I understand that you're one of them, that you're the guardian of your own business and not that of others, but most men are not going to be restricted to just seeing ladies from MERB and the agencies, and they deserve to have discussion around them too.
Anyway, if you want to express something just say it. The little digs are tiresome and non-productive. We don't need to keep going around in circles on this
